Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 4

AV 5 4.1

यो गिरिष्व् अजायथा वीरुधां बलवत्तमः । कुष्ठेहि तक्मनाशन तक्मानं नाशयन्न् इतः

yo giriṣv ajāyathā vīrudhāṃ balavattamaḥ | kuṣṭhehi takmanāśana takmānaṃ nāśayann itaḥ

You who were born on the mountains, the strongest of the plants — come here, kuṣṭha, destroyer of fever, driving the fever away from here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.2

सुपर्णसुवने गिरौ जातं हिमवतस् परि । धनैर् अभि श्रुत्वा यन्ति विदुर् हि तक्मनाशनम्

suparṇasuvane girau jātaṃ himavatas pari | dhanair abhi śrutvā yanti vidur hi takmanāśanam

Born on the mountain called Suparṇasuvana, (come) from the Himavant: hearing of it, they come with wealth, for they know it as the destroyer of fever.

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

AV 5 4.3

अश्वत्थो देवसदनस् तृतीयस्याम् इतो दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं देवाः कुष्ठम् अवन्वत

aśvattho devasadanas tṛtīyasyām ito divi | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ devāḥ kuṣṭham avanvata

The aśvattha, seat of the gods, is in the third heaven from here. There the gods obtained the kuṣṭha, the visible form of the immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.4

हिरण्ययी नौर् अचरद् धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य पुष्पं देवाः कुष्ठम् अवन्वत

hiraṇyayī naur acarad dhiraṇyabandhanā divi | tatrāmṛtasya puṣpaṃ devāḥ kuṣṭham avanvata

A golden ship, with golden rigging, moved in heaven. There the gods obtained the kuṣṭha, the flower of the immortal.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.5

हिरण्ययाः पन्थान आसन्न् अरित्राणि हिरण्यया । नावो हिरण्ययीर् आसन् याभिः कुष्ठं निरावहन्

hiraṇyayāḥ panthāna āsann aritrāṇi hiraṇyayā | nāvo hiraṇyayīr āsan yābhiḥ kuṣṭhaṃ nirāvahan

Golden were the paths, golden the oars, golden were the ships in which they carried the kuṣṭha out.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.6

इमं मे कुष्ठ पूरुषं तम् आ वह तं निष् कुरु । तम् उ मे अगदं कृधि

imaṃ me kuṣṭha pūruṣaṃ tam ā vaha taṃ niṣ kuru | tam u me agadaṃ kṛdhi

This man of mine, kuṣṭha — bring him back, make him right; make him free of disease for me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.7

देवेभ्यो अधि जातो ऽसि सोमस्यासि सखा हितः । स प्राणाय व्यानाय चक्षुषे मे अस्मै मृड

devebhyo adhi jāto 'si somasyāsi sakhā hitaḥ | sa prāṇāya vyānāya cakṣuṣe me asmai mṛḍa

You are born from the gods above; you are appointed the friend of Soma. So be gracious to this man of mine, for (his) breath, for (his) diffused breath, for (his) sight.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.8

उदङ् जातो हिमवतः स प्राच्यां नीयसे जनम् । तत्र कुष्ठस्य नामान्य् उत्तमानि वि भेजिरे

udaṅ jāto himavataḥ sa prācyāṃ nīyase janam | tatra kuṣṭhasya nāmāny uttamāni vi bhejire

Born in the north from Himavat, you are led to the people in the east. There the highest names of kuṣṭha were distributed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.9

उत्तमो नाम कुष्ठस्य् उत्तमो नाम ते पिता । यक्ष्मं च सर्वं नाशय तक्मानं चारसं कृधि

uttamo nāma kuṣṭhasy uttamo nāma te pitā | yakṣmaṃ ca sarvaṃ nāśaya takmānaṃ cārasaṃ kṛdhi

“Highest” is the name of kuṣṭha, “highest” is the name of your father. Make all consumption (yakṣma) disappear, and render the takman-fever sapless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 4.10

शीर्षामयम् उपहत्याम् अक्ष्योस् तन्वो रपः । कुष्ठस् तत् सर्वं निष् करद् दैवं समह वृष्ण्यम्

śīrṣāmayam upahatyām akṣyos tanvo rapaḥ | kuṣṭhas tat sarvaṃ niṣ karad daivaṃ samaha vṛṣṇyam

Headache, the blow (upahatyā), affliction of the eyes, of the body — may kuṣṭha drive all that out, (being) somehow a divine virile power.

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