Atharvaveda 19.35
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 19.35
- Language
- Sanskrit
19.35.1
índrasya nā́ma gr̥hṇánta ŕ̥sayo jaṅgidáṃ daduḥ |
devā́ yáṃ cakrúr bheṣajám ágre viṣkandhadū́ṣaṇam ||1||
Taking (grah) the name of Indra, the seers gave the jan̄giḍá, which the gods in the beginning made a remedy, spoiler of the víṣkandha.
19.35.2
sá no rakṣatu jaṅgiḍó dhanapāló dháneva |
devā́ yáṃ cakrúr brāhmaṇā́ḥ paripā́ṇam arātihám ||2||
Let that jan̄giḍá defend us, as a protector of riches his riches; which ⌊jan̄giḍá⌋ the gods, the Brahmans, made a protector round about, slayer of niggards.
19.35.3
durhā́rdaḥ sáṃghoraṃ cákṣuḥ pāpakŕ̥tvānam ā́gamam |
tā́ṃs tváṃ sahasracakṣo pratībodhéna nāśaya paripā́ṇo 'si jaṅgiḍáḥ ||3||
The enemy of terrible aspect (-cákṣús), the evil-doer that has come—them do thou, O thousand-eyed one, make to vanish by thy watchfulness (? pratībodhá); thou art jan̄giḍá that protects round about.
19.35.4
pári mā diváḥ pári mā pr̥thivyā́ḥ páry antárikṣāt pári mā vīrúdbhyaḥ |
pári mā bhūtā́t pári motá bhávyād diśódiśo jaṅgiḍáḥ pātv asmā́n ||4||
Me from the sky, me from the earth, from the atmosphere, me from the plants, me from what is, and me from what is to be—from every direction let the jan̄giḍá protect us about.
19.35.5
yá r̥ṣṇávo devákr̥tā yá utó vavr̥té 'nyáḥ |
sárvāṃ stā́n viśvábheṣajo 'rasā́ṃ jaṅgiḍás karat ||5||
What [witchcraft-]workers are made by the gods, and also what from mortals—all those may the all-healing 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 (6)
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Vedārthaprakāśa (Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya) — Mādhavācārya alias Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English