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Rigveda Samhita — Mandala 10 — Chapter 163

RV 10 163.1

अक्षीभ्याꣳ ते नासिकाभ्याꣳ कर्णाभ्याꣳ छुबुकाद् अधि । यक्ष्मꣳ शीर्षण्यम् मस्तिष्काज् जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते

akṣībhyāṁ te nāsikābhyāṁ karṇābhyāṁ chubukād adhi | yakṣmaṁ śīrṣaṇyam mastiṣkāj jihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te

From your eyes, from your nostrils, from your ears, from your chin, the wasting-sickness of the head, from the brain, from the tongue, I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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FROM both thy nostrils, from thine eyes, from both thine ears and from thy chin, Forth from thy head and brain and tongue I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 163.2

ग्रीवाभ्यस् त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् । यक्ष्मꣳ दोषण्य१म् अꣳसाभ्याम् बाहुभ्याꣳ वि वृहामि ते

grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt | yakṣmaṁ doṣaṇya1m aṁsābhyām bāhubhyāṁ vi vṛhāmi te

From your neck-tendons, from your cervical vertebrae, from your breast-bones, from your spine, the disease of the forearms, from your shoulders, from your arms I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From the neck-tendons and the neck, from the breast-bones and from the spine, From shoulders, upper, lower arms, I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 163.3

आन्त्रेभ्यस् ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर् हृदयाद् अधि । यक्ष्मम् मतस्नाभ्याꣳ यक्नः प्लाशिभ्यो वि वृहामि ते

āntrebhyas te gudābhyo vaniṣṭhor hṛdayād adhi | yakṣmam matasnābhyāṁ yaknaḥ plāśibhyo vi vṛhāmi te

From your entrails, from your rectum, from your (belly-part called) vaniṣṭhu, from your heart, the disease from your kidneys, from your liver, from your bowels I tear out for you.

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

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From viscera and all within, forth from the rectum, from the heart, From kidneys, liver, and from spleen, I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 163.4

ऊरुभ्याꣳ ते अष्ठीवद्भ्याम् पार्ष्णिभ्याम् प्रपदाभ्याम् । यक्ष्मꣳ श्रोणिभ्याम् भासदाद् भꣳससो वि वृहामि ते

ūrubhyāṁ te aṣṭhīvadbhyām pārṣṇibhyām prapadābhyām | yakṣmaṁ śroṇibhyām bhāsadād bhaṁsaso vi vṛhāmi te

From your thighs, from your knees, from your heels, from your toes, the disease from your hips, from your buttocks, from your anus I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From thighs, from knee-caps, and from heels, and from the forepart of the feet, From hips from stomach, and from groin I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 163.5

मेहनाद् वनꣳकरणाल् लोमभ्यस् ते नखेभ्यः । यक्ष्मꣳ सर्वस्माद् आत्मनस् तम् इदꣳ वि वृहामि ते

mehanād vanaṁkaraṇāl lomabhyas te nakhebhyaḥ | yakṣmaṁ sarvasmād ātmanas tam idaṁ vi vṛhāmi te

From your penis, from the (part) that makes the flow(?), from your hairs, from your nails, the disease from your whole body — this (disease) I tear out for you.

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

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From what is voided from within, and from thy hair, and from they nails, From all thyself from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)

RV 10 163.6

अङ्गाद्-अङ्गाल् लोम्नो-लोम्नो जातम् पर्वणि-पर्वणि । यक्ष्मꣳ सर्वस्माद् आत्मनस् तम् इदꣳ वि वृहामि ते

aṅgād-aṅgāl lomno-lomno jātam parvaṇi-parvaṇi | yakṣmaṁ sarvasmād ātmanas tam idaṁ vi vṛhāmi te

From limb after limb, from hair after hair, (the disease) born in joint after joint, the disease from your whole body — this I tear out for you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From every member, every hair, disease that comes in every joint, From all thyself, from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1896)