Vanadurgā Upaniṣad 3

Huṃ phaṭ. / For Jātavedas we press the Soma; may he burn away the possessions of the hostile one. / May he carry us across all perils, as a boat across a river, carrying [us] across misfortunes—Agni.

Her who is of the colour of fire, blazing with austerity, the daughter of the sun, delighted in the fruits of action— / the goddess Durgā I take as my refuge; O you who are easy to cross with, homage to your swiftness.

O Agni, you who are ever new, carry us with well-being across all perils; / be a broad, wide, and firm fortress for us, bringing peace to our offspring and descendants.

O Jātavedas, who overcome all difficulties, carry us across misfortunes as across a river in a boat. / O Agni, praised in thought like [by] Atri, be the protector of our bodies.

The conqueror of armies, the enduring, fierce Agni we invoke from the highest dwelling-place; / may he carry us across all perils, the god forgiving sins, Agni carrying [us] across misfortunes.

Ancient, worthy of praise at sacrifices, from of old you sit as the invoker, and anew; / delight your own body, O Agni, and secure fortune for us by sacrifice.

May we follow after the poured-out [offering] cherished with cattle, unyoked, belonging to you, O Indra, and to Viṣṇu. / Dwelling upon the ridge of heaven, may they delight in the Vaiṣṇava realm here.

We know the Light-Maker; we meditate on the Producer of Great Radiance; may that Āditya inspire us. / The radiant Sun, Āditya, the imperishable one whose glory does not fail; they trickle that sweet essence. / Truth indeed is that essence, the waters, light, the immortal essence, Brahman, bhūḥ, bhuvaḥ, svaḥ, oṃ. / Śrīṃ śrīṃ I am He, I am the Sun, I am the light, I am Śiva; / I am the inner light, I am the bright fluid, the essence of all light, om.

Āditya, Bhāskara, Bhānu, Ravi, Sūrya, Divākara: / one should daily remember these six names, which destroy great sins.

We know Kātyāyanī; we meditate on Kanyakumārī; may that Durgi inspire us. / Oṃ homage to the Blessed Māheśvarī, hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ, O wish-granting creeper, grant me the fruit of my desire; / may whatever is unfavorable to me perish; may whatever is favorable be mine. / We know the Great Goddess; we meditate on the consort of Viṣṇu; may that Lakṣmī inspire us. / Oṃ blīṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ, O ruler of Brahman, protect me, protect me. / On the fifth lunar day, on the ninth, and especially on the fifteenth, / having recited the great knowledge mantra, one who desires fortune should recite [it] at all times.

Whose door is fragrance, unassailable, constantly nourished, rich in cattle-dung, / sovereign of all beings—that Śrī I summon here.

May Śrī attend upon me; may Alakṣmī perish from me! / That cruel malevolent entity which our enemies prepare, like a bride, / that we cast back with sacred prayer; let it return upon its maker!

Whatever fear befalls me here, whether near or far, / O Pavamāna, strike that away!

Return swiftly, O malevolent entity, directly to the house of your maker! / Destroy his cattle, and slay his warriors!

Oṃ svāhā. / Whatever has arisen, O goddess, pacify, pacify all that, svāhā! Oṃ, to Gāyatrī, svāhā! / Oṃ, to Sāvitrī, svāhā! Oṃ, to Sarasvatī, svāhā! Oṃ, to the un-terrific, and to the terrific, and to the most terrific of the terrific; / to all, to all Śarvas, homage be to you in your forms as Rudra! / We know that Puruṣa; we meditate on the curved-trunked one; may that tusked one impel us! / We know that Puruṣa; we meditate on the leader of the great army; may that six-faced one impel us! / We know that Puruṣa; we meditate on the golden-winged one; may that Garuḍa impel us! / We know the soul of the Veda; we meditate on Hiraṇyagarbha; may that Brahman impel us! / We know Nārāyaṇa; we meditate on Vāsudeva; may that Viṣṇu impel us! / We know the diamond-clawed one; we meditate on the sharp-fanged one; may that Nārasiṃha impel us! / We know the sun; we meditate on the maker of great light; may that Āditya impel us! / We know Vaiśvānara; we meditate on the playful one; may that Agni impel us! / We know Kātyāyana; we meditate on Kanyakumārī; may that Durgi impel us! / We know Sadāśiva; we meditate on the thousand-eyed one; may that Sāmba impel us! / We know Kṣetrapāla; we meditate on the sharp-fanged one; may that Bhairava impel us! / We know the descendant of Raghu; we meditate on the beloved of Sītā; may that Rāma impel us! / We know Kulakumārī; we meditate on the Kaula god; may that Kaula impel us! / We know Kālikā; we meditate on the dweller in the cremation ground; may that Aghora impel us! / Oṃ aiṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ, we know Ānandeśvara and we meditate on the goddess of nectar; / may that Ardhanārīśvara impel us! / Eṃ, we know Vāgīśvarī and klīṃ, we meditate on Kāmeśvarī; / may that klīṃ impel us! / Aiṃ, we know the goddess Tripurā and klīṃ, we meditate on Kāmeśvarī; / sauḥ, may that Śakti impel us! / We know Haṃsa-haṃsa; we meditate on "I am Haṃsa"; may that Haṃsa impel us! / We know the king of yantras; we meditate on the great yantra; may that yantra impel us! / We know the king of tantras; we meditate on the great tantra; may that tantra impel us! / We know the king of mantras; we meditate on the great mantra; may that mantra impel us! / From whatever we fear, O Indra, make us free from fear from that! / O generous one, be able to grant us your aid; slay the hostile assailants!

Granting well-being, lord of the clans, slayer of Vṛtra, subduer of assailants, the master, / may bull Indra go before us, granting well-being and producing fearlessness!

Having a thousand as supreme, the goddess of a hundred roots and a hundred shoots, / may that Dūrvā grass, destroyer of bad dreams, remove all my sin!

Growing from joint to joint, out of node after node, / so extend us, O ancient one, by a thousand and by a hundred!

You who extend yourself by a hundred, who sprout up by a thousand, / to you, O divine brick, may we pay worship with an oblation!

Stepped over by the horse, stepped over by the chariot, stepped over by Viṣṇu, O earth, / I shall carry you upon my head; protect me at every step!

Order, truth, supreme Brahman, the dark and tawny Puruṣa, / having upward-drawn semen, odd-eyed—homage, homage indeed to the all-formed one!

Oṃ hrīṃ phaṭ svāhā. Khaṇphaṇmrasi. By the sacred word I curse you; / by the oath of the sacred word I curse you. With the terrible eye of the Bhṛgus I gaze upon you; / with the fierce mind of the Aṅgirases I meditate upon you. With the edge of evil I pierce you; / fall below me, so-and-so! Drive [him] out, O Śimijāvarī; stir [him] up in his bed, drive [him] from the bed; make [him] enter the mountains; scatter [him] towards the rays of light. As soon as the sun rises in the east from here, / so quickly destroy that person who hates us / and whom we hate. / Khaṭ phaṭ, strike! Sever, shatter, slay, break! Such are the harsh words. Homage be to you; do not harm me! Overcome the one who hates me; / lead him to death, O Death! / May Varuṇa and Manyu grant us the combined wealth brought together from both [sides]; / striking fear into their hearts, let the defeated enemies vanish away! Huṃ phaṭ. Oṃ hrīṃ, O you who wear black garments, who have the face of a lion, great Bhairavī, whose tongue is a flash of lightning, fierce-faced Pratyaṅgirā, kśrīṃ kṣmrauṃ, blaze, blaze! Oṃ homage to Nārāyaṇa. Radiance, Sun, Āditya, sahasrāra huṃ phaṭ. Protect what is desired, protect! Shatter the misfortune, shatter, svāhā! Brahmā gave [this] to Nārada, Nārada to Bṛhatsena, Bṛhatsena to Bṛhaspati, Bṛhaspati to Indra, Indra to Bhāradvāja, and Bhāradvāja gave it to the disciples who desired life, kṣīṃ svāhā. Homage to Brahman, homage be to Agni, homage to the earth, homage to the plants. Homage to speech, homage to the Lord of Speech, homage I pay to great Viṣṇu. Oṃ homage to the Blessed One, śrīṃ, to the glorious Mahāgaruḍa, born from the pot of nectar, having adamantine claws, adorned with an adamantine beak and adamantine wings: come, come, Mahāgaruḍa, huṃ phaṭ svāhā! Oṃ hrīṃ duṃ, our fear of the poison from the fangs of snakes, owls, crows, pigeons, scorpions, and of fire, and all the poison of great diseases such as bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and brahma-rākṣasas—render it poisonless, render it poisonless, svāhā! On the northern bank of the Vindhya is a rākṣasa named Mārīca; / there, with urine and feces, extinguish the fire, extinguish, svāhā! Oṃ āṃ hrīṃ kroṃ, come, come, unto Dattātreya, svāhā! Whichever enemy, mindful of [us], hates us who have known this great knowledge mantra, destroy [him] up to twenty-one times and beyond! / That wise person who constantly resorts to this divine knowledge of Brahman / attains happiness both in this world and the next, without a doubt.

The man who defames this flawless great knowledge mantra / inevitably meets with destruction within six months.

In front, behind, at the sides, above, protect on all sides! / O Candraghaṇṭā, O Virūpākṣī, I worship you, the ruler of the universe.

When a man thus praises the knowledge, the great knowledge mantra, at the three junctions of the day, / all wicked people who have seen [him] fall under his bewitching power.

To her who has the colour of fire, blazing through austerity, Vairocanī, pleased with the fruits of actions, / to goddess Durgā I resort for refuge; homage to your swift crossing, to your speed!

O mother, slayer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, who undertook the slaying of Mahiṣa, who effortlessly brought about the death of Dhūmralocana, O crusher of Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa! / O you who left no trace of the demon Raktabīja, O eternal one, destroyer of Niśumbha, slayer of Śumbha, O Kālī, O Durgā, homage to you, take away every misfortune!

Fierce-faced with the staff of Death, terrifying with blood-red eyes, / surpassing the staff of Death, Death itself: I bind [her], the victorious one.

Five yojanas wide is the circle of Death's mouth; / protect [me] from it, O great knowledge mantra, O Bhadrakālī, homage be to you!

Protect the sacred word, slay the haters! / O companion of the lotus-eyed one, avert the course of the water with your multitude of rays; / constantly protect me, who am tormented and bewildered here, O flawless one!

Protect the sacred word, slay the haters! Oṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ, to Siddhalakṣmī, svāhā! Oṃ klīṃ hrīṃ śrīṃ oṃ. Bringing, spreading, / constantly making for herself / garments for me, and cattle, / and food and drink at all times—then bring to me prosperity, / woolly [beasts] together with livestock, svāhā! / Born for prosperity, he came forth for prosperity; he gives prosperity and vitality to the praisers; wearing prosperity they went to immortality; their encounters are true in the measured course.

Oṃ hīṃ śrīṃ klīṃ blūṃ phroṃ āṃ hrīṃ kroṃ huṃ phaṭ svāhā! May he protect us both together; may he nourish us both together; / may we work together with vigour; may what we have studied be radiant; may we not hate each other! / Within the body is fire; within the fire is brightness; / within the brightness is light; within the light is the moon;

within the moon is the goddess's supreme, splendid wheel-diagram; / and within it is the drop-point; within the drop-point is the mind;

within the mind is the primordial sound; within the primordial sound are the fractional powers; / within the fractional powers is the individual soul; within the individual soul is the supreme reality; / the individual soul is the supreme reality, the supreme reality is the individual soul—one should contemplate all as Brahman.

Oṃ peace, peace, peace. Thus ends the Vanadurgā Upaniṣad in the secret teachings of the Atharvaveda.