Atharvaveda 19.34
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.34
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.34.1
jāṅgiḍó 'si jaṅgiḍó rákṣitāsi jaṅgidáḥ |
dvipā́c cátuṣpād asmā́kaṃ sárvaṃ rakṣatu jaṅgidáḥ ||1||
Jan̄giḍá art though, jan̄giḍá; defender art thou, jan̄giḍá; what of ours is two-footed, four-footed—let jan̄giḍá defend it all.
19.34.2
yā́ gŕ̥tsyas tripañcāśī́ḥ śatáṃ kr̥tyākŕ̥taś ca yé |
sárvān vinaktu téjaso 'rasā́ṃ jaṅgidás karat ||2||
The witchcrafts that are thrice fifty, and the witchcraft-makers that are a hundred—may the jan̄giḍá make them all of vanished brilliancy (-téjas) [and] sapless.
19.34.3
arasáṃ kr̥trímaṃ nādám arasāḥ saptá vísrasaḥ |
ápetó jaṅgiḍā́matim íṣum ásteva śātaya ||3||
Sapless the artificial noise, sapless the seven that fall apart; away from here, O jan̄giḍá, make fall (çat) misery, as an archer (ástṛ) an arrow.
19.34.4
kr̥tyādū́ṣaṇa evā́yám átho arātidū́ṣaṇaḥ |
átho sáhasvāñ jaṅgiḍáḥ prá na ā́yumṣi tāriṣat ||4||
A spoiler of witchcraft verily is this, likewise a spoiler of niggardry; likewise may the powerful jan̄giḍá lengthen out our life-times.
19.34.5
sá jaṅgiḍásya mahimā́ pári ṇaḥ pātu viśvátaḥ |
víṣkandhaṃ yéna sāsáha sáṃskandham ója ójasā ||5||
Let that greatness of the jan̄giḍá protect us all about, wherewith [it] overpowered the víṣkandha with force, [being] a counteracting force (?).
19.34.6
tríṣ ṭvā devā́ ajanayan níṣṭhitaṃ bhū́myām ádhi |
tám u tvā́ṅgirā íti brāhmaṇā́ḥ pūrvyā́ viduḥ ||6||
Thrice the gods generated thee that art settled (ni-sthā) upon the earth; and Brahmans of old know thee thus as An̄giras by name.
19.34.7
ná tvā pū́rvā óṣadhayo ná tvā taranti yā́ návāḥ |
víbādha ugró jaṅgiḍáḥ paripā́ṇaḥ sumaṅgálaḥ ||7||
Not the former herbs surpass thee, not thee the recent; a formidable dispeller [is] the jan̄giḍá, a protector round about, of good omen.
19.34.8
áthopadāna bhagavo jā́ṅgiḍā́mitavīrya |
purā́ ta ugrā́ grasata úpéndro vīryàṃ dadau ||8||
So then when thou didst come into being, O jan̄giḍá, ⌊O thou⌋ of unmeasured heroism, Indra of old, O formidable one, ⌊in the beginning (agratás)⌋, gave unto thee heroism.
19.34.9
ugrá ít te vanaspata índra ojmā́nam ā́ dadhau |
ámīvāḥ sárvāś cātáyaṃ jahí rákṣāṃsy oṣadhe ||9||
To thee, O forest tree, the formidable Indra imparted (ā-dhā) formidableness; expelling all diseases (ámīvā), do thou smite the demons, O herb.
19.34.10
ā́śarīkaṃ víśarīkaṃ balā́saṃ pr̥ṣṭyāmayám |
takmā́naṃ viśváśāradam arasā́ṃ jaṅgiḍás karat ||10||
The crusher, the burster, the balā́sa, the side-ache, the takmán of every autumn, may the jan̄giḍá make sapless.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
Discussed in (6)
- A Vedic Concordance — Bloomfield 1906, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Macdonell & Keith 1912, English
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Filliozat 1949, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Dasgupta 1922, English
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Majumdar 1927, English