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Atharvaveda 4.19

Atharvavedasaṃhitā 4.19

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Sanskrit

4.19.1

utó asy ábandhukr̥d utó asi nú jāmikŕ̥t |
utó kr̥tyākŕ̥taḥ prajā́ṃ nadám ivā́ chindhi vā́rṣikam ||1||

Both art thou not relative-making, and now art thou kin-making; also do thou cut off (? ā-chid) the progeny of the witchcraft-maker, like a reed of the rainy season (vā́rṣika).

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

4.19.2

brāhmaṇéna páryuktāsi káṇvena nārṣadéna |
sénevaiṣi tvíṣīmatī ná tátra bhayám asti yátra prāpnóṣy oṣadhe ||2||

Thou art bespoken (?) by a Brāhman, by Kaṇva son of Nṛshad; thou goest like a brilliant army (?); there is no fear (bhayá) there where thou arrivest (pra-āp), O herb.

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

4.19.3

ágram eṣy óṣadhīnāṃ jyótiṣevābhidīpáyan |
utá trātā́si pā́kasyā́tho hantā́si rakṣásaḥ ||3||

Thou goest to the head (ágra) of the herbs, causing to shine (dīp) upon [us] as it were with light; also rescuer art thou of the simple (pā́ka), likewise slayer art thou of the demoniac.

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

4.19.4

yád adó devā́ ásurāṃs tváyā́gre nirákurvata |
tátas tvám ádhy oṣadhe 'pāmārgó ajāyathāḥ ||4||

When yonder, in the beginning, the gods by thee removed (nis-kṛ) the Asuras, from thence, O herb, wast thou born, an off-wiper.

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

4.19.5

vibhindatī́ śatáśākhā vibhindán nā́ma te pitā́ |
pratyág ví bhindhi tváṃ táṃ yó asmā́ṃ abhidā́sati ||5||

Splitting apart (vi-bhid), hundred-branched—"splitting apart" by name is thy father; in return (pratyák), do thou split apart him who assails us.

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

4.19.6

ásad bhū́myāḥ sám abhavat tád yā́m eti mahád vyácaḥ |
tád vái táto vidhūpāyát pratyák kartā́ram r̥chatu ||6||

The non-existent came into being (sam-bhū) from the earth; that goes to the sky, the great expanse (vyácas); let that, verily, fuming abroad, come back thence on the maker.

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

4.19.7

pratyáṅ hí saṃbabhū́vitha pratīcī́naphalas tvám |
sárvān mác chapáthām ádhi várīyo yāvayā vadhám ||7||

Since thou hast come into being reverted (pratyáñc), having reverted fruit, do thou repel (yu) from me all curses, [repel] very far the deadly weapon.

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

4.19.8

śaténa mā pári pāhi sahásreṇābhí rakṣā mā |
índras te vīrudhāṃ pata ugrá ojmā́nam ā́ dadhat ||8||

Protect me around with a hundred; defend me with a thousand; may the forceful (ugrá) Indra, O lord of the plants, assign force (ojmán) unto thee.

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

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