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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 34

AV 19 34.1

जाङ्गिडो ऽसि जङ्गिडो रक्षितासि जङ्गिदः । द्विपाच् चतुष्पाद् अस्माकं सर्वं रक्षतु जङ्गिदः

jāṅgiḍo 'si jaṅgiḍo rakṣitāsi jaṅgidaḥ | dvipāc catuṣpād asmākaṃ sarvaṃ rakṣatu jaṅgidaḥ

You are jāṅgiḍa; jaṅgiḍa, you are a protector, jaṅgiḍa. May the jaṅgiḍa protect all that is ours, two-footed and four-footed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Jangida, thou art Angiras: thou art a guardian, Jangida. Let Jangida, keep safely all our bipeds and our quadrupeds.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.2

या गृत्स्यस् त्रिपञ्चाशीः शतं कृत्याकृतश् च ये । सर्वान् विनक्तु तेजसो ऽरसां जङ्गिदस् करत्

yā gṛtsyas tripañcāśīḥ śataṃ kṛtyākṛtaś ca ye | sarvān vinaktu tejaso 'rasāṃ jaṅgidas karat

The fifty-three clever (spells) that there are, and the hundred sorcery-workers — let (jaṅgiḍa) sunder them all from their sharpness; let jaṅgiḍa make (them) sapless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Dice-witcheries, the fifty-threes, the hundred witchcraft-practi- sers, All these may Jangida make weak, bereft of their effectual force.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.3

अरसं कृत्रिमं नादम् अरसाः सप्त विस्रसः । अपेतो जङ्गिडामतिम् इषुम् अस्तेव शातय

arasaṃ kṛtrimaṃ nādam arasāḥ sapta visrasaḥ | apeto jaṅgiḍāmatim iṣum asteva śātaya

Sapless (be) the fabricated nāda, sapless the seven visrasas. Away from here, O jaṅgiḍa, shatter ill-will as an archer (shatters) an arrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Baffle the loud factitious howl, make impotent the seven decays. As when an archer speeds the shaft, drive away want, O Jangida,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.4

कृत्यादूषण एवायम् अथो अरातिदूषणः । अथो सहस्वाञ् जङ्गिडः प्र न आयुम्षि तारिषत्

kṛtyādūṣaṇa evāyam atho arātidūṣaṇaḥ | atho sahasvāñ jaṅgiḍaḥ pra na āyumṣi tāriṣat

This one is indeed a spoiler of witchcraft, and also a spoiler of hostility. And may the mighty jaṅgiḍa carry our lifetimes forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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This counteracts the sorceress, this banishes malignity: Then may victorious Jangida's prolong the days we have to live.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.5

स जङ्गिडस्य महिमा परि णः पातु विश्वतः । विष्कन्धं येन सासह संस्कन्धम् ओज ओजसा

sa jaṅgiḍasya mahimā pari ṇaḥ pātu viśvataḥ | viṣkandhaṃ yena sāsaha saṃskandham oja ojasā

Let that greatness of the jaṅgiḍa protect us round about on every side — that by which it has overcome viṣkandha, saṃskandha, (and) strength by strength.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let Jangida's protecting might encompass us on every side. Wherewith he quells Vishkandha and Sanskandha, might by greater might.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.6

त्रिष् ट्वा देवा अजनयन् निष्ठितं भूम्याम् अधि । तम् उ त्वाङ्गिरा इति ब्राह्मणाः पूर्व्या विदुः

triṣ ṭvā devā ajanayan niṣṭhitaṃ bhūmyām adhi | tam u tvāṅgirā iti brāhmaṇāḥ pūrvyā viduḥ

Three times did the gods beget thee, set fast upon the earth. And thee the ancient Brāhmaṇas knew as 'Aṅgiras'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Three times the Gods engendered thee fixt on the surface of the earth; The Brāhmans of the olden time knew that thy name was Angiras;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.7

न त्वा पूर्वा ओषधयो न त्वा तरन्ति या नवाः । विबाध उग्रो जङ्गिडः परिपाणः सुमङ्गलः

na tvā pūrvā oṣadhayo na tvā taranti yā navāḥ | vibādha ugro jaṅgiḍaḥ paripāṇaḥ sumaṅgalaḥ

The former herbs do not surpass thee, nor do those that are new surpass thee: the jaṅgiḍa is a fierce repeller, a protection, of good omen.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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The ancient plants surpass thee not, nor any herbs of recent days. A potent charm is Jangida, a most felicitous defence.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.8

अथोपदान भगवो जाङ्गिडामितवीर्य । पुरा त उग्रा ग्रसत उपेन्द्रो वीर्यं ददौ

athopadāna bhagavo jāṅgiḍāmitavīrya | purā ta ugrā grasata upendro vīryaṃ dadau

And now, O bestower, O blessed one, O jāṅgiḍa of unmeasured heroic power — of old the fierce (powers) devoured thee; then Indra gave (thee) virile power.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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Then when thou sprangest into life, Jangida of un-measured strength, Indra, O mighty One, bestowed great power upon thee from the first.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.9

उग्र इत् ते वनस्पत इन्द्र ओज्मानम् आ दधौ । अमीवाः सर्वाश् चातयं जहि रक्षांस्य् ओषधे

ugra it te vanaspata indra ojmānam ā dadhau | amīvāḥ sarvāś cātayaṃ jahi rakṣāṃsy oṣadhe

Fierce indeed is thy (power), O tree: Indra has placed strength (in thee). Driving away all sicknesses, slay the rakṣases, O herb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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To thee in truth, O Forest Tree, Indra the mighty One gave strength. Driving away all maladies, strike thou the demons down, O Plant.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 19 34.10

आशरीकं विशरीकं बलासं पृष्ट्यामयम् । तक्मानं विश्वशारदम् अरसां जङ्गिडस् करत्

āśarīkaṃ viśarīkaṃ balāsaṃ pṛṣṭyāmayam | takmānaṃ viśvaśāradam arasāṃ jaṅgiḍas karat

The āśarīka, the viśarīka, the balāsa, the pain in the ribs, the fever that comes every autumn — let jaṅgiḍa make (them) sapless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Lumbago and rheumatic pain, consumptive cough, and pleurisy, And fever which each Autumn brings, may Jangida make- powerless.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)