Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 9 — Chapter 8
AV 9 8.1
शीर्षक्तिं शीर्षामयं कर्णशूलं विलोहितम् । सर्वं शीर्षन्यं ते रोगं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
śīrṣaktiṃ śīrṣāmayaṃ karṇaśūlaṃ vilohitam | sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
Head-affliction, head-ailment, earache, (and) the bloody (flux) — every disease of thy head we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Each pain and ache that racks the head, earache, and erysipelas,. All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.2
कर्णाभ्यां ते कङ्कूषेभ्यः कर्णशूलं विसल्पकम् । सर्वं शीर्षन्यं ते रोगं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
karṇābhyāṃ te kaṅkūṣebhyaḥ karṇaśūlaṃ visalpakam | sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
From thy two ears, from the ear-passages, the earache, the visalpaka — every disease of thy head we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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From both thine ears, from parts thereof, thine earache, and the throbbing pain, All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.3
यस्य हेतोः प्रच्यवते यक्ष्मः कर्णतो आस्यतः । सर्वं शीर्षन्यं ते रोगं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
yasya hetoḥ pracyavate yakṣmaḥ karṇato āsyataḥ | sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
(That) by reason of which the yakṣma falls away from the ear, from the mouth — every disease of thy head we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
So that Consumption may depart forth from thine ears and from. thy mouth, All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.4
यः कृणोति प्रमोतम् अन्धं कृणोति पूरुषम् । सर्वं शीर्षन्यं ते रोगं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
yaḥ kṛṇoti pramotam andhaṃ kṛṇoti pūruṣam | sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
That which makes (a man) deaf, which makes a man blind — every disease of thy head we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The malady that makes one deaf, the malady that makes one blind, All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.5
अङ्गभेदम् अङ्गज्वरम् विश्वाङ्ग्यं विसल्पकम् । सर्वं शीर्षन्यं ते रोगं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
aṅgabhedam aṅgajvaram viśvāṅgyaṃ visalpakam | sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
Limb-splitting, limb-fever, that which affects all the limbs, the visalpaka — every disease of thy head we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The throbbing pain in all thy limbs that rends thy frame with fever-throes, All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.6
यस्य भीमः प्रतीकाश उद्वेपयति पूरुषम् । तक्मानं विश्वशारदं बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
yasya bhīmaḥ pratīkāśa udvepayati pūruṣam | takmānaṃ viśvaśāradaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe
Him whose fearful appearance makes a man shake — the takman of every autumn we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The malady whose awful look makes a man quiver with alarm, Fever whom every Autumn brings we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.7
य ऊरू अनुसर्पत्य् अथो एति गवीनिके । यक्ष्मं ते अन्तर् अङ्गेभ्यो बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
ya ūrū anusarpaty atho eti gavīnike | yakṣmaṃ te antar aṅgebhyo bahir nir mantrayāmahe
That which creeps along the thighs and then goes into the groins — the yakṣma from within thy limbs we charm away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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Disease that creeps about the thighs and, after, reaches both the groins, Consumption from thine inward parts we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.8
यदि कामाद् अपकामाद् धृदयाज् जायते परि । हृदो बलासम् अङ्गेभ्यो बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
yadi kāmād apakāmād dhṛdayāj jāyate pari | hṛdo balāsam aṅgebhyo bahir nir mantrayāmahe
If from desire, from aversion, (or) from the heart it is born — the balāsa we charm out from the heart, from the limbs, away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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If the disease originates from love, from hatred, from the heart, Forth from the heart and from the limbs we charm the wasting malady.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.9
हरिमाणं ते अङ्गेभ्यो ऽप्वाम् अन्तरोदरात् । यक्ष्मोधाम् अन्तर् आत्मनो बहिर् निर् मन्त्रयामहे
harimāṇaṃ te aṅgebhyo 'pvām antarodarāt | yakṣmodhām antar ātmano bahir nir mantrayāmahe
The yellowness from thy limbs, the āpvā from within (thy) belly, the yakṣma-udhā from within the self — we charm (them) away outwards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The yellow Jaundice from thy limbs, and Colic from the parts within, And Phthisis from thine inward soul we charm away with this our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.10
आसो बलासो भवतु मूत्रं भवत्व् आमयत् । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निर् अवोचम् अहं त्वत्
āso balāso bhavatu mūtraṃ bhavatv āmayat | yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat
Let the balāsa become āsa; let the diseased (matter) become urine. Of all the yakṣmas I have charmed the poison out of thee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Let wasting malady turn to dust, become the water of disease. I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.11
बहिर् बिलं निर् द्रवतु काहाबाहं तवोदरात् । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निर् अवोचम् अहं त्वत्
bahir bilaṃ nir dravatu kāhābāhaṃ tavodarāt | yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat
Let the opening run out, outwards; (let) the kāhābāha (run out) from thy belly. Of all the yakṣmas I have charmed the poison out of thee.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Forth from the hollow let it run, and rumbling sounds from thine inside. I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.12
उदरात् ते क्लोम्नो नाभ्या हृदयाद् अधि । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निर् अवोचम् अहं त्वत्
udarāt te klomno nābhyā hṛdayād adhi | yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat
From your belly, from your lung, from your navel, from your heart — of all the consumptions I have spoken the poison out of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Forth from thy belly and thy lungs, forth from thy navel and thy heart. I have evoked the poison taint of all Consumptions out of thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.13
याः सीमानं विरुजन्ति मूर्धानं प्रत्य् अर्षनीः । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yāḥ sīmānaṃ virujanti mūrdhānaṃ praty arṣanīḥ | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those (pains) that break apart the crown, that rush against the head — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The penetrating stabs of pain which rend asunder crown and head, Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.14
या हृदयम् उपर्षन्त्य् अनुतन्वन्ति कीकसाः । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yā hṛdayam uparṣanty anutanvanti kīkasāḥ | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those that pierce into the heart, that stretch along the ribs — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The pangs that stab the heart and reach the breast-bone and connected parts, Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.15
याः पार्श्वे उपर्षन्त्य् अनुनिक्षन्ति पृष्टीः । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yāḥ pārśve uparṣanty anunikṣanti pṛṣṭīḥ | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those that pierce into the two sides, that pass along the ribs — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The stabs that penetrate the sides and pierce their way along the ribs, Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.16
यास् तिरश्चीः उपर्षन्त्य् अर्षणीर् वक्षणासु ते । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yās tiraścīḥ uparṣanty arṣaṇīr vakṣaṇāsu te | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those (pains) of yours that pierce crosswise, the rushing ones in the abdomen — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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The penetrating pangs that pierce thy stomach as they shoot across, Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.17
या गुदा अनुसर्पन्त्य् आन्त्राणि मोहयन्ति च । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yā gudā anusarpanty āntrāṇi mohayanti ca | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those that creep along the bowels and confuse the entrails — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The pains that through the bowels creep, disordering the inward parts, Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.18
या मज्ज्ञो निर्धयन्ति परूंषि विरुजन्ति च । अहिंसन्तीर् अनामया निर् द्रवन्तु बहिर् बिलम्
yā majjño nirdhayanti parūṃṣi virujanti ca | ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam
Those that suck out the marrow and break apart the joints — let them run out of the opening, doing no harm, causing no sickness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
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The pains that suck the marrow out, and rend and tear the bones apart, May they speed forth and pass away, free from disease and harming not.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.19
ये अङ्गानि मदयन्ति यक्ष्मासो रोपणास् तव । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निर् अवोचम् अहं त्वत्
ye aṅgāni madayanti yakṣmāso ropaṇās tava | yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat
Those consumptions of yours that madden your limbs, the causers of pain — of all the consumptions I have spoken the poison out of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Consumptions with their Colic pains which make thy limbs insensible I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.20
विसल्पस्य विद्रधस्य वातीकारस्य वालजेः । यक्ष्माणां सर्वेषां विषं निर् अवोचम् अहं त्वत्
visalpasya vidradhasya vātīkārasya vālajeḥ | yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat
Of the visalpa, of the abscess, of the vātīkāra, of the vālaja — of all the consumptions I have spoken the poison out of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Of piercing pain, of abscesses, rheumatic ache, ophthalmia— I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.21
पादाभ्यां ते जानुभ्यां श्रोणिभ्यां परि भंससः । अनूकाद् अर्षणीर् उष्णिहाभ्यः शीर्ष्णो रोगम् अनीनशम्
pādābhyāṃ te jānubhyāṃ śroṇibhyāṃ pari bhaṃsasaḥ | anūkād arṣaṇīr uṣṇihābhyaḥ śīrṣṇo rogam anīnaśam
From your two feet, from your knees, from your hips, from your fundament, from the spine, from the neck-tendons the rushing pains — I have made the disease of the head vanish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I have dispelled the piercing pains from feet, knees, hips, and hinder parts, And spine, and from the neck and nape the malady that racked the head.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 9 8.22
सं ते शीर्ष्णः कपालानि हृदयस्य च यो विधुः । उद्यन्न् आदित्य रश्मिभिः शीर्ष्णो रोगम् अनीनशो ऽङ्गभेदम् अशीशमः
saṃ te śīrṣṇaḥ kapālāni hṛdayasya ca yo vidhuḥ | udyann āditya raśmibhiḥ śīrṣṇo rogam anīnaśo 'ṅgabhedam aśīśamaḥ
Whole are the skull-bones of your head, and that which trembles, of the heart — rising up, O Āditya, with your rays you have made the disease of the head vanish, you have stilled the splitting of the limbs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
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Sound are the skull-bones of thy head and thy heart's beat is regular. Thou, Sun, arising with thy beams hast chased away the head's disease, hast stilled the pain that racked the limbs.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)