Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 19 — Chapter 44

AV 19 44.1

आयुषो ऽसि प्रतरणं विप्रं भेषजम् उच्यसे । तद् आञ्जन त्वं शंताते शम् आपो अभयं कृतम्

āyuṣo 'si prataraṇaṃ vipraṃ bheṣajam ucyase | tad āñjana tvaṃ śaṃtāte śam āpo abhayaṃ kṛtam

You are the lengthening of life; you are called an inspired remedy. Therefore, O ointment, (be) you for well-being; the waters are well-being, safety made.

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

AV 19 44.2

यो हरिमा जायान्यो ऽङ्गभेदो विषल्पकः । सर्वं ते यक्ष्मम् अङ्गेभ्यो बहिर् निर् हन्त्व् आञ्जनम्

yo harimā jāyānyo 'ṅgabhedo viṣalpakaḥ | sarvaṃ te yakṣmam aṅgebhyo bahir nir hantv āñjanam

Whatever jaundice, jāyānya-disease, limb-splitting, viṣalpaka there is — let the ointment smite all your consumption out from your limbs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 44.3

आञ्जनं पृथिव्यां जातं भद्रं पुरुषजीवनम् । कृणोत्व् अप्रमायुकं रथजूतिम् अनागसम्

āñjanaṃ pṛthivyāṃ jātaṃ bhadraṃ puruṣajīvanam | kṛṇotv apramāyukaṃ rathajūtim anāgasam

The ointment born on the earth, auspicious, life-giving to man — let it make (him) not liable to die untimely, swift as a chariot, free of guilt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 19 44.4

प्राण प्राणं त्रायस्वासो असवे मृड । निरृते निरृत्या नः पाशेभ्यो मुञ्च

prāṇa prāṇaṃ trāyasvāso asave mṛḍa | nirṛte nirṛtyā naḥ pāśebhyo muñca

O breath, protect the breath; O life, be gracious to the life. O Nirṛti, release us from the fetters of destruction.

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

AV 19 44.5

सिन्धोर् गर्भो ऽसि विद्युतां पुष्पम् । वातः प्राणः सूर्यश् चक्षुर् दिवस् पयः

sindhor garbho 'si vidyutāṃ puṣpam | vātaḥ prāṇaḥ sūryaś cakṣur divas payaḥ

You are the embryo of the river, the flower of the lightnings. The wind is breath, the sun is sight, the milk of heaven.

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AV 19 44.6

देवाञ्जन त्रैककुद परि मा पाहि विश्वतः । न त्वा तरन्त्य् ओषधयो बाह्याः पर्वतीया उत

devāñjana traikakuda pari mā pāhi viśvataḥ | na tvā taranty oṣadhayo bāhyāḥ parvatīyā uta

O divine ointment from Trikakud, guard me on every side. The herbs do not surpass you, neither those from outside nor those of the mountains.

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AV 19 44.7

वीदं मध्यम् अवासृपद् रक्षोहामीवचातनः । अमीवाः सर्वाश् चातयन् नाशयद् अभिभा इतः

vīdaṃ madhyam avāsṛpad rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ | amīvāḥ sarvāś cātayan nāśayad abhibhā itaḥ

It has crept apart into this middle (region), the slayer of rakṣas, the dispeller of disease; driving away all diseases, it has made the apparitions vanish from here.

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

AV 19 44.8

बह्व् इदं राजन् वरुणानृतम् आह पूरुषः । तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्य् अंहसः

bahv idaṃ rājan varuṇānṛtam āha pūruṣaḥ | tasmāt sahasravīrya muñca naḥ pary aṃhasaḥ

Much untruth has man spoken here, O king Varuṇa; therefore, O thou of thousandfold power, release us from distress.

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AV 19 44.9

यद् आपो अघ्न्या इति वरुणेति यद् ऊचिम । तस्मात् सहस्रवीर्य मुञ्च नः पर्य् अंहसः

yad āpo aghnyā iti varuṇeti yad ūcima | tasmāt sahasravīrya muñca naḥ pary aṃhasaḥ

In that we have said "O waters," "O inviolable ones," in that we have said "O Varuṇa" — therefore, O thou of thousandfold power, release us from distress.

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

AV 19 44.10

मित्रश् च त्वा वरुणश् चानुप्रेयतुर् आञ्जन । तौ त्वानुगत्य दूरं भोगाय पुनर् ओहतुः

mitraś ca tvā varuṇaś cānupreyatur āñjana | tau tvānugatya dūraṃ bhogāya punar ohatuḥ

Both Mitra and Varuṇa went after thee, O ointment; and they two, having followed thee far, brought thee back again for (our) enjoyment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition