Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 7

AV 8 7.1

या बभ्रवो याश् च शुक्रा रोहिणीर् उत पृश्नयः । असिक्नीः कृष्णा ओषधीः सर्वा अछावदामसि

yā babhravo yāś ca śukrā rohiṇīr uta pṛśnayaḥ | asiknīḥ kṛṣṇā oṣadhīḥ sarvā achāvadāmasi

Those (plants) that are brown, and those that are bright, the ruddy and the dappled, the dark and the black plants — all of them we address.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.2

त्रायन्ताम् इमं पुरुसं यक्ष्माद् देवेषिताद् अधि । यासाम् द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव

trāyantām imaṃ purusaṃ yakṣmād deveṣitād adhi | yāsām dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā samudro mūlaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva

Let them protect this man from the consumption sent by the gods — (the plants) of whom Heaven is father, Earth mother, and the ocean has become the root of the plants.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.3

आपो अग्रं दिव्या ओषधयः । तास् ते यक्ष्मम् एनस्यम् अङ्गादङ्गाद् अनीनशन्

āpo agraṃ divyā oṣadhayaḥ | tās te yakṣmam enasyam aṅgādaṅgād anīnaśan

The waters (were) the beginning, the plants heavenly; they have made your sinful consumption vanish from limb after limb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.4

प्रस्तृणती स्तम्बिनीर् एकशुङ्गाः प्रतन्वतीर् ओषधीर् आ वदामि । अंशुमतीः कण्डिनीर् या विशाखा ह्वयामि ते वीरुधो वैश्वदेवीर् उग्राः पुरुषजीवनीः

prastṛṇatī stambinīr ekaśuṅgāḥ pratanvatīr oṣadhīr ā vadāmi | aṃśumatīḥ kaṇḍinīr yā viśākhā hvayāmi te vīrudho vaiśvadevīr ugrāḥ puruṣajīvanīḥ

The spreading, the tufted, the single-sheathed, the outstretching plants I address; the fibrous, the jointed, and those that are branched I call for you — plants belonging to all the gods, fierce, giving life to man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.5

यद् वः सहः सहमाना वीर्यं१ यच् च वो बलम् । तेनेमम् अस्माद् यक्ष्मात् पुरुषं मुञ्चतौषधीर् अथो कृणोमि भेषजम्

yad vaḥ sahaḥ sahamānā vīryaṃ1 yac ca vo balam | tenemam asmād yakṣmāt puruṣaṃ muñcatauṣadhīr atho kṛṇomi bheṣajam

What overpowering force is yours, O overpowering ones, and what heroism and what strength of yours — with that release this man from this consumption, O plants; and so I make a remedy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.6

जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीम् ओषधीम् अहम् । अरुन्धतीम् उन्नयन्तीं पुष्पाम् मधुमतीम् इह हुवे ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये

jīvalāṃ naghāriṣāṃ jīvantīm oṣadhīm aham | arundhatīm unnayantīṃ puṣpām madhumatīm iha huve 'smā ariṣṭatātaye

The jīvalā, the naghāriṣā, the living plant, the arundhatī, the one that raises up, the flowering, the honeyed one — here I call them for his safety from harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.7

इहा यन्तु प्रचेतसो मेदिनीर् वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषं दुरिताद् अधि

ihā yantu pracetaso medinīr vacaso mama | yathemaṃ pārayāmasi puruṣaṃ duritād adhi

Let the wise, kindly ones come here at my word, so that we may carry this man across out of misfortune.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.8

अग्नेर् घासो अपां गर्भो या रोहन्ति पुनर्णवाः । ध्रुवाः सहस्रनाम्नीर् भेषजीः सन्त्व् आभृताः

agner ghāso apāṃ garbho yā rohanti punarṇavāḥ | dhruvāḥ sahasranāmnīr bheṣajīḥ santv ābhṛtāḥ

Fodder of Agni, embryo of the waters, those that grow up renewing themselves — let the firm, thousand-named healing ones be brought here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.9

अवकोल्बा उदकात्मान ओषधयः । व्यृषन्तु दुरितं तीक्ष्णशृङ्ग्यः

avakolbā udakātmāna oṣadhayaḥ | vyṛṣantu duritaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgyaḥ

Having the avakā(-plant) for their caul, having water for their self — let the sharp-horned plants thrust away misfortune.

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

AV 8 7.10

उन्मुञ्चन्तीर् विवरुणा उग्रा या विषदूषनीः । अथो बलासनाशनीः कृत्यादूषणीश् च यास् ता इहा यन्त्व् ओषधीः

unmuñcantīr vivaruṇā ugrā yā viṣadūṣanīḥ | atho balāsanāśanīḥ kṛtyādūṣaṇīś ca yās tā ihā yantv oṣadhīḥ

Those that release, that free from Varuṇa('s bond), the fierce ones that spoil poison, and further those that destroy balāsa and spoil witchcraft — let those plants come here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.11

अपक्रीताः सहीयसीर् वीरुधो या अभिष्टुताः । त्रायन्ताम् अस्मिन् ग्रामे गाम् अश्वं पुरुषं पशुम्

apakrītāḥ sahīyasīr vīrudho yā abhiṣṭutāḥ | trāyantām asmin grāme gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ paśum

The plants bought off (from their owner), the more powerful ones, which have been praised — let them protect in this village cow, horse, man and beast.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.12

मधुमन् मूलं मधुमद् अग्रम् आसाम् मधुमन् मध्यं वीरुधां बभूव । मधुमत् पर्णं मधुमत् पुष्पम् आसां मधोः सम्भक्ता अमृतस्य भक्षो घृतम् अन्नं दुह्रतां गोपुरोगवम्

madhuman mūlaṃ madhumad agram āsām madhuman madhyaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva | madhumat parṇaṃ madhumat puṣpam āsāṃ madhoḥ sambhaktā amṛtasya bhakṣo ghṛtam annaṃ duhratāṃ gopurogavam

Honeyed is the root of these, honeyed their tip, honeyed has the middle of the plants become; honeyed their leaf, honeyed their flower. Partakers of honey, a draught of the deathless — let them yield ghee as food, with a cow at the head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.13

यावतीः कियतीश् चेमाः पृथिव्याम् अध्य् ओषधीः । ता मा सहस्रपर्ण्यो मृत्योर् मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः

yāvatīḥ kiyatīś cemāḥ pṛthivyām adhy oṣadhīḥ | tā mā sahasraparṇyo mṛtyor muñcantv aṃhasaḥ

However many and whatever these plants are upon the earth — let them, thousand-leaved, release me from death, from distress.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.14

वैयाघ्रो मणिर् वीरुधां त्रायमानो ऽभिशस्तिपाः । अमीवाः सर्वा रक्षांस्य् अप हन्त्व् अधि दूरम् अस्मत्

vaiyāghro maṇir vīrudhāṃ trāyamāno 'bhiśastipāḥ | amīvāḥ sarvā rakṣāṃsy apa hantv adhi dūram asmat

The tiger-amulet of the plants, protecting, guarding against curse — let it strike away all diseases, all demons, far from us.

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AV 8 7.15

सिंहस्येव स्तनथोः सं विजन्ते ऽग्नेर् इव विजन्ते आभृताभ्यः । गवां यक्ष्मः पुरुषाणां वीरुद्भिर् अतिनुत्तो नाव्या एतु स्रोत्याः

siṃhasyeva stanathoḥ saṃ vijante 'gner iva vijante ābhṛtābhyaḥ | gavāṃ yakṣmaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ vīrudbhir atinutto nāvyā etu srotyāḥ

They shrink together as at the roaring of a lion, they shrink as from fire, at (the plants) brought here. Let the consumption of cattle, of men, thrust away by the plants, go along a navigable stream.

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

AV 8 7.16

मुमुचाना ओषधयो ऽग्नेर् वैश्वानराद् अधि । भूमिं संतन्वतीर् इत यासां राजा वनस्पतिः

mumucānā oṣadhayo 'gner vaiśvānarād adhi | bhūmiṃ saṃtanvatīr ita yāsāṃ rājā vanaspatiḥ

Released from Agni Vaiśvānara, go forth, O plants, spreading over the earth — you whose king is the forest tree.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.17

या रोहन्त्य् आङ्गिरसीः पर्वतेषु समेषु च । ता नः पयस्वतीः शिवा ओषधीः सन्तु शं हृदे

yā rohanty āṅgirasīḥ parvateṣu sameṣu ca | tā naḥ payasvatīḥ śivā oṣadhīḥ santu śaṃ hṛde

The Āṅgirasī ones that grow on mountains and on level ground — let those plants, rich in milk, be kindly to us, a comfort to the heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.18

याश् चाहं वेद वीरुधो याश् च पश्यामि चक्षुषा । अज्ञाता जानीमश् च या यासु विद्म च संभृतम्

yāś cāhaṃ veda vīrudho yāś ca paśyāmi cakṣuṣā | ajñātā jānīmaś ca yā yāsu vidma ca saṃbhṛtam

Both the plants that I know and those that I see with the eye, and those unknown ones that we come to know, and those in which we know something gathered up —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.19

सर्वाः समग्रा ओषधीर् बोधन्तु वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषम् दुरिताद् अधि

sarvāḥ samagrā oṣadhīr bodhantu vacaso mama | yathemaṃ pārayāmasi puruṣam duritād adhi

Let all the plants, all together, attend to my speech, so that we may bring this man across out of misfortune.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.20

अश्वत्थो दर्भो वीरुधां सोमो राजामृतं हविः । व्रीहिर् यवश् च भेषजौ दिवसि पुत्राव् अमर्त्यौ

aśvattho darbho vīrudhāṃ somo rājāmṛtaṃ haviḥ | vrīhir yavaś ca bheṣajau divasi putrāv amartyau

The aśvattha, the darbha, soma the king among plants, the deathless oblation; rice and barley, the two remedies, the immortal sons in heaven.

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

AV 8 7.21

उज् जिहीध्वे स्तनयत्य् अभिक्रन्दत्य् ओषधीः । यदा वः पृश्निमातरः पर्जन्यो रेतसावति

uj jihīdhve stanayaty abhikrandaty oṣadhīḥ | yadā vaḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ parjanyo retasāvati

You start up when it thunders, when it roars at the plants — when Parjanya, O you of the dappled mother, favours you with his seed.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.22

तस्यामृतस्येमं बलं पुरुषं पययामसि । अथो कृणोमि भेषजं यथासच् छतहायनः

tasyāmṛtasyemaṃ balaṃ puruṣaṃ payayāmasi | atho kṛṇomi bheṣajaṃ yathāsac chatahāyanaḥ

Of that deathless (draught) we make this man drink the strength; moreover I make the remedy, so that he may be a hundred years old.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.23

वराहो वेद वीरुधं नकुलो वेद भेषजीम् । सर्पा गन्धर्वा या विदुस् ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे

varāho veda vīrudhaṃ nakulo veda bheṣajīm | sarpā gandharvā yā vidus tā asmā avase huve

The boar knows the plant, the mongoose knows the healing herb; those which the serpents and the Gandharvas know — those I call for his help.

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AV 8 7.24

याः सुपर्णा आङ्गिरसीर् दिव्या या रघतो विदुः । वयांसि हंसा या विदुर् यास् च सर्वे पतत्रिणः । मृगा या विदुर् ओषधीस् ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे

yāḥ suparṇā āṅgirasīr divyā yā raghato viduḥ | vayāṃsi haṃsā yā vidur yās ca sarve patatriṇaḥ | mṛgā yā vidur oṣadhīs tā asmā avase huve

Those (plants) which the eagles, the Āṅgirasī, the heavenly ones, which the swift ones know; which the birds, the geese know, and which all the winged ones; the plants which the wild beasts know — those I call for his help.

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

AV 8 7.25

यावतीनाम् ओषधीनां गावः प्राश्नन्त्य् अघ्न्या यवतीनाम् अजावयः । तावतीस् तुभ्यम् ओषधीः शर्म यछन्त्व् आभृताः

yāvatīnām oṣadhīnāṃ gāvaḥ prāśnanty aghnyā yavatīnām ajāvayaḥ | tāvatīs tubhyam oṣadhīḥ śarma yachantv ābhṛtāḥ

However many plants the cows, not to be slain, eat, however many the goats and sheep eat — so many plants, brought here, let them grant you shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.26

यावतीषु मनुष्या भेषजं भिषजो विदुः । तावतीर् विश्वभेषजीर् आ भरामि त्वाम् अभि

yāvatīṣu manuṣyā bheṣajaṃ bhiṣajo viduḥ | tāvatīr viśvabheṣajīr ā bharāmi tvām abhi

In however many the physicians, the men, know a remedy — so many, all-healing, I bring to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.27

पुष्पवतीः प्रसूमतीः फलिनीर् अफला उत । संमातर इव दुह्राम् अस्मा अरिष्टतातये

puṣpavatīḥ prasūmatīḥ phalinīr aphalā uta | saṃmātara iva duhrām asmā ariṣṭatātaye

Those with flowers, those with shoots, the fruit-bearing and also the fruitless — like mothers together let them yield (their milk) for him, for his freedom from harm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 7.28

उत् त्वाहार्षं पञ्चशलाद् अथो दशशलाद् उत । अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात्

ut tvāhārṣaṃ pañcaśalād atho daśaśalād uta | atho yamasya paḍvīśād viśvasmād devakilbiṣāt

I have lifted you up out of the five-snare and also out of the ten-snare, and out of Yama's foot-fetter, out of every offence against the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition