Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 4

AV 2 4.1

दीर्घायुत्वाय बृहते रणायारिष्यन्तो दक्षमाणाः सदैव । मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणं जङ्गिडं बिभृमो वयम्

dīrghāyutvāya bṛhate raṇāyāriṣyanto dakṣamāṇāḥ sadaiva | maṇiṃ viṣkandhadūṣaṇaṃ jaṅgiḍaṃ bibhṛmo vayam

For long life, for great joy, unharmed, ever gaining strength — we wear the jaṅgiḍa amulet, the spoiler of viṣkandha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 4.2

जङ्गिडो जम्भाद् विशराद् विष्कन्धाद् अभिशोचनात् । मणिः सहस्रवीर्यः परि णः पातु विश्वतः

jaṅgiḍo jambhād viśarād viṣkandhād abhiśocanāt | maṇiḥ sahasravīryaḥ pari ṇaḥ pātu viśvataḥ

The jaṅgiḍa (guard us) from jambha, from viśara, from viṣkandha, from burning fever; let the amulet of a thousand powers protect us round about on all sides.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 4.3

अयं विष्कन्धं सहते ऽयं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अयं नो विश्वभेषजो जङ्गिडः पात्व् अंहसः

ayaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahate 'yaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ | ayaṃ no viśvabheṣajo jaṅgiḍaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ

This one withstands viṣkandha, this one beats off the devourers; let this jaṅgiḍa, our cure-all, protect us from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 4.4

देवैर् दत्तेन मणिना जङ्गिडेन मयोभुवा । विष्कन्धं सर्वा रक्षांसि व्यायामे सहामहे

devair dattena maṇinā jaṅgiḍena mayobhuvā | viṣkandhaṃ sarvā rakṣāṃsi vyāyāme sahāmahe

With the amulet given by the gods, with the jaṅgiḍa that brings comfort, we overcome viṣkandha and all demons in the contest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 4.5

शणश् च मा जङ्गिडश् च विष्कन्धाद् अभि रक्षताम् । अरण्याद् अन्य आभृतः कृष्या अन्यो रसेभ्यः

śaṇaś ca mā jaṅgiḍaś ca viṣkandhād abhi rakṣatām | araṇyād anya ābhṛtaḥ kṛṣyā anyo rasebhyaḥ

Let both hemp and jaṅgiḍa guard me from viṣkandha: the one brought from the forest, the other from the saps of the ploughland.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 2 4.6

कृत्यादूषिर् अयं मणिर् अथो अरातिदूषिः । अथो सहस्वान् जङ्गिडः प्र ण आयुंषि तारिषत्

kṛtyādūṣir ayaṃ maṇir atho arātidūṣiḥ | atho sahasvān jaṅgiḍaḥ pra ṇa āyuṃṣi tāriṣat

This amulet is a spoiler of witchcraft, and a spoiler of hostility too; and let the powerful jaṅgiḍa carry our lifetimes forward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition