Atharvaveda 2.9
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.9.1
dáśavr̥kṣa muñcémáṃ rákṣaso grā́hyā ádhi yáinaṃ jagrā́ha párvasu |
átho enam vanaspate jīvā́nāṃ lokám ún naya ||1||
O thou of ten trees, release this man from the demon, from the seizure (grā́hi) that hath seized him in the joints; then, O forest tree, conduct him up to the world of the living.
2.9.2
ā́gād úd agād ayáṃ jīvā́nāṃ vrā́tam ápy agāt |
ábhūd u putrā́ṇāṃ pitā́ nr̥ṇā́ṃ ca bhágavattamaḥ ||2||
This man hath come, hath arisen, hath gone unto the troop (vrā́ta) of the living; he hath become of sons the father and of men (nṛ́) the most fortunate.
2.9.3
ádhītīr ádhy agād ayám ádhi jīvapurā́ agān |
śatáṃ hy àsya bhiṣájaḥ sahásram utá vīrúdhaḥ ||3||
He hath attained (adhi-gā) attainments; he hath attained (adhi-gam) the strongholds (-purā) of the living; for a hundred healers are his, also a thousand plants.
2.9.4
devā́s te cītím avidan brahmā́ṇa utá vīrúdhaḥ |
cītíṃ te víśve devā́ ávidan bhū́myām ádhi ||4||
The gods have found thy gathering (? cītí), the priests (brahmán) and the plants; all the gods have found thy gathering upon the earth.
2.9.5
yáś cakā́ra sá níṣ karat sá evá súbhiṣaktamaḥ |
sá evá túbhyaṃ bheṣajā́ni kr̥ṇávad bhiṣájā śúciḥ ||5||
Whoso made, he shall unmake; he verily is best of healers; he himself, clean, shall make for thee remedies, with the healer.
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 (8)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- History of Indian Medicine, containing Notices, Biographical and Bibliographical, of the Āyurvedic Physicians and their Works on Medicine — Girindranath Mukhopadhyaya, English
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English