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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 8

AV 2 8.1

उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके । वि क्षेत्रियस्य मुञ्चताम् अधमं पाशम् उत्तमम्

ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake | vi kṣetriyasya muñcatām adhamaṃ pāśam uttamam

The two blessed stars named Vicṛtau have risen up; let them loose the lowest and the highest fetter of the kṣetriya (inherited disease).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Twin Stars of happy omen, named Releasers, have gone up. May they Loose, of inherited disease, the uppermost and lowest bond.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 8.2

अपेयं रात्र्य् उछत्व् अपोछन्त्व् अभिकृत्वरीः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु

apeyaṃ rātry uchatv apochantv abhikṛtvarīḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu

Let this night shine away, let the (witches?) that work against (us) shine away; let the plant that destroys kṣetriya shine the kṣetriya away.

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

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Vanish this Night, extinct in Dawn! Let those who weave their spells depart. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 8.3

बभ्रोर् अर्जुनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते पलाल्या तिलस्य तिलपिञ्ज्या । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु

babhror arjunakāṇḍasya yavasya te palālyā tilasya tilapiñjyā | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu

With the brown one of white stalks, with the straw of your barley, with the sesame pod of the sesame — let the plant that destroys kṣetriya shine the kṣetriya away.

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

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With straw of barley tawny-brown in colour with its silvery ears, with stalk and stem of Sesamum- So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 8.4

नमस् ते लाङ्गलेभ्यो नम ईषायुगेभ्यः । वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु

namas te lāṅgalebhyo nama īṣāyugebhyaḥ | vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu

Homage to your ploughs, homage to the poles and yokes; let the plant that destroys kṣetriya shine the kṣetriya away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let homage to thy ploughs be paid, our homage to the pole and yokes. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 8.5

नमः सनिस्रसाक्षेभ्यो नमः संदेश्येभ्यः । नमः क्षेत्रस्य पतये वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु

namaḥ sanisrasākṣebhyo namaḥ saṃdeśyebhyaḥ | namaḥ kṣetrasya pataye vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu

Homage to those with drooping eyes, homage to those belonging to the region(?); homage to the lord of the field — let the plant that destroys kṣetriya shine the kṣetriya away.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Homage to men with blinking eyes, homage to those who hear and act! To the Field's Lord be homage paid. So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)