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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 91

AV 6 91.1

इमं यवम् अष्टायोगैः षद्योगेभिर् अचर्कृषुः । तेना ते तन्वो रपो ऽपाचीनम् अप व्यये

imaṃ yavam aṣṭāyogaiḥ ṣadyogebhir acarkṛṣuḥ | tenā te tanvo rapo 'pācīnam apa vyaye

This barley they have ploughed with eight-yoke and with six-yoke (teams); with it I wrap away, downward and off, the affliction of your body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

They made this barley ready with a team of eight, a team of six. With this I drive to westward, far away, thy bodily disease.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 91.2

न्यग् वातो वाति न्यक् तपति सूर्यः । नीचीनम् अघ्न्या दुहे न्यग् भवतु ते रपः

nyag vāto vāti nyak tapati sūryaḥ | nīcīnam aghnyā duhe nyag bhavatu te rapaḥ

Downward the wind blows, downward the sun burns; downward the cow is milked — downward let your affliction go.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

Vita breathes downward from above, and downward Sūrya sends his heat: Downward is drawn the milch-cow's milk: so downward go thy malady!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 6 91.3

आप इद् वा उ भेषजीर् आपो अमीवचातनीः । आपो विश्वस्य भेषजीस् तास् ते कृण्वन्तु भेषजम्

āpa id vā u bheṣajīr āpo amīvacātanīḥ | āpo viśvasya bheṣajīs tās te kṛṇvantu bheṣajam

Indeed the waters are healing, the waters drive away disease, the waters are healing for everything: let them make a remedy for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith

The Waters verily bring health, the Waters drive disease away. The Waters cure all malady: may they bring medicine for thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)