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Atharvaveda 4.17

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.17

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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.

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

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."

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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