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1. The night is thy mother, the cloud thy father, Aryaman
thy grandfather. Silâkî, forsooth, is thy name, thou art the sister of the
gods.
2. He that drinks thee lives; (that) person thou dost
preserve. For thou art the supporter of all successive (generations), the refuge
of men.
3. Every tree thou dost climb, like a wench lusting after a
man. 'Victorious,' 'firmly founded,' 'saving,' verily, is thy name.
4. The wound that has been inflicted by the club, by the
arrow, or by fire, of that thou art the cure: do thou cure this person here!
5. Upon the noble plaksha-tree (ficus infectoria) thou
growest up, upon the asvattha (ficus religiosa), the khadira (acacia catechu),
and the dhava (grislea tomentosa); (thou growest up) upon the noble nyagrodha
(ficus indica, banyan-tree), and the parna (butea frondosa). Come thou to us, O
arundhatî!
6. O gold-coloured, lovely, sun-coloured, most handsome
(plant), mayest thou come to the fracture, O cure! 'Cure,' verily, is thy name!
7. O gold-coloured, lovely, fiery (plant), with hairy stem,
thou art the sister of the waters, O lâkshâ, the wind became thy very breath.
8. Silâkî is thy name, O thou that art brown as a goat, thy
father is the son of a maiden. With the blood of the brown horse of Yama thou
hast verily been sprinkled.
9. Having dropped from the blood of the horse she ran upon
the trees, turning into a winged brook. Do thou come to us, O arundhatî!
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