Atharvaveda 6.85
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 6.85
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.85.1
varaṇó vārayātā ayáṃ devó vánaspátiḥ |
yákṣmo yó asmínn ā́viṣṭas tám u devā́ avīvaran ||1||
The varaṇá, this divine forest-tree, shall ward off (vāray-); the yákṣma that has entered into this man—that have the gods warded off.
6.85.2
índrasya vácasā vayáṃ mitrásya váruṇasya ca |
devā́nāṃ sárveṣāṃ vācā́ yákṣmaṃ te vārayāmahe ||2||
With the word (vácas) of Indra, of Mitra, and of Varuṇa, with the voice (vā́c) of all the gods, do we ward off thy yákṣma.
6.85.3
yáthā vr̥trá imā́ ā́pas tastámbha viśvádhā yatī́ḥ |
evā́ te agnínā yákṣmaṃ vaiśvānaréṇa vāraye ||3||
As Vritra stopped (stambh) these waters [when] going in all directions, so, by means of Agni Vāiçvānara, do I ward off thy yákṣma.
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 (4)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vanaspati: Plants and Plant-Life as in Indian Treatises and Traditions — Girija Prasanna Majumdar, English