Atharvaveda 8.5

8.5.1

ayáṃ pratisaró maṇír vīró vīrā́ya badhyate |
vīryàvānt sapatnahā́ śū́ravīraḥ paripā́ṇaḥ sumaṅgálaḥ ||1||

This reverting amulet, a hero, is bound on a hero; heroic, rival-slaying, true hero, a very propitious protection.

8.5.2

ayáṃ maṇíḥ sapatnahā́ suvī́raḥ sáhasvān vājī́ sáhamāna ugráḥ |
pratyák kr̥tyā́ dūṣáyann eti vīráḥ ||2||

This amulet, rival-slaying, having excellent heroes, powerful, vigorous, overpowering, formidable, a hero, goes to meet the witchcrafts, spoiling [them].

8.5.3

anénéndro maṇínā vr̥trám ahann anénā́surān párābhāvayan manīṣī́ |
anénājayad dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ ubhé imé anénājayat pradíśaś cátasraḥ ||3||

With this amulet Indra smote Vritra; with this he, being filled with wisdom, ruined the Asuras; with this he conquered both, heaven-and-earth here; with this he conquered the four directions.

8.5.4

ayáṃ srāktyó maṇíḥ pratīvartáḥ pratisaráḥ |
ójasvān vimr̥dhó vaśī́ só asmā́n pātu sarvátaḥ ||4||

This amulet of sraktyá, back-turning, reverting, forcible, remover of scorners, controlling—let it protect us on all sides.

8.5.5

tád agnír āha tád u sóma āha bŕ̥haspátiḥ savitā́ tád índraḥ |
té me devā́ḥ puróhitāḥ pratī́cīḥ kr̥tyā́ḥ pratisaráir ajantu ||5||

This Agni says, this also Soma says, this Brihaspati, Savitar, Indra; let these gods, my representatives (puróhita), drive the witchcrafts backward with the reverters.

8.5.6

antár dadhe dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ utā́har utá sū́ryam |
té me devā́ḥ puróhitāḥ pratī́cīḥ kr̥tyā́ḥ pratisaráir ajantu ||6||

I interpose heaven-and-earth, also the day, also the sun; let these gods, my representatives, drive the witchcrafts backward with the reverters.

8.5.7

yé srāktyáṃ maṇíṃ jánā vármāṇi kr̥ṇváte |
sū́rya iva dívam ārúhya ví kr̥tyā́ bādhate vaśī́ ||7||

The people who make the amulet of sraktyá their defenses—like the sun ascending the sky, it, controlling, drives away the witchcrafts.

8.5.8

srāktyéna maṇínā ŕ̥ṣiṇeva manīṣíṇā |
ájaiṣaṃ sárvāḥ pŕ̥tanā ví mŕ̥dho hanmi rakṣásaḥ ||8||

By the amulet of sraktyá, as by a seer (ṛ́ṣi) full of wisdom, I have conquered all fighters; I smite away the scorners, the demoniacs.

8.5.9

yā́ḥ kr̥tyā́ āṅgirasī́r yā́ḥ kr̥tyā́ āsurī́r yā́ḥ |
kr̥tyā́ḥ svayáṃkr̥tā yā́ u cānyébhir ā́bhr̥tāḥ |
ubháyīs tā́ḥ párā yantu parāváto navatíṃ nāvyā̀ áti ||9||

The witchcrafts that are of the An̄girases, the witchcrafts that are of the Asuras, the witchcrafts that are self-made, and those that are brought by others—let these, of both kinds, go away to the distances, across ninety navigable [streams].

8.5.10

asmái maṇíṃ várma badhnantu devā́ índro víṣṇuḥ savitā́ rudró agníḥ |
prajā́patiḥ parameṣṭhī́ virā́ḍ vaiśvānará ŕ̥ṣayaś ca sárve ||10||

On this man let the gods bind the amulet [as] defense: [namely,] Indra, Vishṇu, Savitar, Rudra, Agni, Prajāpati, Parameshṭhin, Virāj, Vāiçvānara, and all_ the seers.

8.5.11

uttamó asy óṣadhīnām anaḍvā́n jágatām iva vyāghráḥ śvápadām iva |

Thou art the chief (uttamá) of herbs, as the ox of moving creatures (jágat), as the tiger of wild beasts (çvápad); whom we sought, him have we found, a watcher near at hand (?).

8.5_2

.11ḍ) yám áichāmā́vidāma táṃ pratispā́śanam ántitam ||11||

8.5.12

sá íd vyāghró bhavaty átho siṃhó átho vŕ̥ṣā |
átho sapatnakárśano yó bíbhartīmáṃ maṇím ||12||

He verily becomes a tiger, likewise a lion, likewise a bull, likewise a lessener of rivals, who bears this amulet.

8.5.13

náinaṃ ghnanty apsaráso ná gandharvā́ ná mártyāḥ |
sárvā díśo ví rājati yó bíbhartīmáṃ maṇím ||13||

Not Apsarases smite him, not Gandharvas, not mortals; he reigns over (vi-rāj) all the quarters who bears this amulet.

8.5.14

kaśyápas tvā́m asr̥jata kaśyápas tvā sám airayat |
ábibhas tvéndro mā́nuṣe bíbhrat saṃśreṣiṇé 'jayat |
maṇíṃ sahásravīryaṃ várma devā́ akr̥ṇvata ||14||

Kaçyapa created thee; Kaçyapa collected thee; Indra bore thee in human wise (?); bearing [thee], he conquered in the conflict (?); the amulet, of thousand-fold might, the gods made their defense.

8.5.15

yás tvā kr̥tyā́bhir yás tvā dīkṣā́bhir yajñáir yás tvā jíghāṃsati |
pratyák tvám indra táṃ jahi vájreṇa śatáparvaṇā ||15||

Whoever with witchcrafts, whoever with consecrations, whoever with sacrifices desires to slay thee—him do thou, O Indra, smite back with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt.

8.5.16

ayám íd vái pratīvartá ójasvān saṃjayó maṇíḥ |
prajā́ṃ dhánaṃ ca rakṣatu paripā́ṇaḥ sumaṅgálaḥ ||16||

Let this back-turning, forcible, all-conquering amulet verily defend [our] progeny and riches, a very propitious protection.

8.5.17

asapatnáṃ no adharā́d asapatnáṃ na uttarā́t |
índrāsapatnáṃ naḥ paścā́j jyótiḥ śūra purás kr̥dhi ||17||

Freedom from rivals for us below, freedom from rivals for us above, freedom from rivals for us behind, O Indra, light in front make thou, O hero.

8.5.18

várma me dyā́vāpr̥thivī́ vármā́har várma sū́ryaḥ |
várma ma índraś cāgníś ca várma dhātā́ dadhātu me ||18||

A defense for me [be] heaven-and-earth, a defense the day, a defense the sun, a defense for me both Indra and Agni; a defense let Dhātar assign (dhā) to me.

8.5.19

aindrāgnáṃ várma bahuláṃ yád ugráṃ víśve devā́ nā́tivídhyanti sárve |
tán me tanvàṃ trāyatāṃ sarváto br̥hád ā́yuṣmāṃ jarádaṣṭir yáthā́sāni ||19||

Indra-and-Agni's abundant formidable defense, which not all the gods together pierce through—let that, being great, save my body on all sides, that I may be long-lived, attaining old age.

8.5.20

ā́ mārukṣad devamaṇír mahyā́ ariṣṭátātaye |
imáṃ methím abhisáṃviśadhvaṃ tanūpā́naṃ trivárūtham ójase ||20||

The divine amulet hath ascended me, in order to great unharmedness; enter ye together unto this post (? methí), body-protecting, thrice-defending, in order to vigor (ójas).

8.5.21

asmínn índro ní dadhātu nr̥mṇám imáṃ devāso abhisáṃviśadhvam |
dīrghāyutvā́ya śatáśāradāyā́yuṣmān jarádaṣṭir yáthā́sat ||21||

In this let Indra deposit manliness; this, O gods, enter ye together unto, in order to long life-time of a hundred autumns; that he may be long-lived, attaining old age.

8.5.22

svastidā́ viśā́ṃ pátir vr̥trahā́ vimr̥dhó vaśī́ |
índro badhnātu te maṇíṃ jigīvā́m̐ áparājitaḥ |
somapā́ abhayaṅkaró vŕ̥ṣā |

Giver of welfare, lord of the people, Vritra-slayer, masterful remover of scorners, let Indra bind ⌊for thee⌋ the amulet, [he] that has conquered, is unconquered, soma-drinking, fearless-making bull; let him defend thee on all sides, by day and by night on all sides.