Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·6·6.109

Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka) 6.109

पिप्पली क्षिप्तभेषज्य् उतातिविद्धभेषजी । तां देवाः सम् अकल्पयन्न् इयं जीवितवा अलम् ॥१॥

pippalī kṣiptabheṣajy utātividdhabheṣajī | tāṃ devāḥ sam akalpayann iyaṃ jīvitavā alam ||1||

The berry (pippalī́), remedy for what is bruised (? kṣiptá), and remedy for what is pierced—that did the gods prepare (sam-kalpay-) that is sufficient for life.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

पिप्पल्यः सम् अवदन्तायतीर् जननाद् अधि । यं जीवम् अश्नवामहै न स रिष्याति पूरुषः ॥२॥

pippalyaḥ sam avadantāyatīr jananād adhi | yaṃ jīvam aśnavāmahai na sa riṣyāti pūruṣaḥ ||2||

The berries talked together, coming from their birth: whomever we shall reach living, that man shall not be harmed.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)

असुरास् त्वा न्य् अखनन् देवास् त्वोद् अवपन् पुनः । वातीकृतस्य भेषजीम् अथो क्षिप्तस्य भेषजीम् ॥३॥

asurās tvā ny akhanan devās tvod avapan punaḥ | vātīkṛtasya bheṣajīm atho kṣiptasya bheṣajīm ||3||

The Asuras dug thee in; the gods cast thee up again, a remedy for the vātī́kṛta, likewise a remedy for what is bruised.

Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)