Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 39

AV 19 39.1

ऐतु देवस् त्रायमाणः कुष्ठो हिमवतस् परि । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः

aitu devas trāyamāṇaḥ kuṣṭho himavatas pari | takmānaṃ sarvaṃ nāśaya sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

Let the protecting god kuṣṭha come here from the Himavat; destroy all fever and all the sorceresses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.2

त्रीणि ते कुष्ठ नामानि नद्यमारो नद्यारिषः । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा

trīṇi te kuṣṭha nāmāni nadyamāro nadyāriṣaḥ | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā

Three names are yours, O kuṣṭha: 'no dying today', 'no injury today'—let this man not be injured today, he for whom I invoke you at evening and morning and also by day.

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

AV 19 39.3

जीवला नाम ते माता जीवन्तो नाम ते पिता । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा

jīvalā nāma te mātā jīvanto nāma te pitā | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā

Jīvalā ('the living one') is your mother's name, Jīvanta ('the living') your father's name—let this man not be injured today, he for whom I invoke you at evening and morning and also by day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.4

उत्तमो अस्य् ओषधीनाम् अनड्वान् जगताम् इव व्याघ्रः श्वपदाम् इव । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा

uttamo asy oṣadhīnām anaḍvān jagatām iva vyāghraḥ śvapadām iva | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā

You are the highest of the plants, as the draught-ox of moving creatures, as the tiger of beasts of prey—let this man not be injured today, he for whom I invoke you at evening and morning and also by day.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.5

त्रिः शाम्बुभ्यो अङ्गिरेभ्यस् त्रिर् आदित्येभ्यस् परि । त्रिर् जातो विश्वदेवेभ्यः । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति

triḥ śāmbubhyo aṅgirebhyas trir ādityebhyas pari | trir jāto viśvadevebhyaḥ | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati

Thrice from the Śāmbus and the Aṅgiras-men, thrice from the Ādityas, thrice born from all the gods—that kuṣṭha, the all-remedy, stands together with Soma.

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

AV 19 39.6

अश्वत्थो देवसदनस् तृतीयस्याम् इतो दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति

aśvattho devasadanas tṛtīyasyām ito divi | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati

The aśvattha is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from here; there is the appearing of the immortal draught, thence kuṣṭha was born—that kuṣṭha, the all-remedy, stands together with Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.7

हिरण्ययी नौर् अचरद् धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति

hiraṇyayī naur acarad dhiraṇyabandhanā divi | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati

A golden ship with golden rigging moved in heaven; there is the appearing of the immortal draught, thence kuṣṭha was born—that kuṣṭha, the all-remedy, stands together with Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.8

यत्र नावप्रभ्रंशनं यत्र हिमवतः शिरः । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति

yatra nāvaprabhraṃśanaṃ yatra himavataḥ śiraḥ | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati

Where the ship's putting-down is, where the head of the Himavat is—there is the appearing of the immortal draught, thence kuṣṭha was born—that kuṣṭha, the all-remedy, stands together with Soma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 39.9

यं त्वा वेद पूर्व इक्ष्वाको यं वा त्वा कुष्ठ काम्यः । यं वा वसो यम् आत्स्यस् तेनासि विश्वभेषजः

yaṃ tvā veda pūrva ikṣvāko yaṃ vā tvā kuṣṭha kāmyaḥ | yaṃ vā vaso yam ātsyas tenāsi viśvabheṣajaḥ

You whom the former Ikṣvāku knew, or whom, O kuṣṭha, the Kāmya (knew), or whom Vasa, whom Ātsya—by that you are the all-remedy.

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

AV 19 39.10

शीर्षशोकं तृतीयकं सदंदिर् यश् च हायनः । तक्मानं विश्वधावीर्याधराञ्चं परा सुव

śīrṣaśokaṃ tṛtīyakaṃ sadaṃdir yaś ca hāyanaḥ | takmānaṃ viśvadhāvīryādharāñcaṃ parā suva

Head-pain, the tertian (fever), the continual one and the yearly one—drive the fever away downwards, O you of all-powers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition