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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 127

AV 6 127.1

विद्रधस्य बलासस्य लोहितस्य वनस्पते । विसल्पकस्यौषधे मोच् छिषः पिशितं चन

vidradhasya balāsasya lohitasya vanaspate | visalpakasyauṣadhe moc chiṣaḥ piśitaṃ cana

Of the abscess, of the balāsa, of the blood, O lord of the forest — of the visalpaka, O plant, do not leave over even a shred of flesh.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Of abscess, of decline, of inflammation of the eyes. O Plant, Of penetrating pain, thou Herb, let not a particle remain.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 127.2

यौ ते बलास तिष्ठतः कक्षे मुष्काव् अपश्रितौ । वेदाहं तस्य भेषजं चीपुद्रुर् अभिचक्षणम्

yau te balāsa tiṣṭhataḥ kakṣe muṣkāv apaśritau | vedāhaṃ tasya bheṣajaṃ cīpudrur abhicakṣaṇam

The two lumps of yours, O balāsa, that stand hidden away in the armpit — I know the remedy for that: the cīpudru is (its) revealer.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Those nerves of thine, Consumption! which stand closely hidden in thy groin I know the balm for that disease: the magic cure is Sipudru.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 127.3

यो अङ्ग्यो यः कर्ण्यो यो अक्ष्योर् विसल्पकः । वि वृहामो विसल्पकं विद्रधं हृदयामयम् । परा तम् अज्ञातम् यक्ष्मम् अधराञ्चं सुवामसि

yo aṅgyo yaḥ karṇyo yo akṣyor visalpakaḥ | vi vṛhāmo visalpakaṃ vidradhaṃ hṛdayāmayam | parā tam ajñātam yakṣmam adharāñcaṃ suvāmasi

The visalpaka that is of the limbs, that is of the ear, that is of the two eyes — we tear out the visalpaka, the abscess, the heart-ailment. We drive that unknown consumption away downwards.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We draw from thee piercing pain that penetrates and racks thy limbs, That pierces ears, that pierces eyes, the abscess, and the heart's disease. Downward and far away from thee we banish that unknown. decline.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)