Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.9
एहि जीवं त्रायमाणं पर्वतस्यास्य् अक्ष्यम् । विश्वेभिर् देवैर् दत्तं परिधिर् जीवनाय कम् ॥१॥
ehi jīvaṃ trāyamāṇaṃ parvatasyāsy akṣyam | viśvebhir devair dattaṃ paridhir jīvanāya kam ||1||
Come thou, rescuing the living one; of the mountain art thou for the eyes (?), given by all the gods, an enclosure (paridhí) in order to living.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परिपाणं पुरुषाणां परिपाणं गवां असि । अश्वानाम् अर्वताम् परिपाणाय तस्थिषे ॥२॥
paripāṇaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ paripāṇaṃ gavāṃ asi | aśvānām arvatām paripāṇāya tasthiṣe ||2||
Protection (paripā́ṇa) of men (púruṣa), protection of kine art thou; in order to the protection of coursing (árvant) horses hast thou stood.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उतासि परिपाणम् यातुजम्भनम् आञ्जन । उतामृतस्य त्वं वेत्थाथो असि जीवभोजनम् अथो हरितभेषजम् ॥३॥
utāsi paripāṇam yātujambhanam āñjana | utāmṛtasya tvaṃ vetthātho asi jīvabhojanam atho haritabheṣajam ||3||
Both art thou a protection, grinder-up of familiar demons (yātú), O ointment, and of what is immortal thou knowest; likewise art thou gratification (-bhójana) of the living, likewise remedy of jaundice (hárita-).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस्याञ्जन प्रसर्पस्य् अङ्गमङ्गम् परुष्परुः । ततो यक्ष्मं वि बाधस उग्रो मध्यमशीर् इव ॥४॥
yasyāñjana prasarpasy aṅgamaṅgam paruṣparuḥ | tato yakṣmaṃ vi bādhasa ugro madhyamaśīr iva ||4||
Of whomsoever, O ointment, thou creepest over limb after limb, joint after joint, from thence thou drivest away the yákṣma, like a formidable mid-lier (madhyamaçī́).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नैनं प्राप्नोति शपथो न कृत्या नाभिशोचनम् । नैनं विष्कन्धम् अश्नुते यस् त्वा बिभर्त्य् आञ्जन ॥५॥
nainaṃ prāpnoti śapatho na kṛtyā nābhiśocanam | nainaṃ viṣkandham aśnute yas tvā bibharty āñjana ||5||
Curse attains him not, nor witchcraft, nor scorching; víṣkandha reaches him not who beareth thee, O ointment.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
असन्मन्त्राद् दुष्वप्न्याद् दुष्कृताच् छमलाद् उत । दुर्हार्दश् चक्षुषो घोरात् तस्मान् नः पाह्य् आञ्जन ॥६॥
asanmantrād duṣvapnyād duṣkṛtāc chamalād uta | durhārdaś cakṣuṣo ghorāt tasmān naḥ pāhy āñjana ||6||
From wrong spell, from evil dreaming, from evil deed, from pollution also, from the terrible eye of an enemy—therefrom protect us, ointment.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इदं विद्वान् आञ्जन सत्यं वक्ष्यामि नानृतम् । सनेयम् अश्वं गाम् अहम् आत्मानं तव पूरुष ॥७॥
idaṃ vidvān āñjana satyaṃ vakṣyāmi nānṛtam | saneyam aśvaṃ gām aham ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa ||7||
Knowing this, O ointment, I shall speak truth, not falsehood; may I win (san) a horse, a cow, thy soul, O man (púruṣa).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रयो दासा आञ्जनस्य तक्मा बलास आद् अहिः । वर्षिष्ठः पर्वतानां त्रिककुन् नाम ते पिता ॥८॥
trayo dāsā āñjanasya takmā balāsa ād ahiḥ | varṣiṣṭhaḥ parvatānāṃ trikakun nāma te pitā ||8||
Three are the slaves (dāsá) of the ointment—fever (takmán), balā́sa, then snake: the highest of mountains, three-peaked (trikakúd) by name, [is] thy father.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् आञ्जनं त्रैककुदम् जातं हिमवतस् परि । यातूंश् च सर्वाञ् जम्भयत् सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥९॥
yad āñjanaṃ traikakudam jātaṃ himavatas pari | yātūṃś ca sarvāñ jambhayat sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ||9||
The ointment that is of the three-peaked [mountain], born from the snowy one (himávant)—may it grind up all the familiar demons and all the sorceresses.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यदि वासि त्रैककुदं यदि यामुनम् उच्यसे । उभे ते भद्रे नाम्नी ताभ्यां नः पाह्य् आञ्जन ॥१०॥
yadi vāsi traikakudaṃ yadi yāmunam ucyase | ubhe te bhadre nāmnī tābhyāṃ naḥ pāhy āñjana ||10||
If thou art of the three-peaked [mountain], or if thou art called of the Yamunā—both thy names are excellent; by them protect us, O ointment.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)