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Atharvaveda 2.3

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.3

Language
Sanskrit

2.3.1

adó yád avadhā́vaty avatkám ádhi párvatāt |
tát te kr̥ṇomi bheṣajáṃ súbheṣajaṃ yáthā́sasi ||1||

What runs down yonder, aiding (?), off the mountain, that do I make for thee a remedy, that thou mayest be a good remedy.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.3.2

ā́d aṅgā́ kuvíd aṅgá śatáṃ yā́ bheṣajā́ni te |
téṣām asi tvám uttamám anāsrāvám árogaṇam ||2||

Now then, forsooth! how then, forsooth? what hundred remedies are thine, of them art thou the chief (uttamá), free from flux, free from disease (árogaṇa).

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.3.3

nīcáiḥ khananty ásurā arusrā́ṇam idáṃ mahát |
tád āsrāvásya bheṣajáṃ tád u rógam anīnaśat ||3||

The Asuras dig low down this great wound-healer; that is the remedy of flux; that has made the disease (róga) disappear.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.3.4

upajī́kā úd bharanti samudrā́d ádhi bheṣajám |
tád āsrāvásya bheṣajáṃ tád u rógam aśīśamat ||4||

The ants (upajī́kā) bring up the remedy from out the ocean; that is the remedy of flux; that has quieted (çam) the disease.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.3.5

arusrā́ṇam idáṃ mahát pr̥thivyā́ ádhy údbhr̥tam |
tád āsrāvásya bheṣajáṃ tád u rógam anīnaśat ||5||

This is a great wound-healer, brought up from out the earth; that is the remedy of the flux; that has made the disease disappear.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

2.3.6

śáṃ no bhavantv apá óṣadhayaḥ śivā́ḥ |
índrasya vájro ápa hantu rakṣása ārā́d vísr̥ṣṭā íṣavaḥ patantu rakṣásām ||6||

Weal be to us the waters, propitious the herbs; let Indra's thunderbolt smite away the demoniacs {rakṣás); far away let the discharged arrows of the demoniacs fly.

William Dwight Whitney 1905, Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8)

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