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Atharvaveda 2.4

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.4

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Sanskrit

2.4.1

dīrghāyutvā́ya br̥haté ráṇāyā́riṣyanto dákṣamāṇāḥ sádaivá |
maṇíṃ viṣkandhadū́ṣaṇaṃ jaṅgiḍáṃ bibhr̥mo vayám ||1||

In order to length of life, to great joy, we, taking no harm, all the time capable (dakṣ), bear the jan̄giḍá, the víṣkandha-spoiling amulet.

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

2.4.2

jaṅgiḍó jambhā́d viśarā́d víṣkandhād abhiśócanāt |
maṇíḥ sahásravīryaḥ pári ṇaḥ pātu viśvátaḥ ||2||

From jambá, from viçará, from víṣkandha, from scorching (abhiçócana), let the jan̄giḍá, the amulet of thousand-fold valiance (-vīryà), protect us about on every side.

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

2.4.3

ayáṃ víṣkandhaṃ sahate 'yáṃ bādhaté attríṇaḥ |
ayáṃ no viśvábheṣajo jaṅgiḍáḥ pātv áṃhasaḥ ||3||

This one overpowers the víṣkandha; this drives off the devourers; let this jan̄giḍá, possessing all remedies, protect us from distress.

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

2.4.4

deváir datténa maṇínā jaṅgiḍéna mayobhúvā |
víṣkandhaṃ sárvā rákṣāṃsi vyāyāmé sahāmahe ||4||

With the amulet given by the gods, the kindly jan̄giḍá, we overpower in the struggle (vyāyāmá) the víṣkandha [and] all demons.

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

2.4.5

śaṇáś ca mā jaṅgiḍáś ca víṣkandhād abhí rakṣatām |
áraṇyād anyá ā́bhr̥taḥ kr̥ṣyā́ anyó rásebhyaḥ ||5||

Let both the hemp and the jan̄giḍá defend me from the víṣkandha: the one brought from the forest, the other from the juices (rása) of ploughing.

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

2.4.6

kr̥tyādū́ṣir ayáṃ maṇír átho arātidū́ṣiḥ |
átho sáhasvān jaṅgiḍáḥ prá ṇa ā́yuṃṣi tāriṣat ||6||

Witchcraft-spoiling is this amulet, likewise niggard-spoiling; likewise shall the pov/eriul jan̄giḍá prolong our life-times.

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

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