Atharvaveda 2.33
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.33
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.33.1
akṣī́bhyāṃ te nā́sikābhyāṃ kárṇābhyāṃ chúbukād ádhi |
yákṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyàṃ mastíṣkāj jihvā́yā ví vr̥hāmi te ||1||
Forth from thy (two) eyes, (two) nostrils, (two) ears, chin, brain, tongue, I eject (vi-vṛh) for thee the yákṣma of the head.
2.33.2
grīvā́bhyas ta uṣṇíhābhyaḥ kī́kasābhyo anūkyā̀t |
yákṣmaṃ doṣaṇyàm áṃsābhyāṃ bāhúbhyāṃ ví vr̥hāmi te ||2||
From thy neck (grīvás), nape (uṣṇíhās), vertebræ (kī́kasā), backbone, (two) shoulders, (two) fore-arms, I eject for thee the yákṣma of the arms.
2.33.3
hŕ̥dayāt te pári klomnó hálīkṣṇāt pārśvā́bhyām |
yákṣmaṃ mátasnābhyāṃ plīhnó yaknás te ví vr̥hāmasi ||3||
Forth from thy heart, lung (klomán), hálīkṣṇa, (two) sides, (two) mátasnas, spleen, liver, we eject for thee the yákṣma.
2.33.4
āntrébhyas te gúdābhyo vaniṣṭhór udárād ádhi |
yákṣmaṃ kukṣíbhyām plāśér nā́bhyā ví vr̥hāmi te ||4||
Forth from thine entrails, guts, rectum, belly, (two) paunches, plāçí, navel, I eject for thee the yákṣma.
2.33.5
ūrúbhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvádbhyāṃ pā́rṣṇibhyāṃ prápadābhyām |
yákṣmaṃ bhasadyàṃ śróṇibhyāṃ bhā́sadaṃ bháṃsaso ví vr̥hāmi te ||5||
From thy (two) thighs, knees, heels, front feet, hips, fundament (? bháṅsas), I eject for thee the yákṣma of the rump.
2.33.6
asthíbhyas te majjábhyaḥ snā́vabhyo dhamánibhyaḥ |
yákṣmam pāṇíbhyām aṅgúlibhyo nakhébhyo ví vr̥hāmi te ||6||
From thy bones, marrows, sinews, vessels, (two) hands, fingers, nails, I eject for thee the yákṣma.
2.33.7
áṅgeaṅge lómnilomni yás te párvaṇiparvaṇi |
yákṣmaṃ tvacasyàṃ te vayáṃ kaśyápasya vībarhéṇa víṣvañcaṃ ví vr̥hāmasi ||7||
What [yákṣma is] in thine every limb, every hair, every joint—the yákṣma of thy skin do we, with Kaçyapa's ejector (vībarhá) eject away (víṣvañc).
Translations (2)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English