Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·8·8.7
या बभ्रवो याश् च शुक्रा रोहिणीर् उत पृश्नयः । असिक्नीः कृष्णा ओषधीः सर्वा अछावदामसि ॥१॥
yā babhravo yāś ca śukrā rohiṇīr uta pṛśnayaḥ | asiknīḥ kṛṣṇā oṣadhīḥ sarvā achāvadāmasi ||1||
Those that are brown, and that are bright (çukrá), the red and the spotted, the swarthy, the black herbs—all [of them] do we address (acka-ā-vad).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्रायन्ताम् इमं पुरुसं यक्ष्माद् देवेषिताद् अधि । यासाम् द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव ॥२॥
trāyantām imaṃ purusaṃ yakṣmād deveṣitād adhi | yāsām dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā samudro mūlaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva ||2||
Let them save (trā) this man from the yákṣma sent by the gods—the plants of which heaven has been the father, earth the mother, ocean the root.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आपो अग्रं दिव्या ओषधयः । तास् ते यक्ष्मम् एनस्यम् अङ्गादङ्गाद् अनीनशन् ॥३॥
āpo agraṃ divyā oṣadhayaḥ | tās te yakṣmam enasyam aṅgādaṅgād anīnaśan ||3||
Waters [were] the beginning, heavenly herbs; they have made disappear from every limb thy sinful (enasyà) yákṣma.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रस्तृणती स्तम्बिनीर् एकशुङ्गाः प्रतन्वतीर् ओषधीर् आ वदामि । अंशुमतीः कण्डिनीर् या विशाखा ह्वयामि ते वीरुधो वैश्वदेवीर् उग्राः पुरुषजीवनीः ॥४॥
prastṛṇatī stambinīr ekaśuṅgāḥ pratanvatīr oṣadhīr ā vadāmi | aṃśumatīḥ kaṇḍinīr yā viśākhā hvayāmi te vīrudho vaiśvadevīr ugrāḥ puruṣajīvanīḥ ||4||
The spreading, the bushy, the one-spathed, the extending herbs do I address; those rich in shoots, jointed (kāṇḍín), that have spreading branches (víçākha); I call for thee the plants that belong to all the gods, formidable, giving life to men.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् वः सहः सहमाना वीर्यं१ यच् च वो बलम् । तेनेमम् अस्माद् यक्ष्मात् पुरुषं मुञ्चतौषधीर् अथो कृणोमि भेषजम् ॥५॥
yad vaḥ sahaḥ sahamānā vīryaṃ1 yac ca vo balam | tenemam asmād yakṣmāt puruṣaṃ muñcatauṣadhīr atho kṛṇomi bheṣajam ||5||
What power [is] yours, ye powerful ones, [what] heroism and what strength [is] yours, therewith, O herbs, free ye this man from this yákṣma; now (átho) do I make a remedy.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जीवलां नघारिषां जीवन्तीम् ओषधीम् अहम् । अरुन्धतीम् उन्नयन्तीं पुष्पाम् मधुमतीम् इह हुवे ऽस्मा अरिष्टतातये ॥६॥
jīvalāṃ naghāriṣāṃ jīvantīm oṣadhīm aham | arundhatīm unnayantīṃ puṣpām madhumatīm iha huve 'smā ariṣṭatātaye ||6||
The lively, by-no-means-harming, living herb, the non-obstructing, up-guiding, flourishing (? puṣyá) one, rich in sweets, do I call hither, for this man's freedom from harm.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इहा यन्तु प्रचेतसो मेदिनीर् वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषं दुरिताद् अधि ॥७॥
ihā yantu pracetaso medinīr vacaso mama | yathemaṃ pārayāmasi puruṣaṃ duritād adhi ||7||
Let the forethoughtful ones come hither, allies (medín) of my spell (vácas), that we may make this man pass forth out of difficulty.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्नेर् घासो अपां गर्भो या रोहन्ति पुनर्णवाः । ध्रुवाः सहस्रनाम्नीर् भेषजीः सन्त्व् आभृताः ॥८॥
agner ghāso apāṃ garbho yā rohanti punarṇavāḥ | dhruvāḥ sahasranāmnīr bheṣajīḥ santv ābhṛtāḥ ||8||
Food of fire, embryo of the waters, they that grow up renewed, fixed, thousand-named—be they remedial [when] brought.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अवकोल्बा उदकात्मान ओषधयः । व्यृषन्तु दुरितं तीक्ष्णशृङ्ग्यः ॥९॥
avakolbā udakātmāna oṣadhayaḥ | vyṛṣantu duritaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgyaḥ ||9||
Wrapped in ávakā, water-natured, let the herbs, sharp-horned, thrust away difficulty.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उन्मुञ्चन्तीर् विवरुणा उग्रा या विषदूषनीः । अथो बलासनाशनीः कृत्यादूषणीश् च यास् ता इहा यन्त्व् ओषधीः ॥१०॥ १७
unmuñcantīr vivaruṇā ugrā yā viṣadūṣanīḥ | atho balāsanāśanīḥ kṛtyādūṣaṇīś ca yās tā ihā yantv oṣadhīḥ ||10|| 17
Releasing, free from Varuṇa, formidable, that are poison-spoiling, also balā́sa -dispelling, and that are witchcraft-spoiling—let those herbs come hither.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपक्रीताः सहीयसीर् वीरुधो या अभिष्टुताः । त्रायन्ताम् अस्मिन् ग्रामे गाम् अश्वं पुरुषं पशुम् ॥११॥
apakrītāḥ sahīyasīr vīrudho yā abhiṣṭutāḥ | trāyantām asmin grāme gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ paśum ||11||
Let the purchased, very powerful plants that are praised save in this village cow, horse, man, beast.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मधुमन् मूलं मधुमद् अग्रम् आसाम् मधुमन् मध्यं वीरुधां बभूव । मधुमत् पर्णं मधुमत् पुष्पम् आसां मधोः सम्भक्ता अमृतस्य भक्षो घृतम् अन्नं दुह्रतां गोपुरोगवम् ॥१२॥
madhuman mūlaṃ madhumad agram āsām madhuman madhyaṃ vīrudhāṃ babhūva | madhumat parṇaṃ madhumat puṣpam āsāṃ madhoḥ sambhaktā amṛtasya bhakṣo ghṛtam annaṃ duhratāṃ gopurogavam ||12||
Rich in sweets the root, rich in sweets the tip of them, rich in sweets was the middle of the plants; rich in sweets the leaf, rich in sweets the flower of them; partaking of sweet, a drink of nectar (amṛ́ta), let them milk out ghee, food, with milk (gó-) as chief (-purogavá).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यावतीः कियतीश् चेमाः पृथिव्याम् अध्य् ओषधीः । ता मा सहस्रपर्ण्यो मृत्योर् मुञ्चन्त्व् अंहसः ॥१३॥
yāvatīḥ kiyatīś cemāḥ pṛthivyām adhy oṣadhīḥ | tā mā sahasraparṇyo mṛtyor muñcantv aṃhasaḥ ||13||
However many [may be] these herbs upon the earth, let them, thousand-leafed, free me from death, from distress.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वैयाघ्रो मणिर् वीरुधां त्रायमानो ऽभिशस्तिपाः । अमीवाः सर्वा रक्षांस्य् अप हन्त्व् अधि दूरम् अस्मत् ॥१४॥
vaiyāghro maṇir vīrudhāṃ trāyamāno 'bhiśastipāḥ | amīvāḥ sarvā rakṣāṃsy apa hantv adhi dūram asmat ||14||
Let the tigerish amulet of plants, saving, protecting from imprecation, smite far away from us diseases [and] all demons.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सिंहस्येव स्तनथोः सं विजन्ते ऽग्नेर् इव विजन्ते आभृताभ्यः । गवां यक्ष्मः पुरुषाणां वीरुद्भिर् अतिनुत्तो नाव्या एतु स्रोत्याः ॥१५॥
siṃhasyeva stanathoḥ saṃ vijante 'gner iva vijante ābhṛtābhyaḥ | gavāṃ yakṣmaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ vīrudbhir atinutto nāvyā etu srotyāḥ ||15||
As at the roaring of a lion do they quake; as at fire do they tremble at [the herbs when] brought; let the yákṣma of kine, of men, go driven by the plants beyond navigable streams.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
मुमुचाना ओषधयो ऽग्नेर् वैश्वानराद् अधि । भूमिं संतन्वतीर् इत यासां राजा वनस्पतिः ॥१६॥
mumucānā oṣadhayo 'gner vaiśvānarād adhi | bhūmiṃ saṃtanvatīr ita yāsāṃ rājā vanaspatiḥ ||16||
The herbs, becoming freed from Agni Vāiçvānara—go ye stretching over the earth, [ye] whose king is the forest-tree.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
या रोहन्त्य् आङ्गिरसीः पर्वतेषु समेषु च । ता नः पयस्वतीः शिवा ओषधीः सन्तु शं हृदे ॥१७॥
yā rohanty āṅgirasīḥ parvateṣu sameṣu ca | tā naḥ payasvatīḥ śivā oṣadhīḥ santu śaṃ hṛde ||17||
They who, belonging to the An̄girases, grow on mountains and on plains—let those herbs, rich in milk, propitious, be weal to our heart.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
याश् चाहं वेद वीरुधो याश् च पश्यामि चक्षुषा । अज्ञाता जानीमश् च या यासु विद्म च संभृतम् ॥१८॥
yāś cāhaṃ veda vīrudho yāś ca paśyāmi cakṣuṣā | ajñātā jānīmaś ca yā yāsu vidma ca saṃbhṛtam ||18||
Both what plants I know, and what I see with the eye, the unknown and what we are acquainted with, and those in which we know what is brought together—
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सर्वाः समग्रा ओषधीर् बोधन्तु वचसो मम । यथेमं पारयामसि पुरुषम् दुरिताद् अधि ॥१९॥
sarvāḥ samagrā oṣadhīr bodhantu vacaso mama | yathemaṃ pārayāmasi puruṣam duritād adhi ||19||
Let all the entire herbs note (budh) my spell (vácas), that we may make this man pass forth out of difficulty.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अश्वत्थो दर्भो वीरुधां सोमो राजामृतं हविः । व्रीहिर् यवश् च भेषजौ दिवसि पुत्राव् अमर्त्यौ ॥२०॥ १८
aśvattho darbho vīrudhāṃ somo rājāmṛtaṃ haviḥ | vrīhir yavaś ca bheṣajau divasi putrāv amartyau ||20|| 18
The açvatthá, the darbhá, sóma king of plants, immortal oblation—rice and barley [are] remedial, immortal sons of heaven.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उज् जिहीध्वे स्तनयत्य् अभिक्रन्दत्य् ओषधीः । यदा वः पृश्निमातरः पर्जन्यो रेतसावति ॥२१॥
uj jihīdhve stanayaty abhikrandaty oṣadhīḥ | yadā vaḥ pṛśnimātaraḥ parjanyo retasāvati ||21||
Ye rise up (ud-hā); it thunders, it roars at [you], O herbs! when, O ye children of the spotted one, Parjanya favors you with seed.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
तस्यामृतस्येमं बलं पुरुषं पययामसि । अथो कृणोमि भेषजं यथासच् छतहायनः ॥२२॥
tasyāmṛtasyemaṃ balaṃ puruṣaṃ payayāmasi | atho kṛṇomi bheṣajaṃ yathāsac chatahāyanaḥ ||22||
Of this amṛ́ta we make this man to drink the strength; now do I make a remedy, that he may be one of a hundred years (-hāyaná).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वराहो वेद वीरुधं नकुलो वेद भेषजीम् । सर्पा गन्धर्वा या विदुस् ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे ॥२३॥
varāho veda vīrudhaṃ nakulo veda bheṣajīm | sarpā gandharvā yā vidus tā asmā avase huve ||23||
The boar knows the plant; the mongoos knows the remedial [herb]; what ones the serpents, the Gandharvas know, those I call to aid for him.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
याः सुपर्णा आङ्गिरसीर् दिव्या या रघतो विदुः । वयांसि हंसा या विदुर् यास् च सर्वे पतत्रिणः । मृगा या विदुर् ओषधीस् ता अस्मा अवसे हुवे ॥२४॥
yāḥ suparṇā āṅgirasīr divyā yā raghato viduḥ | vayāṃsi haṃsā yā vidur yās ca sarve patatriṇaḥ | mṛgā yā vidur oṣadhīs tā asmā avase huve ||24||
What [herbs] of the An̄girases the eagles [know], what heavenly ones the ragháṭs know, what ones the birds, the swans know, and what all the winged ones, what herbs the wild beasts know—those I call to aid for him.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यावतीनाम् ओषधीनां गावः प्राश्नन्त्य् अघ्न्या यवतीनाम् अजावयः । तावतीस् तुभ्यम् ओषधीः शर्म यछन्त्व् आभृताः ॥२५॥
yāvatīnām oṣadhīnāṃ gāvaḥ prāśnanty aghnyā yavatīnām ajāvayaḥ | tāvatīs tubhyam oṣadhīḥ śarma yachantv ābhṛtāḥ ||25||
Of how many herbs the inviolable kine partake (pra-āç), of how many the goats and sheep, let so many herbs, being brought, extend protection to thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यावतीषु मनुष्या भेषजं भिषजो विदुः । तावतीर् विश्वभेषजीर् आ भरामि त्वाम् अभि ॥२६॥
yāvatīṣu manuṣyā bheṣajaṃ bhiṣajo viduḥ | tāvatīr viśvabheṣajīr ā bharāmi tvām abhi ||26||
In how many ⌊herbs⌋ human physicians (bhiṣáj) know a remedy, so many, all-remedial, do I bring unto thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुष्पवतीः प्रसूमतीः फलिनीर् अफला उत । संमातर इव दुह्राम् अस्मा अरिष्टतातये ॥२७॥
puṣpavatīḥ prasūmatīḥ phalinīr aphalā uta | saṃmātara iva duhrām asmā ariṣṭatātaye ||27||
Rich in flowers, rich in shoots (prasū́-), rich in fruits, also those lacking fruits—like joint mothers, let them milk unto this man in order to his freedom from harm.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत् त्वाहार्षं पञ्चशलाद् अथो दशशलाद् उत । अथो यमस्य पड्वीशाद् विश्वस्माद् देवकिल्बिषात् ॥२८॥ १९
ut tvāhārṣaṃ pañcaśalād atho daśaśalād uta | atho yamasya paḍvīśād viśvasmād devakilbiṣāt ||28|| 19
I have taken thee up out of what has five çalas, and also out of what has ten çalas, also out of Yama's fetter, out of all offense against the gods.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)