Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 9

AV 4 9.1

एहि जीवं त्रायमाणं पर्वतस्यास्य् अक्ष्यम् । विश्वेभिर् देवैर् दत्तं परिधिर् जीवनाय कम्

ehi jīvaṃ trāyamāṇaṃ parvatasyāsy akṣyam | viśvebhir devair dattaṃ paridhir jīvanāya kam

Come! You are the living, protecting eye(-salve) of the mountain, given by all the gods, an enclosure — for living, for well-being.

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AV 4 9.2

परिपाणं पुरुषाणां परिपाणं गवां असि । अश्वानाम् अर्वताम् परिपाणाय तस्थिषे

paripāṇaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ paripāṇaṃ gavāṃ asi | aśvānām arvatām paripāṇāya tasthiṣe

You are the protection of men, the protection of cattle; you stand firm for the protection of horses, of steeds.

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AV 4 9.3

उतासि परिपाणम् यातुजम्भनम् आञ्जन । उतामृतस्य त्वं वेत्थाथो असि जीवभोजनम् अथो हरितभेषजम्

utāsi paripāṇam yātujambhanam āñjana | utāmṛtasya tvaṃ vetthātho asi jīvabhojanam atho haritabheṣajam

And you are a protection, a crusher of sorcerers, O ointment; and you know of the immortal (draught); you are also food for the living, and a yellow remedy.

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AV 4 9.4

यस्याञ्जन प्रसर्पस्य् अङ्गमङ्गम् परुष्परुः । ततो यक्ष्मं वि बाधस उग्रो मध्यमशीर् इव

yasyāñjana prasarpasy aṅgamaṅgam paruṣparuḥ | tato yakṣmaṃ vi bādhasa ugro madhyamaśīr iva

Whose limb after limb, joint by joint, you creep over, O ointment — from him you drive away the consumption, fierce, like one lying in the middle.

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AV 4 9.5

नैनं प्राप्नोति शपथो न कृत्या नाभिशोचनम् । नैनं विष्कन्धम् अश्नुते यस् त्वा बिभर्त्य् आञ्जन

nainaṃ prāpnoti śapatho na kṛtyā nābhiśocanam | nainaṃ viṣkandham aśnute yas tvā bibharty āñjana

No curse reaches him, no witchcraft, no scorching; no viṣkandha overtakes him who carries you, O ointment.

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AV 4 9.6

असन्मन्त्राद् दुष्वप्न्याद् दुष्कृताच् छमलाद् उत । दुर्हार्दश् चक्षुषो घोरात् तस्मान् नः पाह्य् आञ्जन

asanmantrād duṣvapnyād duṣkṛtāc chamalād uta | durhārdaś cakṣuṣo ghorāt tasmān naḥ pāhy āñjana

From an evil spell, from bad dreams, from ill-doing and from defilement, from the dreadful eye of the malevolent — from that protect us, O ointment.

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AV 4 9.7

इदं विद्वान् आञ्जन सत्यं वक्ष्यामि नानृतम् । सनेयम् अश्वं गाम् अहम् आत्मानं तव पूरुष

idaṃ vidvān āñjana satyaṃ vakṣyāmi nānṛtam | saneyam aśvaṃ gām aham ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa

Knowing this, O ointment, I shall speak the truth, not untruth: may I win a horse, a cow, (and) your own self, O man.

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AV 4 9.8

त्रयो दासा आञ्जनस्य तक्मा बलास आद् अहिः । वर्षिष्ठः पर्वतानां त्रिककुन् नाम ते पिता

trayo dāsā āñjanasya takmā balāsa ād ahiḥ | varṣiṣṭhaḥ parvatānāṃ trikakun nāma te pitā

Three are the ointment's slaves: takman (fever), balāsa, and then the snake. The highest of mountains, Trikakud by name, is your father.

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AV 4 9.9

यद् आञ्जनं त्रैककुदम् जातं हिमवतस् परि । यातूंश् च सर्वाञ् जम्भयत् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः

yad āñjanaṃ traikakudam jātaṃ himavatas pari | yātūṃś ca sarvāñ jambhayat sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

The ointment that is from Trikakud, born from off the Himavant — may it crush all sorcerers and all sorceresses.

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AV 4 9.10

यदि वासि त्रैककुदं यदि यामुनम् उच्यसे । उभे ते भद्रे नाम्नी ताभ्यां नः पाह्य् आञ्जन

yadi vāsi traikakudaṃ yadi yāmunam ucyase | ubhe te bhadre nāmnī tābhyāṃ naḥ pāhy āñjana

Whether you are from Trikakud, or whether you are called the Yamuna one — both these names of yours are auspicious; by these two protect us, O ointment.

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