Atharvaveda 4.17
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.17
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.17.1
ī́śāṇāṃ tvā bheṣajā́nām újjeṣa ā́ rabhāmahe |
cakré sahásravīryam sárvasmā oṣadhe tvā ||1||
Thee, the mistress of remedies, O conquering one (ujjeṣá), we take hold of; I have made thee a thing of thousand-fold energy (-vīryà) for every one, O herb.
4.17.2
satyajítaṃ śapathayā́vanīṃ sáhamānāṃ punaḥsarā́m |
sárvāḥ sám ahvy óṣadhīr itó naḥ pārayād íti ||2||
The truly-conquering, the curse-repelling, the overcoming, the reverted one (punaḥsará)—all the herbs have I called together, saying "may they (?) save us from this."
4.17.3
yā́ śaśā́pa śápanena yā́gháṃ mū́ram ādadhé |
yā́ rásasya háraṇāya jātám ārebhé tokám attu sā́ ||3||
She that hath cursed with cursing, that hath taken malignity as her root, that hath seized on [our] young to take [its] sap—let her eat [her own] offspring.
4.17.4
yā́ṃ te cakrúr āmé pā́tre yā́ṃ cakrúr nīlalohité |
āmé māṃsé kr̥tyā́ṃ yā́ṃ cakrús táyā kr̥tyākŕ̥to jahi ||4||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the raw vessel (pā́tra), what they have made in the blue-red one, in raw flesh what witchcraft they have made—with that do thou smite the witchcraft-makers.
4.17.5
dáuṣvapnyaṃ dáurjīvityaṃ rákṣo abhvàm arāyyàḥ |
durṇā́mnīḥ sárvā durvā́cas tā́ asmán nāśayāmasi ||5||
Evil-dreaming, evil-living, demon, monster (abhvà), hags, all the ill-named (f.), ill-voiced—them we make disappear from us.
4.17.6
kṣudhāmāráṃ tr̥ṣṇāmārám agótām anapatyátām |
ápāmārga tváyā vayáṃ sárvaṃ tád ápa mr̥jmahe ||6||
Death by hunger, death by thirst, kinelessness, childlessness—through thee, O off-wiper (apāmārgá), we wipe off all that.
4.17.7
tr̥ṣṇāmāráṃ kṣudhāmāráṃ átho akṣaparājayám |
ápāmārga tváyā vayáṃ sárvaṃ tád ápa mr̥jmahe ||7||
Death by thirst, death by hunger, likewise defeat at dice—through thee, O off-wiper, we wipe off all that.
4.17.8
apāmārgá óṣadhīnāṃ sárvāsām éka íd vaśī́ |
téna te mr̥jma ā́sthitam átha tvám agadáś cara ||8||
The off-wiper is indeed of all herbs the sole controller (vaçín); with it we wipe [off] what has befallen (ā́sthita) thee; then do thou go about free from disease.
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
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