Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·19·19.39
ऐतु देवस् त्रायमाणः कुष्ठो हिमवतस् परि । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥१॥
aitu devas trāyamāṇaḥ kuṣṭho himavatas pari | takmānaṃ sarvaṃ nāśaya sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ||1||
Let the heavenly rescuing kúṣṭha come hither from off the snowy [mountain]; do thou make vanish all takmán and all the sorceresses.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रीणि ते कुष्ठ नामानि नद्यमारो नद्यारिषः । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥२॥
trīṇi te kuṣṭha nāmāni nadyamāro nadyāriṣaḥ | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ||2||
Three names are thine, O kúṣṭha: by-no-means-killing, by-no-means-harming:—by no means may this man take harm, for whom I bespeak (pari-brū) thee, at evening and in the morning, likewise by day.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जीवला नाम ते माता जीवन्तो नाम ते पिता । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥३॥
jīvalā nāma te mātā jīvanto nāma te pitā | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ||3||
"Lively" by name is thy mother; "living" by name is thy father:—by no means may etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत्तमो अस्य् ओषधीनाम् अनड्वान् जगताम् इव व्याघ्रः श्वपदाम् इव । नद्यायं पुरुषो रिषत् । यस्मै परिब्रवीमि त्वा सायंप्रातर् अथो दिवा ॥४॥
uttamo asy oṣadhīnām anaḍvān jagatām iva vyāghraḥ śvapadām iva | nadyāyaṃ puruṣo riṣat | yasmai paribravīmi tvā sāyaṃprātar atho divā ||4||
Thou art the highest (uttamá) of herbs, as the draft-ox of moving creatures (jágat), as the tiger of beasts of prey:—by no means may etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रिः शाम्बुभ्यो अङ्गिरेभ्यस् त्रिर् आदित्येभ्यस् परि । त्रिर् जातो विश्वदेवेभ्यः । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।
triḥ śāmbubhyo aṅgirebhyas trir ādityebhyas pari | trir jāto viśvadevebhyaḥ | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati |
Thrice from the Çāmbus, from the An̄girases, thrice from the Ādityas, thrice from the All-Gods art thou born; this all-healing kúṣṭha stands along with soma; do thou make vanish all the takmán and all the sorceresses.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्वत्थो देवसदनस् तृतीयस्याम् इतो दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।
aśvattho devasadanas tṛtīyasyām ito divi | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati |
The açvatthá, seat of the gods, in the third heaven from here: there [is] the sight (cákṣaṇa) of immortality; thence was born the kúṣṭha.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
हिरण्ययी नौर् अचरद् धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।
hiraṇyayī naur acarad dhiraṇyabandhanā divi | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati |
A golden ship, of golden tackle, moved about in the sky; there [is] the sight etc. etc.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत्र नावप्रभ्रंशनं यत्र हिमवतः शिरः । तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति ।
yatra nāvaprabhraṃśanaṃ yatra himavataḥ śiraḥ | tatrāmṛtasya cakṣaṇaṃ tataḥ kuṣṭho ajāyata | sa kuṣṭho viśvabheṣajaḥ sākaṃ somena tiṣṭhati |
Where there is no falling downward (?), where the head of the snowy [mountain], there is the sight of immortality; thence was born the kúṣṭha: —this all-healing kúṣṭha etc. etc. (as vs. 5).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यं त्वा वेद पूर्व इक्ष्वाको यं वा त्वा कुष्ठ काम्यः । यं वा वसो यम् आत्स्यस् तेनासि विश्वभेषजः ॥९॥
yaṃ tvā veda pūrva ikṣvāko yaṃ vā tvā kuṣṭha kāmyaḥ | yaṃ vā vaso yam ātsyas tenāsi viśvabheṣajaḥ ||9||
Thou whom Ikshvāku of old knew, or thou whom Kushṭhakāmya [knew], whom Vāyasa, whom Mātsya—thereby art thou all-healing.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शीर्षशोकं तृतीयकं सदंदिर् यश् च हायनः । तक्मानं विश्वधावीर्याधराञ्चं परा सुव ॥१०॥
śīrṣaśokaṃ tṛtīyakaṃ sadaṃdir yaś ca hāyanaḥ | takmānaṃ viśvadhāvīryādharāñcaṃ parā suva ||10||
The head-paining, the tertian, ⌊and⌋ that which is constant, is hibernal—the takmán, O thou of power in every direction, do thou impel (sū) away downward.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)