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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 9

AV 2 9.1

दशवृक्ष मुञ्चेमं रक्षसो ग्राह्या अधि यैनं जग्राह पर्वसु । अथो एनम् वनस्पते जीवानां लोकम् उन् नय

daśavṛkṣa muñcemaṃ rakṣaso grāhyā adhi yainaṃ jagrāha parvasu | atho enam vanaspate jīvānāṃ lokam un naya

O ten-tree (plant), release this man from the demon, from the seizure that has seized him in his joints; and then, O lord of the forest, lead him up to the world of the living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Free this man, Dasavriksha! from the demon, from Grāhi who hath seized his joints and members, And raise him up again, O Tree, into the world of living men.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 9.2

आगाद् उद् अगाद् अयं जीवानां व्रातम् अप्य् अगात् । अभूद् उ पुत्राणां पिता नृणां च भगवत्तमः

āgād ud agād ayaṃ jīvānāṃ vrātam apy agāt | abhūd u putrāṇāṃ pitā nṛṇāṃ ca bhagavattamaḥ

He has come, he has come up, this man; he has joined the troop of the living. He has become the father of sons and the most fortunate of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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He hath arisen and come once more, rejoined the band of those who live. May he become the sire of sons, and of all men most fortunate.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 9.3

अधीतीर् अध्य् अगाद् अयम् अधि जीवपुरा अगान् । शतं ह्य् अस्य भिषजः सहस्रम् उत वीरुधः

adhītīr adhy agād ayam adhi jīvapurā agān | śataṃ hy asya bhiṣajaḥ sahasram uta vīrudhaḥ

He has attained understandings, he has come into the strongholds of the living; for a hundred are his healers, and a thousand the plants.

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

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He hath returned to consciousness, rejoined the living's firm abodes, For hundred leeches are in this, yea, and a thousand healing herbs.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 9.4

देवास् ते चीतिम् अविदन् ब्रह्माण उत वीरुधः । चीतिं ते विश्वे देवा अविदन् भूम्याम् अधि

devās te cītim avidan brahmāṇa uta vīrudhaḥ | cītiṃ te viśve devā avidan bhūmyām adhi

The gods found your gathering-up, and the brahmans and the plants; all the gods found your gathering-up upon the earth.

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

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The Gods, the Brāhman-priests, and plants observed the way to gather thee: All deities described the way men gather thee upon the earth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 2 9.5

यश् चकार स निष् करत् स एव सुभिषक्तमः । स एव तुभ्यं भेषजानि कृणवद् भिषजा शुचिः

yaś cakāra sa niṣ karat sa eva subhiṣaktamaḥ | sa eva tubhyaṃ bheṣajāni kṛṇavad bhiṣajā śuciḥ

He who has made (it) shall undo (it); he indeed is the best healer. He himself, pure, shall make remedies for you with a healer.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let him who made it also heal: he, truly, is the deftest leech. Pure, with a leech he verily shall give thee medicines that heal.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)