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1. VENOMOUS, slightly venomous, or venomous
aquatic worm, -
Both creatures, stinging, unobserved, with poison have
infected me.
2 Coming, it kills the unobserved; it kills
them as it goes away,
It kills them as it drives them off, and bruising bruises
them to death.
3 Sara grass, Darbha, Kusara, and Sairya,
Munja, Virana,
Where all these creatures dwell unseen, with poison have
infected me.
4 The cows had settled in their stalls, the
beasts of prey had sought their lairs,
Extinguished were the lights of men, when things unseen
infected me.
5 Or these, thesereptiles, are observed,
like lurking thieves at evening time.
Seers of all, themselves unseen: be therefore very vigilant.
6 Heaven is your Sire, your Mother Earth,
Soma your Brother, Aditi
Your Sister: seeing all, unseen, keep still and dwell ye
happily.
7 Biters of shoulder or of limb, with
needle-stings, most venomous,
Unseen, whatever ye may be, vanish together and be gone.
8 Slayer of things unseen, the Sun, beheld
of all, mounts, eastward, up,
Consuming all that are not seen, and evil spirits of the
night.
9 There hath the Sun-God mounted up, who
scorches much and everything.
Even the Aditya from the hills, all-seen, destroying things
unseen.
10 I hang the poison in the Sun, a wine-skin
in a vintner's house,
He will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom
Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
11 This little bird, so very small, hath
swallowed all thy poison up.
She will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom
Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
12 The three-times-seven bright sparks of
fire have swallowed up the poison's strength.
They will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he
whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
13 Of ninety rivers and of nine with power
to stay the venom's course, -
The names of all I have secured: his path is far: he whom
Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.
14 So have the peahens three-times-seven,
so have the maiden Sisters Seven
Carried thy venom far away, as girls bear water in their
jars.
15 The poison-insect is so small; I crush
the creature with a stone.
I turn the poison hence away, departed unto distant lands.
16 Forth issuing from the mountain's side
the poison-insect spake and said:
The scorpion's venom hath no strength Scorpion, thy venom is
but weak.
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