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)