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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 85

AV 6 85.1

वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः । यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्न् आविष्टस् तम् उ देवा अवीवरन्

varaṇo vārayātā ayaṃ devo vanaspatiḥ | yakṣmo yo asminn āviṣṭas tam u devā avīvaran

This god, lord of the forest, the varaṇa, is a warder-off. The consumption that has entered into him — that too the gods have warded off.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Let Varana the heavenly tree here present keep disease away. The Gods have driven off Decline that entered and possessed this man.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 85.2

इन्द्रस्य वचसा वयं मित्रस्य वरुणस्य च । देवानां सर्वेषां वाचा यक्ष्मं ते वारयामहे

indrasya vacasā vayaṃ mitrasya varuṇasya ca | devānāṃ sarveṣāṃ vācā yakṣmaṃ te vārayāmahe

By the speech of Indra, and of Mitra and of Varuṇa, by the speech of all the gods, we ward off thy consumption.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

We with the speech of Indra and of Mitra and of Varuna. We with the speech of all the Gods will drive Decline away from thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 85.3

यथा वृत्र इमा आपस् तस्तम्भ विश्वधा यतीः । एवा ते अग्निना यक्ष्मं वैश्वानरेण वारये

yathā vṛtra imā āpas tastambha viśvadhā yatīḥ | evā te agninā yakṣmaṃ vaiśvānareṇa vāraye

As Vṛtra held fast these waters as they went every which way, so do I with Agni Vaiśvānara ward off thy consumption.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Even as Vritra checked and stayed these waters flowing every way, With Agni, God of all mankind. I check and banish thy Decline.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)