Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.19
उतो अस्य् अबन्धुकृद् उतो असि नु जामिकृत् । उतो कृत्याकृतः प्रजां नदम् इवा छिन्धि वार्षिकम् ॥१॥
uto asy abandhukṛd uto asi nu jāmikṛt | uto kṛtyākṛtaḥ prajāṃ nadam ivā chindhi vārṣikam ||1||
Both art thou not relative-making, and now art thou kin-making; also do thou cut off (? ā-chid) the progeny of the witchcraft-maker, like a reed of the rainy season (vā́rṣika).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ब्राह्मणेन पर्युक्तासि कण्वेन नार्षदेन । सेनेवैषि त्विषीमती न तत्र भयम् अस्ति यत्र प्राप्नोष्य् ओषधे ॥२॥
brāhmaṇena paryuktāsi kaṇvena nārṣadena | senevaiṣi tviṣīmatī na tatra bhayam asti yatra prāpnoṣy oṣadhe ||2||
Thou art bespoken (?) by a Brāhman, by Kaṇva son of Nṛshad; thou goest like a brilliant army (?); there is no fear (bhayá) there where thou arrivest (pra-āp), O herb.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्रम् एष्य् ओषधीनां ज्योतिषेवाभिदीपयन् । उत त्रातासि पाकस्याथो हन्तासि रक्षसः ॥३॥
agram eṣy oṣadhīnāṃ jyotiṣevābhidīpayan | uta trātāsi pākasyātho hantāsi rakṣasaḥ ||3||
Thou goest to the head (ágra) of the herbs, causing to shine (dīp) upon [us] as it were with light; also rescuer art thou of the simple (pā́ka), likewise slayer art thou of the demoniac.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् अदो देवा असुरांस् त्वयाग्रे निरकुर्वत । ततस् त्वम् अध्य् ओषधे ऽपामार्गो अजायथाः ॥४॥
yad ado devā asurāṃs tvayāgre nirakurvata | tatas tvam adhy oṣadhe 'pāmārgo ajāyathāḥ ||4||
When yonder, in the beginning, the gods by thee removed (nis-kṛ) the Asuras, from thence, O herb, wast thou born, an off-wiper.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विभिन्दती शतशाखा विभिन्दन् नाम ते पिता । प्रत्यग् वि भिन्धि त्वं तं यो अस्मां अभिदासति ॥५॥
vibhindatī śataśākhā vibhindan nāma te pitā | pratyag vi bhindhi tvaṃ taṃ yo asmāṃ abhidāsati ||5||
Splitting apart (vi-bhid), hundred-branched—"splitting apart" by name is thy father; in return (pratyák), do thou split apart him who assails us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
असद् भूम्याः सम् अभवत् तद् याम् एति महद् व्यचः । तद् वै ततो विधूपायत् प्रत्यक् कर्तारम् ऋछतु ॥६॥
asad bhūmyāḥ sam abhavat tad yām eti mahad vyacaḥ | tad vai tato vidhūpāyat pratyak kartāram ṛchatu ||6||
The non-existent came into being (sam-bhū) from the earth; that goes to the sky, the great expanse (vyácas); let that, verily, fuming abroad, come back thence on the maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रत्यङ् हि संबभूविथ प्रतीचीनफलस् त्वम् । सर्वान् मच् छपथाम् अधि वरीयो यावया वधम् ॥७॥
pratyaṅ hi saṃbabhūvitha pratīcīnaphalas tvam | sarvān mac chapathām adhi varīyo yāvayā vadham ||7||
Since thou hast come into being reverted (pratyáñc), having reverted fruit, do thou repel (yu) from me all curses, [repel] very far the deadly weapon.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शतेन मा परि पाहि सहस्रेणाभि रक्षा मा । इन्द्रस् ते वीरुधां पत उग्र ओज्मानम् आ दधत् ॥८॥
śatena mā pari pāhi sahasreṇābhi rakṣā mā | indras te vīrudhāṃ pata ugra ojmānam ā dadhat ||8||
Protect me around with a hundred; defend me with a thousand; may the forceful (ugrá) Indra, O lord of the plants, assign force (ojmán) unto thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)