Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 20 — Chapter 96

AV 20 96.1

तीव्रस्याभिवयसो अस्य पाहि सर्वरथा वि हरी इह मुञ्च । इन्द्र मा त्वा यजमानासो अन्ये नि रीरमन् तुभ्यम् इमे सुतासः

tīvrasyābhivayaso asya pāhi sarvarathā vi harī iha muñca | indra mā tvā yajamānāso anye ni rīraman tubhyam ime sutāsaḥ

Drink of this sharp (soma) rich in nourishment; unharness the two bays here, chariot and all. Indra, let not other sacrificers hold you back — these pressings are for you.

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AV 20 96.2

तुभ्यं सुतास् तुभ्यम् उ सोत्वासस् त्वां गिरः श्वात्र्या आ ह्वयन्ति । इन्द्रेदम् अद्य सवनं जुषाणो विश्वस्य विद्वाꣳ इह पाहि सोमम्

tubhyaṃ sutās tubhyam u sotvāsas tvāṃ giraḥ śvātryā ā hvayanti | indredam adya savanaṃ juṣāṇo viśvasya vidvāṁ iha pāhi somam

For you the pressed (drinks), for you too those still to be pressed; the swelling songs call you. Indra, taking pleasure in this pressing today, knowing all, drink the soma here.

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AV 20 96.3

य उशता मनसा सोमम् अस्मै सर्वहृदा देवकामः सुनोति । न गा इन्द्रस् तस्य परा ददाति प्रशस्तम् इच् चारुम् अस्मै कृणोति

ya uśatā manasā somam asmai sarvahṛdā devakāmaḥ sunoti | na gā indras tasya parā dadāti praśastam ic cārum asmai kṛṇoti

Whoever, god-loving, with eager mind and with his whole heart presses the soma for him — Indra does not give away that man's cows; he makes (him) renowned indeed and dear.

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AV 20 96.4

अनुस्पष्टो भवत्य् एषो अस्य यो अस्मै रेवान् न सुनोति सोमम् । निर् अरत्नौ मघवा तं दधाति ब्रह्मद्विषो हन्त्य् अनानुदिष्टः

anuspaṣṭo bhavaty eṣo asya yo asmai revān na sunoti somam | nir aratnau maghavā taṃ dadhāti brahmadviṣo hanty anānudiṣṭaḥ

He is spied out by him, this one who, being rich, does not press the soma for him. Maghavan puts him off at arm's length; unbidden he slays the haters of the sacred word.

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AV 20 96.5

अश्वायन्तो गव्यन्तो वाजयन्तो हवामहे त्वोपगन्तवा उ । आभूषन्तस् ते सुमतौ नवायां वयम् इन्द्र त्वा शुनं हुवेम

aśvāyanto gavyanto vājayanto havāmahe tvopagantavā u | ābhūṣantas te sumatau navāyāṃ vayam indra tvā śunaṃ huvema

Seeking horses, seeking cattle, seeking prizes, we call on you to come to us; standing ready in your new favour, may we, Indra, call you for our good fortune.

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AV 20 96.6

मुञ्चामि त्वा हविषा जीवनाय कम् अज्ञातयक्ष्माद् उत राजयक्ष्मात् । ग्राहिर् जग्राह यद्य् एतद् तस्या इन्द्राग्नी प्र मुमुक्तम् एनम्

muñcāmi tvā haviṣā jīvanāya kam ajñātayakṣmād uta rājayakṣmāt | grāhir jagrāha yady etad tasyā indrāgnī pra mumuktam enam

I release you with the oblation, for living, from the unknown consumption and from the royal consumption. If Grāhi has seized this one — from her, Indra and Agni, set him free.

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AV 20 96.7

यदि क्षितायुर् यदि वा परेतो यदि मृत्योर् अन्तिकं नीत एव । तम् आ हरामि निरृतेर् उपस्थाद् अस्पार्शम् एनं शतशारदाय

yadi kṣitāyur yadi vā pareto yadi mṛtyor antikaṃ nīta eva | tam ā harāmi nirṛter upasthād aspārśam enaṃ śataśāradāya

Whether his lifetime is spent, or whether he has passed away, whether he has been brought to the very nearness of death — him I fetch back from the lap of Nirṛti; I have rescued him for a hundred autumns.

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AV 20 96.8

सहस्राक्षेण शतवीर्येण शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम् । इन्द्रो यथैनं शरदो नयात्य् अति विश्वस्य दुरितस्य पारम्

sahasrākṣeṇa śatavīryeṇa śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam | indro yathainaṃ śarado nayāty ati viśvasya duritasya pāram

With the thousand-eyed, hundred-powered, hundred-lived oblation I have fetched him here, so that Indra may lead him through the autumns, beyond the far shore of all mishap.

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AV 20 96.9

शतं जीव शरदो वर्धमानः शतं हेमन्तान् छतम् उ वसन्तान् । शतं त इन्द्रो अग्निः सविता बृहस्पतिः शतायुषा हविषाहार्षम् एनम्

śataṃ jīva śarado vardhamānaḥ śataṃ hemantān chatam u vasantān | śataṃ ta indro agniḥ savitā bṛhaspatiḥ śatāyuṣā haviṣāhārṣam enam

Live a hundred autumns, growing strong, a hundred winters and a hundred springs; a hundred (let) Indra, Agni, Savitṛ, Bṛhaspati (grant) you — with the hundred-lived oblation I have fetched him here.

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AV 20 96.10

आहार्षम् अविदं त्वा पुनर् आगाः पुनर्णवः । सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वम् आयुश् च ते ऽविदम्

āhārṣam avidaṃ tvā punar āgāḥ punarṇavaḥ | sarvāṅga sarvaṃ te cakṣuḥ sarvam āyuś ca te 'vidam

I have fetched (you), I have found you; you have come back, new again. O you of all your limbs, all your eyesight and all your lifetime have I found for you.

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AV 20 96.11

ब्रह्मणाग्निः सम्विदानो रक्षोहा बाधताम् इतः । अमीवा यस् ते गर्भं दुर्णामा योनिम् आशये

brahmaṇāgniḥ samvidāno rakṣohā bādhatām itaḥ | amīvā yas te garbhaṃ durṇāmā yonim āśaye

Let Agni, in accord with the sacred formula (brahman), the slayer of demons, drive (it) away from here — the disease, the ill-named one, that lies in your womb, in your yoni.

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AV 20 96.12

यस् ते गर्भम् अमीवा दुर्णामा योनिम् आशये । अग्निष् टं ब्रह्मणा सह निष् क्रव्यादम् अनीनशत्

yas te garbham amīvā durṇāmā yonim āśaye | agniṣ ṭaṃ brahmaṇā saha niṣ kravyādam anīnaśat

The disease, the ill-named one, that lies in your womb, in your yoni — Agni together with the sacred formula has driven it out, the flesh-eater, has made it vanish.

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AV 20 96.13

यस् ते हन्ति पतयन्तं निषत्स्नुं यः सरीसृपम् । जातं यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि

yas te hanti patayantaṃ niṣatsnuṃ yaḥ sarīsṛpam | jātaṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi

Whoever kills your (offspring) as it flutters, as it settles down, whoever (kills it) as it creeps, whoever seeks to slay your newborn — him we make vanish from here.

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AV 20 96.14

यस् त ऊरू विहरत्य् अन्तरा दम्पती शये । योनिं यो अन्तर् आरेल्हि तम् इतो नाशयामसि

yas ta ūrū viharaty antarā dampatī śaye | yoniṃ yo antar ārelhi tam ito nāśayāmasi

Who parts your two thighs, who lies between husband and wife, who licks the yoni within — him we make vanish from here.

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AV 20 96.15

यस् त्वा भ्राता पतिर् भूत्वा जारो भूत्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि

yas tvā bhrātā patir bhūtvā jāro bhūtvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi

Who, becoming your brother, (or) becoming your husband, (or) becoming a lover, lies down with you, who seeks to slay your offspring — him we make vanish from here.

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AV 20 96.16

यस् त्वा स्वप्नेन तमसा मोहयित्वा निपद्यते । प्रजां यस् ते जिघांसति तम् इतो नाशयामसि

yas tvā svapnena tamasā mohayitvā nipadyate | prajāṃ yas te jighāṃsati tam ito nāśayāmasi

Who, having bewildered you with sleep, with darkness, lies down with you, who seeks to slay your offspring — him we make vanish from here.

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AV 20 96.17

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, from your nostrils, from your ears, from your chin, the head-disease (yakṣma), from your brain, from your tongue, I tear out for you.

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AV 20 96.18

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 neck-tendons, from your vertebrae, from your spine, the disease of the forearm, from your shoulders, from your arms, I tear out for you.

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AV 20 96.19

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 lungs, from the halīkṣṇa, from your two sides, the disease from your kidneys, from your spleen, from your liver, we tear out for you.

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AV 20 96.20

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

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

From your entrails, from your rectum, from the vaniṣṭhu, from your belly, the disease from your two flanks, from the plāśi, from your navel, I tear out for you.

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AV 20 96.21

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

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

From your thighs, from your knees, from your heels, from the fronts of your feet, the disease seated in the rump, from your hips, the buttock-disease, from your hindquarters, I tear out for you.

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AV 20 96.23

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

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

What (disease) of yours is in every limb, in every hair, in every joint — the skin-borne yakṣma of yours we, with Kaśyapa's tearing-out instrument, tear out in all directions.

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AV 20 96.24

अपेहि मनसस् पते ऽप काम परश् चर । परो निरृत्या आ चक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः

apehi manasas pate 'pa kāma paraś cara | paro nirṛtyā ā cakṣva bahudhā jīvato manaḥ

Go away, lord of the mind; depart far off, Desire. Look out from beyond Nirṛti: manifold is the mind of the living.

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