Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 7 — Chapter 76
AV 7 76.1
आ सुस्रसः सुस्रसो असतीभ्यो असत्तराः । सेहोर् अरसतरा हवणाद् विक्लेदीयसीः
ā susrasaḥ susraso asatībhyo asattarāḥ | sehor arasatarā havaṇād vikledīyasīḥ
Slipping away, slipping away, more non-existent than the non-existent ones, more sapless than the seho, more dissolving than the havaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Rapidly dropping, quick to drop, more evil than the evil ones, More sapless than a dried-up bone, swifter than salt to melt away.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 76.2
या ग्रैव्या अपचितो ऽथो या उपपक्ष्याः । विजाम्नि या अपचितः स्वयंस्रसः
yā graivyā apacito 'tho yā upapakṣyāḥ | vijāmni yā apacitaḥ svayaṃsrasaḥ
The apacit-sores that are on the neck, and those on the flanks; the apacits that are on the (joint? vijāman) — (these) fall away of themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Pustules that rise upon the neck, Pustules upon the shoulder- joints, Pustules that, falling of themselves, spring up on every twofold limb:
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 76.3
यः कीकसाः प्रशृणाति तलीद्यम् अवतिष्ठति । निर् हास् तं सर्वं जायान्यम् यः कश् च ककुदि श्रितः
yaḥ kīkasāḥ praśṛṇāti talīdyam avatiṣṭhati | nir hās taṃ sarvaṃ jāyānyam yaḥ kaś ca kakudi śritaḥ
That which crushes the ribs, which settles down on the talīdya — drive out all that jāyānya-disease, and whatever has lodged in the hump.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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I have expelled and banished all Scrofula harboured in the head, And that which bores the breast-bone through, and that which settles in the sole.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 76.4
पक्षी जायान्यः पतति स आ विशति पूरुषम् । तद् अक्षितस्य भेषजम् उभयोः सुक्षतस्य च
pakṣī jāyānyaḥ patati sa ā viśati pūruṣam | tad akṣitasya bheṣajam ubhayoḥ sukṣatasya ca
The winged jāyānya flies; it enters into man. That is the remedy for both, for the one unwounded and for the one badly gashed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Scrofula flies borne on by wings: it penerates and holds the man. Here is the cure of either kind, the chronic and the transient.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 76.5
विद्म वै ते जायान्य जानं यतो जायान्य जायसे । कथं ह तत्र त्वम् हनो यस्य कृण्मो हविर् गृहे
vidma vai te jāyānya jānaṃ yato jāyānya jāyase | kathaṃ ha tatra tvam hano yasya kṛṇmo havir gṛhe
We know indeed, O jāyānya, your birth, from where, O jāyānya, you are born. How then could you strike there, in whose house we make the oblation?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
We know thine origin, Scrofula! know whence thou, Scrofula, art born. How hast thou then struck this man here, him in whose house we sacrifice?
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 7 76.6
धृषत् पिब कलशे सोमम् इन्द्र वृत्रहा शूर समरे वसूनाम् । माध्यन्दिने सवन आ वृषस्व रयिष्ठानो रयिम् अस्मासु धेहि
dhṛṣat piba kalaśe somam indra vṛtrahā śūra samare vasūnām | mādhyandine savana ā vṛṣasva rayiṣṭhāno rayim asmāsu dhehi
Drink boldly the soma in the pitcher, Indra, Vṛtra-slayer, hero, in the contest for goods; at the midday pressing pour yourself out (upon us); you whose station is riches, set riches in us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Boldly drink Soma from the beaker, Indra! hero in war for treasure! Vritra-slayer. Fill thyself full at the mid-day libation: thyself possessing riches grant us riches.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)