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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 33

AV 2 33.1

अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकाद् अधि । यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज् जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते

akṣībhyāṃ te nāsikābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chubukād adhi | yakṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ mastiṣkāj jihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te

From your two eyes, your two nostrils, your two ears, from off your chin, the consumption that is in the head, from the brain, from the tongue, I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From both thy nostrils, from both eyes, from both thine ears, and from thy chin, Forth from thy brain and tongue I root Consumption seated in thy head.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.2

ग्रीवाभ्यस् त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मं दोषण्यम् अंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते

grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyam aṃsābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te

From your neck, from your nape-sinews, from your vertebrae, from your spine, the consumption that is in the forearm, from your two shoulders, from your two arms, I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Forth from the neck and from the nape, from dorsal vertebrae and spine. From arms and shoulder-blades I root Consumption seated in thine arms.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.3

हृदयात् ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात् पार्श्वाभ्याम् । यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस् ते वि वृहामसि

hṛdayāt te pari klomno halīkṣṇāt pārśvābhyām | yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknas te vi vṛhāmasi

From your heart, from your lung, from your halīkṣṇa, from your two sides, the consumption from your kidneys, from your spleen, from your liver, we tear out for you.

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

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Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder and thy sides, From kidneys, spleen and liver thy Consumption we eradicate.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.4

आन्त्रेभ्यस् ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर् उदराद् अधि । यक्ष्मं कुक्षिभ्याम् प्लाशेर् नाभ्या वि वृहामि ते

āntrebhyas te gudābhyo vaniṣṭhor udarād adhi | yakṣmaṃ kukṣibhyām plāśer nābhyā vi vṛhāmi te

From your intestines, from your rectum, from your rectum's end, from off your belly, the consumption from your two flanks, from your entrails, from your navel, I tear out for you.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

From bowels and intestines, from the rectum and the belly, I Extirpate thy Consumption, from flanks, navel and mesentery.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.5

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम् । यक्ष्मं भसद्यं श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भंससो वि वृहामि ते

ūrubhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ pārṣṇibhyāṃ prapadābhyām | yakṣmaṃ bhasadyaṃ śroṇibhyāṃ bhāsadaṃ bhaṃsaso vi vṛhāmi te

From your two thighs, your two knees, your two heels, your two forefeet, the consumption that is in the buttocks, from your hips, the anal consumption, from your hindquarters, I tear out for you.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Forth from thy thighs and from thy knees, heels and the fore- parts of thy feet. Forth from thy loins and hips I draw Consumption setted in thy loins.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.6

अस्थिभ्यस् ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः । यक्ष्मम् पाणिभ्याम् अङ्गुलिभ्यो नखेभ्यो वि वृहामि ते

asthibhyas te majjabhyaḥ snāvabhyo dhamanibhyaḥ | yakṣmam pāṇibhyām aṅgulibhyo nakhebhyo vi vṛhāmi te

From your bones, from your marrows, from your sinews, from your vessels, the consumption from your two hands, from your fingers, from your nails, I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Forth from thy marrows and thy bones, forth from thy tendons and thy veins I banish thy Consumption, from thy hands, thy fingers, and thy nails.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 33.7

अङ्गेअङ्गे लोम्निलोम्नि यस् ते पर्वणिपर्वणि । यक्ष्मं त्वचस्यं ते वयं कश्यपस्य वीबर्हेण विष्वञ्चं वि वृहामसि

aṅgeaṅge lomnilomni yas te parvaṇiparvaṇi | yakṣmaṃ tvacasyaṃ te vayaṃ kaśyapasya vībarheṇa viṣvañcaṃ vi vṛhāmasi

That which is in each limb of yours, in each hair, in each joint — the consumption that is in your skin we, with Kaśyapa's tearing-out instrument, tear away in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

In every member, every hair, in every joint wherein it lies, We with the exorcising spell of Kasyapa drive far away Con- sumption settled in thy skin.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)