Atharvaveda 9.8
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 9.8
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- Sanskrit
9.8.1
śīrṣaktíṃ śīrṣāmayáṃ karṇaśūláṃ vilohitám |
sárvaṃ śīrṣanyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||1||
Headache, head-ailment, earache, anæmia (? vilohitá), every head-disease of thine, do we expel out [of thee] by incantation (nir-mantray-).
9.8.2
kárṇābhyāṃ te káṅkūṣebhyaḥ karṇaśūláṃ visálpakam |
sárvaṃ śīrṣanyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||2||
From thy (two) ears, from thy kán̄kūṣas, the earache, the visálpaka, every head-disease etc. etc.
9.8.3
yásya hetóḥ pracyávate yákṣmaḥ karṇató āsyatáḥ |
sárvaṃ śīrṣanyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||3||
For reason of which the yákṣma removes from ears, from mouth—every head-disease etc. etc.
9.8.4
yáḥ kr̥ṇóti pramótam andháṃ kr̥ṇóti pū́ruṣam |
sárvaṃ śīrṣanyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||4||
Whatever one makes a man dumb (? pramóta), makes [him] blind—every head-disease etc. etc.
9.8.5
aṅgabhedám aṅgajvarám viśvāṅgyàṃ visálpakam |
sárvaṃ śīrṣanyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||5||
Limb-splitting, limb-wasting, and visálpaka of all the limbs—every head-disease etc. etc.
9.8.6
yásya bhīmáḥ pratīkāśá udvepáyati pū́ruṣam |
takmā́naṃ viśváśāradaṃ bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||6||
Of whom the fearful aspect makes a man tremble—the takmán of every autumn we expel out [of thee] by incantation.
9.8.7
yá ūrū́ anusárpaty átho éti gavī́nike |
yákṣmaṃ te antár áṅgebhyo bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||7||
The yákṣma that creeps along the thighs, that goes also to the groins, from thy limbs within we expel etc. etc.
9.8.8
yádi kā́mād apakāmā́d dhŕ̥dayāj jā́yate pári |
hr̥dó balā́sam áṅgebhyo bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||8||
If it is born out of desire, of aversion, of the heart—the balā́sa from thy heart, thy limbs we expel etc. etc.
9.8.9
harimā́ṇaṃ te áṅgebhyo 'pvā́m antaródárāt |
yakṣmodhā́m antár ātmáno bahír nír mantrayāmahe ||9||
Yellowness from thy limbs, apvā́ from thy belly within, the yákṣma-maker from thy self within we expel etc. etc.
9.8.10
ā́so balā́so bhávatu mū́traṃ bhavatv āmáyat |
yákṣmāṇāṃ sárveṣāṃ viṣáṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||10||
Let the balā́sa become ash, let it become sickening urine; the poison of all yákṣmas have I exorcised from thee.
9.8.11
bahír bílaṃ nír dravatu kā́hābāhaṃ távodárāt |
yákṣmāṇāṃ sárveṣāṃ viṣáṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||11||
Forth at the orifice let it run out, the kā́hābāha, from thy belly; the poison of all etc. etc.
9.8.12
udárāt te klomnó nā́bhyā hŕ̥dayād ádhi |
yákṣmāṇāṃ sárveṣāṃ viṣáṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||12||
Out of thy belly, lung, navel, heart, the poison of all etc. etc.
9.8.13
yā́ḥ sīmā́naṃ virujánti mūrdhā́naṃ práty arṣanī́ḥ |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||13||
They that break apart the crown, rushers against the head (mūrdhán)—not injuring, free from disease, let them run out, out at the orifice.
9.8.14
yā́ hŕ̥dayam uparṣánty anutanvánti kī́kasāḥ |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||14||
They that rush unto the heart, that stretch along the vertebrae—not injuring etc. etc.
9.8.15
yā́ḥ pārśvé uparṣánty anuníkṣanti pr̥ṣṭī́ḥ |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||15||
They that rush unto the two sides, that stab (nikṣ) along the ribs—not injuring etc. etc.
9.8.16
yā́s tiráścīḥ uparṣánty arṣaṇī́r vakṣáṇāsu te |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||16||
They that rush on crosswise, rushers in thy belly (vakṣáṇā)—not injuring etc. etc.
9.8.17
yā́ gúdā anusárpanty āntrā́ṇi moháyanti ca |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||17||
They that creep along the intestines, and confound the entrails—not injuring etc. etc.
9.8.18
yā́ majjñó nirdháyanti párūṃṣi virujánti ca |
áhiṃsantīr anāmayā́ nír dravantu bahír bílam ||18||
They that suck out the marrow, and break apart the joints—not injuring etc. etc.
9.8.19
yé áṅgāni madáyanti yákṣmāso ropaṇā́s táva |
yákṣmāṇāṃ sárveṣāṃ viṣáṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||19||
They that intoxicate (maday-) the limbs, the yákṣmas, thy gripers—the poison of all yákṣmas have I exorcised from thee.
9.8.20
visalpásya vidradhásya vātīkārásya vālajéḥ |
yákṣmāṇāṃ sárveṣāṃ viṣáṃ nír avocam aháṃ tvát ||20||
Of the visalpá, of the vidradhá, or of the vātīkārá, of the alaji—the poison etc. etc.
9.8.21
pā́dābhyāṃ te jā́nubhyāṃ śróṇibhyāṃ pári bháṃsasaḥ |
ánūkād arṣaṇī́r uṣṇíhābhyaḥ śīrṣṇó rógam anīnaśam ||21||
Forth from thy feet, knees, hips, buttock, spine, nape the pangs, from thy head the disease have I made disappear.
9.8.22
sáṃ te śīrṣṇáḥ kapā́lāni hŕ̥dayasya ca yó vidhúḥ |
udyánn āditya raśmíbhiḥ śīrṣṇó rógam anīnaśo 'ṅgabhedám aśīśamaḥ ||22||
Together the bones (kapā́la) of thy head, and the discusser (vidhú) of thy heart—arising, O Āditya, thou with thy rays hast made disappear the disease of the head, hast pacified the limb-splitter.
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)
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (7)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels — Jean Filliozat, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German