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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 44

AV 6 44.1

अस्थाद् द्यौर् अस्थात् पृथिव्य् अस्थाद् विश्वम् इदं जगत् । अस्थुर् वृक्षा ऊर्ध्वस्वप्नास् तिष्ठाद् रोगो अयं तव

asthād dyaur asthāt pṛthivy asthād viśvam idaṃ jagat | asthur vṛkṣā ūrdhvasvapnās tiṣṭhād rogo ayaṃ tava

Heaven has stood firm, the earth has stood firm, all this moving world has stood firm; the trees have stood with sleep upright — let this disease of yours stand still.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Firm stood the heaven, firm stood the earth, firm stood this universal world. Firm stood the trees that sleep erect: let this thy malady be still.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 44.2

शतं या भेषजानि ते सहस्रं संगतानि च । श्रेष्ठम् आस्रावभेषजं वसिष्ठं रोगनाशनम्

śataṃ yā bheṣajāni te sahasraṃ saṃgatāni ca | śreṣṭham āsrāvabheṣajaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ roganāśanam

The hundred remedies that are yours, and the thousand brought together — the best is the remedy for flux, the most excellent destroyer of disease.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Of all thy hundred remedies, a thousand remedies combined. This is the surest cure for flux, most excellent to heal disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 44.3

रुद्रस्य मूत्रम् अस्य् अमृतस्य नाभिः । विषाणका नाम वा असि पितॄणां मूलाद् उत्थिता वातीकृतनाशनी

rudrasya mūtram asy amṛtasya nābhiḥ | viṣāṇakā nāma vā asi pitṝṇāṃ mūlād utthitā vātīkṛtanāśanī

You are the urine of Rudra, the navel of the immortal; indeed you are called viṣāṇakā, risen from the root of the Fathers, destroyer of what is caused by wind.

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

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Thou art the stream that Rudra pours, the closest kin of Amrita. Thy name is called Vishānakā: thou sprangest from the Fathers' root, removing illness caused by wind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)