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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 109

AV 6 109.1

पिप्पली क्षिप्तभेषज्य् उतातिविद्धभेषजी । तां देवाः सम् अकल्पयन्न् इयं जीवितवा अलम्

pippalī kṣiptabheṣajy utātividdhabheṣajī | tāṃ devāḥ sam akalpayann iyaṃ jīvitavā alam

The pippalī is a remedy for one struck (by a missile), and also a remedy for one pierced through. Her the gods arranged: she is sufficient for living.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Berry heals the missile's rent, it heals the deeply-piercing wound. The Gods prepared and fashioned it. This hath sufficient power for life.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 109.2

पिप्पल्यः सम् अवदन्तायतीर् जननाद् अधि । यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः

pippalyaḥ sam avadantāyatīr jananād adhi | yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ

The pippalīs spoke together as they came from (their) birth: "Whom we shall reach while alive, that man shall not suffer harm."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

When from their origin they came, the Berries spake among themselves: The man whom we shall find alive shall never suffer injury.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 109.3

असुरास् त्वा न्य् अखनन् देवास् त्वोद् अवपन् पुनः । वातीकृतस्य भेषजीम् अथो क्षिप्तस्य भेषजीम्

asurās tvā ny akhanan devās tvod avapan punaḥ | vātīkṛtasya bheṣajīm atho kṣiptasya bheṣajīm

The Asuras dug thee down; the gods scattered thee up again, as a remedy for one made windy (afflicted by wind), and also a remedy for one struck.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Asuras buried thee in earth: the Gods again uplifted thee. Healer of sickness caused by wounds and healer of the missile's rent.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)