Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 136

AV 6 136.1

देवी देव्याम् अधि जाता पृथिव्याम् अस्य् ओषधे । तां त्वा नितत्नि केशेभ्यो दृंहणाय खनामसि

devī devyām adhi jātā pṛthivyām asy oṣadhe | tāṃ tvā nitatni keśebhyo dṛṃhaṇāya khanāmasi

A goddess born upon the goddess earth are you, O plant; you, O down-spreader, we dig up for the fastening of the hair.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 136.2

दृंह प्रत्नान् जनयाजातान् जातान् उ वर्षीयसस् कृधि

dṛṃha pratnān janayājātān jātān u varṣīyasas kṛdhi

Make firm the old ones, beget the unborn, and make those already born longer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 136.3

यस् ते केशो ऽवपद्यते समूलो यश् च वृश्चते । इदं तं विश्वभेषज्याभि षिञ्चामि वीरुधा

yas te keśo 'vapadyate samūlo yaś ca vṛścate | idaṃ taṃ viśvabheṣajyābhi ṣiñcāmi vīrudhā

What hair of yours falls off, root and all, and what is broken off — this I sprinkle with the all-healing plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition