2. Kāṇḍa 2 — Life, longevity and the unknown

Atharvaveda 2.1 · 5 mantras

2.1.1

वेनस् तत् पश्यत् परमं गुहा यद् यत्र विश्वं भवत्य् एकरूपम् ।
इदं पृश्निर् अदुहज् जायमानाः स्वर्विदो अभ्य् अनूषत व्राः ॥

venas tat paśyat paramaṃ guhā yad yatra viśvaṃ bhavaty ekarūpam ।
idaṃ pṛśnir aduhaj jāyamānāḥ svarvido abhy anūṣata vrāḥ ॥

The wise visionary realises, directly sees with the inward eye, that supreme mystery which is the centre wherein this entire universe of diversity becomes one reality of indistinguishable homageneous form as Prakrti. This world of wondrous variety, variable Prakrti receives from that centrality as the forms arise through evolution. The sages who know the supreme blissful reality dedicate themselves to It as they arise in awareness and celebrate It in words of exaltation. That’s their highest act of choice.

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2.1.2

प्र तद् वोचेद् अमृतस्य विद्वान् गन्धर्वो धाम परमं गुहा यत् ।
त्रीणि पदानि निहिता गुहास्य यस् तानि वेद स पितुष् पितासत् ॥

pra tad voced amṛtasya vidvān gandharvo dhāma paramaṃ guhā yat ।
trīṇi padāni nihitā guhāsya yas tāni veda sa pituṣ pitāsat ॥

Of that highest One mystery which is the ultimate centre of diversity, only that noble sagely scholar of immortal vision would speak who commands the language of that immortal vision and reality. Three are the stages of the manifestation of this mysterious One into existence: Creation, evolution and sustenance, and dissolution. Three are the stages of existential awareness: knowledge of discrete objects, the underlying physical laws, and the one immanent spirit of it all. Three are the stages of the evolution of inner awareness: Dharma, Dhyana and Samadhi. One who knows these three is the preceptor senior of those who claim to know.

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2.1.3

स नः पिता जनिता स उत बन्धुर् धामानि वेद भुवनानि विश्वा ।
यो देवानां नामध एक एव तं संप्रश्नं भुवना यन्ति सर्वा ॥

sa naḥ pitā janitā sa uta bandhur dhāmāni veda bhuvanāni viśvā ।
yo devānāṃ nāmadha eka eva taṃ saṃpraśnaṃ bhuvanā yanti sarvā ॥

That One is our father, generator and our brother. He knows and pervades all the worlds of the universe in existence. He alone as One comprehends the names and functions of all the divinities. He alone is the ultimate object of all research, enquiries and meditation. And all worlds of existence and all questions about the worlds of existence converge and centre into Him.

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2.1.4

परि द्यावापृथिवी सद्य आयम् उपातिष्ठे प्रथमजाम् ऋतस्य ।
वाचम् इव वक्तरि भुवनेष्ठा धास्युर् एष नन्व् एषो अग्निः ॥

pari dyāvāpṛthivī sadya āyam upātiṣṭhe prathamajām ṛtasya ।
vācam iva vaktari bhuvaneṣṭhā dhāsyur eṣa nanv eṣo agniḥ ॥

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2.1.5

परि विश्वा भुवनान्य् आयम् ऋतस्य तन्तुं विततं दृशे कम् ।
यत्र देवा अमृतम् आनशानाः समाने योनाव् अध्य् ऐरयन्त ॥

pari viśvā bhuvanāny āyam ṛtasya tantuṃ vitataṃ dṛśe kam ।
yatra devā amṛtam ānaśānāḥ samāne yonāv adhy airayanta ॥

Atharvaveda 2.2 · 5 mantras

2.2.1

दिव्यो गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यो विक्ष्व् ईड्यः ।
तं त्वा यौमि ब्रह्मणा दिव्य देव नमस् ते अस्तु दिवि ते सधस्थम् ॥

divyo gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyo vikṣv īḍyaḥ ।
taṃ tvā yaumi brahmaṇā divya deva namas te astu divi te sadhastham ॥

Self-refulgent, heavenly lord sustainer of the dynamic universe of stars, planets and satellites in space and of the divine voice of knowledge reverberating in space, sole and absolute master ruler and controller of the world of his creation with love and justice, is the only one supreme lord, Parameshvara, worthy of worship and homage of adoration for people. O lord of cosmic light and infinite kindness, I come to you by the divine voice of Veda and the yogaic path of spiritual illumination. Homage and obeisance to you with total surrender. Your presence shines and is reached in the heaven of inner consciousness and the cosmic regions of divine refulgence.

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2.2.2

दिवि स्पृष्टो यजतः सूर्यत्वग् अवयाता हरसो दैव्यस्य ।
मृडात् गन्धर्वो भुवनस्य यस् पतिर् एक एव नमस्यः सुशेवाः ॥

divi spṛṣṭo yajataḥ sūryatvag avayātā haraso daivyasya ।
mṛḍāt gandharvo bhuvanasya yas patir eka eva namasyaḥ suśevāḥ ॥

Reached and realised in the regions of divine light, inner in the consciousness and outer in the cosmos, the lord adorable, self-refulgent with light of the suns, exceeds and overwhelms the light and force of the heavenly stars. May Gandharva, lord sustainer of the earth, light of the suns and the Vedic voice, we pray, be kind and gracious to us. He alone is lord sustainer of the universe as father and protector, and He alone as lord supreme is to be worshipped with homage of adoration, prayer and service with yajna.

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2.2.3

अनवद्याभिः सम् उ जग्म आभिर् अप्सरास्व् अपि गन्धर्व आसीत् ।
समुद्र आसां सदनं म आहुर् यतः सद्य आ च परा च यन्ति ॥

anavadyābhiḥ sam u jagma ābhir apsarāsv api gandharva āsīt ।
samudra āsāṃ sadanaṃ ma āhur yataḥ sadya ā ca parā ca yanti ॥

The Lord sustainer of stars and planets of the universe is immanent in the pranic energies of nature and pervades all these irreproachable forces that move in the dynamic forms of existence. Sages tell me that their home and operation is in the oceans and in the waves of energy in space, and they always continue moving in and out and thus they maintain the dynamics of life in nature as well as in humanity.

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2.2.4

अभ्रिये दिद्युन् नक्षत्रिये या विश्वावसुं गन्धर्वं सचध्वे ।
ताभ्यो वो देवीर् नम इत् कृणोमि ॥

abhriye didyun nakṣatriye yā viśvāvasuṃ gandharvaṃ sacadhve ।
tābhyo vo devīr nama it kṛṇomi ॥

O divine energies moving with the clouds, thundering in lightning, radiant in stars, who serve the all pervasive sustainer of stars and planets, cosmic voice and entire humanity, I offer this homage of adoration to you as manifestations of divinity.

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2.2.5

याः क्लन्दास् तमिषीचयो ऽक्षकामा मनोमुहः ।
ताभ्यो गन्धर्वभ्यो ऽप्सराभ्यो ऽकरम् नमः ॥

yāḥ klandās tamiṣīcayo 'kṣakāmā manomuhaḥ ।
tābhyo gandharvabhyo 'psarābhyo 'karam namaḥ ॥

To Apsaras, angelic vibrations of divine manifestation in nature’s currents of pranic energies sustained by the concurrent presence of Gandharva, lord sustainer of the universe, manifestations loud and bold, satisfying, fulfilling, mind blowing, I offer homage of adoration.

Atharvaveda 2.3 · 6 mantras

2.3.1

अदो यद् अवधावत्य् अवत्कम् अधि पर्वतात् ।
तत् ते कृणोमि भेषजं सुभेषजं यथाससि ॥

ado yad avadhāvaty avatkam adhi parvatāt ।
tat te kṛṇomi bheṣajaṃ subheṣajaṃ yathāsasi ॥

That which showers from the cloud and streams down from the mountain to the valley as a sanative, I make into a medicine for you since it is a sanative essentially in quality.

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2.3.2

आद् अङ्गा कुविद् अङ्ग शतं या भेषजानि ते ।
तेषाम् असि त्वम् उत्तमम् अनास्रावम् अरोगणम् ॥

ād aṅgā kuvid aṅga śataṃ yā bheṣajāni te ।
teṣām asi tvam uttamam anāsrāvam arogaṇam ॥

Dear valued shower, dear valued herb, of the hundreds of sanatives, you are the best, most efficacious. You are the sure cure for ailments, you are the cure for the morbid flow.

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2.3.3

नीचैः खनन्त्य् असुरा अरुस्राणम् इदं महत् ।
तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अनीनशत् ॥

nīcaiḥ khananty asurā arusrāṇam idaṃ mahat ।
tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam anīnaśat ॥

from the valleys down. The herb stops the flow and fills up this morbid wound. This is the sure cure for the ailment, this destroys the disease.

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2.3.4

उपजीका उद् भरन्ति समुद्राद् अधि भेषजम् ।
तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अशीशमत् ॥

upajīkā ud bharanti samudrād adhi bheṣajam ।
tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam aśīśamat ॥

Sea weeds collect up on the sea. That is the cure for morbid flow, and that relieves and removes the disease.

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2.3.5

अरुस्राणम् इदं महत् पृथिव्या अध्य् उद्भृतम् ।
तद् आस्रावस्य भेषजं तद् उ रोगम् अनीनशत् ॥

arusrāṇam idaṃ mahat pṛthivyā adhy udbhṛtam ।
tad āsrāvasya bheṣajaṃ tad u rogam anīnaśat ॥

To cure this chronic sore this great medicine dug out of the earth is a sure cure of the morbid flow and it destroys the disease upto the root.

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2.3.6

शं नो भवन्त्व् अप ओषधयः शिवाः ।
इन्द्रस्य वज्रो अप हन्तु रक्षस आराद् विसृष्टा इषवः पतन्तु रक्षसाम् ॥

śaṃ no bhavantv apa oṣadhayaḥ śivāḥ ।
indrasya vajro apa hantu rakṣasa ārād visṛṣṭā iṣavaḥ patantu rakṣasām ॥

May the waters be full of peace and well being of health for us. May the herbs be good and efficacious for us. Let the thunderbolt of Indra, electric force, destroy the demons of diseases and epidemics. May the arrow like rays of the sun shot from the far off solar distances fall upon the germs and destroy the rogues.

Atharvaveda 2.4 · 6 mantras

2.4.1

दीर्घायुत्वाय बृहते रणायारिष्यन्तो दक्षमाणाः सदैव ।
मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणं जङ्गिडं बिभृमो वयम् ॥

dīrghāyutvāya bṛhate raṇāyāriṣyanto dakṣamāṇāḥ sadaiva ।
maṇiṃ viṣkandhadūṣaṇaṃ jaṅgiḍaṃ bibhṛmo vayam ॥

For a long healthy life and victory in the great struggle for successful living, we progressively rising without hurting any one wear and bear the Jangida jewel treated with vishkandha to counter the poisons of ill health silently working all over the body system (such as jambha, vishara and vishkandha).

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2.4.2

जङ्गिडो जम्भाद् विशराद् विष्कन्धाद् अभिशोचनात् ।
मणिः सहस्रवीर्यः परि णः पातु विश्वतः ॥

jaṅgiḍo jambhād viśarād viṣkandhād abhiśocanāt ।
maṇiḥ sahasravīryaḥ pari ṇaḥ pātu viśvataḥ ॥

May the Jangida jewel of a thousand efficacies protect us from jambha, vishara, vishkandha and abhishochana (diseases which weaken, lacerate, waste away and break down the vitality and resistance of the body) and may it promote our health and vitality in every way all round.

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2.4.3

अयं विष्कन्धं सहते ऽयं बाधते अत्त्रिणः ।
अयं नो विश्वभेषजो जङ्गिडः पात्व् अंहसः ॥

ayaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahate 'yaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ ।
ayaṃ no viśvabheṣajo jaṅgiḍaḥ pātv aṃhasaḥ ॥

This jangida mani challenges and eliminates vishkanadha. It wards off all those ailments which eat up the vitalities of the system. It is a panacea for health against all disease. Worn and borne, may it protect us against all evil.

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2.4.4

देवैर् दत्तेन मणिना जङ्गिडेन मयोभुवा ।
विष्कन्धं सर्वा रक्षांसि व्यायामे सहामहे ॥

devair dattena maṇinā jaṅgiḍena mayobhuvā ।
viṣkandhaṃ sarvā rakṣāṃsi vyāyāme sahāmahe ॥

By the refreshing and rejuvenating jangida sanative jewel gift given by the divinities of nature and nobilities of humanity, we face, challenge and subdue poisonous ill-health and all negative and destructive germs, bacteria, viruses and psychic and physical disorders in our struggle for health and well-being against disease.

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2.4.5

शणश् च मा जङ्गिडश् च विष्कन्धाद् अभि रक्षताम् ।
अरण्याद् अन्य आभृतः कृष्या अन्यो रसेभ्यः ॥

śaṇaś ca mā jaṅgiḍaś ca viṣkandhād abhi rakṣatām ।
araṇyād anya ābhṛtaḥ kṛṣyā anyo rasebhyaḥ ॥

May shana, hemp, and jangida protect me against vishkandha, poisonous ill health that wastes away the vitality of health. One of them, jangida, is got from the forest, and the other, shana, is obtained from the sap of herbs grown in botanical gardens.

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2.4.6

कृत्यादूषिर् अयं मणिर् अथो अरातिदूषिः ।
अथो सहस्वान् जङ्गिडः प्र ण आयुंषि तारिषत् ॥

kṛtyādūṣir ayaṃ maṇir atho arātidūṣiḥ ।
atho sahasvān jaṅgiḍaḥ pra ṇa āyuṃṣi tāriṣat ॥

This jangida mani destroys the ill effects of our sins of omission and our sins of commission, that is, from ailments caused by the mistakes we make knowingly and the mistakes we happen to make unconsciously. By itself it is challenging and resistant against evil and disease whatever the cause of the disease. May jangida help us cross over the seas of trouble to good health and a long age of fulfilment.

Atharvaveda 2.5 · 7 mantras

2.5.1

इन्द्र जुषस्व प्र वहा याहि शूर हरिभ्याम् ।
पिबा सुतस्य मतेर् इह मधोश् चकानश् चारुर् मदाय ॥

indra juṣasva pra vahā yāhi śūra haribhyām ।
pibā sutasya mater iha madhoś cakānaś cārur madāya ॥

Indra, mighty ruler, be happy, feel exalted, go forward, brave hero, and come victorious by your mighty forces of the state which draw your chariot of governance. Drink of the soma of victory and celebration extracted and distilled by the wise, tasting the honey sweets of beauty and grace of the social order to full satisfaction for the joy of the people.

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2.5.2

इन्द्र जठरं नव्यो न पृणस्व मधोर् दिवो न ।
अस्य सुतस्य स्वर् णोप त्वा मदाः सुवाचो अगुः ॥

indra jaṭharaṃ navyo na pṛṇasva madhor divo na ।
asya sutasya svar ṇopa tvā madāḥ suvāco aguḥ ॥

Indra, exalted leader, like a true celebrated ruler fill the treasures of the state with honey sweet assets of wealth and honour like the heavens full of light, and then may the joyous pleasures and prosperity of the happy, self-fulfilled nation with their songs of celebration reach you as their prayers and adorations reach the regions of heavenly light.

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2.5.3

इन्द्रस् तुराषाण् मित्रो वृत्रं यो जघान यतीर् न ।
बिभेद वलं भृगुर् न ससहे शत्रून् मदे सोमस्य ॥

indras turāṣāṇ mitro vṛtraṃ yo jaghāna yatīr na ।
bibheda valaṃ bhṛgur na sasahe śatrūn made somasya ॥

Like a self-controlled aspiring leader, Indra is a friend and instant subduer who destroys mighty clouds of darkness with his self-refulgence, breaks through the ranks of the enemy, shatters hostile forces like a gust of scorching wind, and in the peaceable joy and exaltation of the nation’s power and prosperity overthrows the enemies of the people.

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2.5.4

आ त्वा विशन्तु सुतास इन्द्र पृणस्व कुक्षी विड्ढि शक्र धियेह्य् आ नः ।
श्रुधी हवं गिरो मे जुषस्वेन्द्र स्वयुग्भिर् मत्स्वेह महे रणाय ॥

ā tvā viśantu sutāsa indra pṛṇasva kukṣī viḍḍhi śakra dhiyehy ā naḥ ।
śrudhī havaṃ giro me juṣasvendra svayugbhir matsveha mahe raṇāya ॥

Indra, let the maturest wealth of homage distilled and offered reach you. Fill the treasures of the state full to their capacity. O mighty leader of performance, carry on the governance and come to us here, be with us with your best of thoughts and actions. Listen and respond to our call of invocation. Listen to my words of prayer, accept and approve. Come here with the cooperative best of your friends and carry on the ruling process for the social order and its glory.

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2.5.5

इन्द्रस्य नु प्र वोचं वीर्याणि यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री ।
अहन्न् अहिम् अनु अपस् ततर्द प्र वक्षणा अभिनत् पर्वतानाम् ॥

indrasya nu pra vocaṃ vīryāṇi yāni cakāra prathamāni vajrī ।
ahann ahim anu apas tatarda pra vakṣaṇā abhinat parvatānām ॥

I recite and celebrate the first and highest exploits of Indra, lord of the thunderbolt of justice and dispensation, refulgent ruler, exploits which he, like the sun, performs with the shooting rays of his light of glory. He breaks down the clouds of darkness, want and evil, releases the waters and opens the paths of streams of mountains and the channels of social energy. (The ruler breaks down the enemies holding up the energies of the nation for movement, releases the energies and resources of the nation and carves out the paths of progress.)

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2.5.6

अहन्न् अहिं पर्वते शिश्रियाणं त्वष्टास्मै वज्रं स्वर्यं ततक्ष ।
वाश्रा इव धेनवः स्यन्दमाना अञ्जः समुद्रम् अव जग्मुर् आपः ॥

ahann ahiṃ parvate śiśriyāṇaṃ tvaṣṭāsmai vajraṃ svaryaṃ tatakṣa ।
vāśrā iva dhenavaḥ syandamānā añjaḥ samudram ava jagmur āpaḥ ॥

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2.5.7

वृषायमाणो अवृणीत सोमं त्रिकद्रुकेषु अपिबत् सुतस्य ।
आ सायकं मघवादत्त वज्रम् अहन्न् एनं प्रथमजाम् अहीनाम् ॥

vṛṣāyamāṇo avṛṇīta somaṃ trikadrukeṣu apibat sutasya ।
ā sāyakaṃ maghavādatta vajram ahann enaṃ prathamajām ahīnām ॥

Atharvaveda 2.6 · 5 mantras

2.6.1

समास् त्वाग्न ऋतवो वर्धयन्तु संवत्सरा ऋषयो यानि सत्या ।
सं दिव्येन दीदिहि रोचनेन विश्वा आ माहि प्रदिशश् चतस्रः ॥

samās tvāgna ṛtavo vardhayantu saṃvatsarā ṛṣayo yāni satyā ।
saṃ divyena dīdihi rocanena viśvā ā māhi pradiśaś catasraḥ ॥

Hey Agni, refulgent leader, giver of enlightenment, let all seasons and years, sages and all words and laws of Dharma true in the context of all time and place advance and exalt you equally and continuously. Shine with the light of divinity and illuminate all the four directions and regions of the world dominion.

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2.6.2

सं चेध्यस्वाग्ने प्र च वर्धयेमम् उच् च तिष्ठ महते सौभगाय ।
मा ते रिषन्न् उपसत्तारो अग्ने ब्रह्माणस् ते यशसः सन्तु मान्ये ॥

saṃ cedhyasvāgne pra ca vardhayemam uc ca tiṣṭha mahate saubhagāya ।
mā te riṣann upasattāro agne brahmāṇas te yaśasaḥ santu mānye ॥

O light of life, fire of yajna, enlightened leader, rise and shine for the bliss of life. Enlighten, advance and raise this humanity. Stay high to maintain the height and glory of human good fortune in the light divine. Those who come close to you would never be hurt. May the devotees of light, Dharma and truth rise to honour and glory. Those others who neglect the light of truth and Dharma and shun the fire of yajna would not rise.

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2.6.3

त्वाम् अग्ने वृणते ब्राह्मणा इमे शिवो अग्ने संवरणे भवा नः ।
सपत्नहाग्ने अभिमातिजिद् भव स्वे गये जागृह्य् अप्रयुछन् ॥

tvām agne vṛṇate brāhmaṇā ime śivo agne saṃvaraṇe bhavā naḥ ।
sapatnahāgne abhimātijid bhava sve gaye jāgṛhy aprayuchan ॥

Agni, brilliant power of light and knowledge, these Brahmanas, dedicated scholars of divinity, choose to elect you as guide and leader. Agni, in this position of eminence, be good and gracious to us. Destroyer of negativities, subduer of the proud and insidious, you are awake, alert and watchful in your own home. Pray keep us awake, alert and watchful without relent.

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2.6.4

क्षत्रेणाग्ने स्वेन सं रभस्व मित्रेणाग्ने मित्रधा यतस्व ।
सजातानां मध्यमेष्ठा राज्ञाम् अग्ने विहव्यो दीदिहीह ॥

kṣatreṇāgne svena saṃ rabhasva mitreṇāgne mitradhā yatasva ।
sajātānāṃ madhyameṣṭhā rājñām agne vihavyo dīdihīha ॥

Agni, bright and blazing as light and fire with your own refulgence, take over and start well here with this world order. Mighty intelligent ruler, rule and work in a spirit of friendship over this covenant of friends. Seated at the centre of an assembly of equals, rulers all, shine and rule, honoured and invoked as first among friends.

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2.6.5

अति निहो अति सृधो ऽत्य् अचित्तीर् अति द्विषः ।
विश्वा ह्य् अग्ने दुरिता तर त्वम् अथास्मभ्यं सहवीरं रयिं दाः ॥

ati niho ati sṛdho 'ty acittīr ati dviṣaḥ ।
viśvā hy agne duritā tara tvam athāsmabhyaṃ sahavīraṃ rayiṃ dāḥ ॥

Dispelling the distrustful, repelling the false and wicked, eliminating ignorance and stupidity, fighting out all jealousy and enmity, subdue and get over all evils and undesirables of the world and give us a commonwealth of brave good heroes, overflowing with plenty, prosperity and generosity.

Atharvaveda 2.7 · 5 mantras

2.7.1

अघद्विष्टा देवजाता वीरुच् छपथयोपनी ।
आपो मलम् इव प्राणैक्षीत् सर्वान् मच् छपथां अधि ॥

aghadviṣṭā devajātā vīruc chapathayopanī ।
āpo malam iva prāṇaikṣīt sarvān mac chapathāṃ adhi ॥

Enemy of sin and disease, born of divine will with divine qualities, Virut, durva or sahasra-kanda herb, is an antidote to disease both physical and mental, and, just as waters wash off the dirt, so does it wash off all diseases and disturbances of mind from me. (Virut has been explained as a herb which is a physical as well as a mental sanative. While it relieves and cures physical ailments, it also relieves the mind from anxiety and depression and induces peace and tranquillity of mind and spirit. It is used as ointment, orally taken as juice and also used for massage with oil or ghrta. It has also been interpreted as human piety and divine grace, mental and spiritual discipline which, too, blesses a person with freedom from disease and disorders of the mind. This psychic version of Virut works through yama and niyama, pranayama and dhyana.)

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2.7.2

यश् च सापत्नः शपथो जाम्याः शपथश् च यः ।
ब्रह्मा यन् मन्युतः शपात् सर्वं तन् नो अधस्पदम् ॥

yaś ca sāpatnaḥ śapatho jāmyāḥ śapathaś ca yaḥ ।
brahmā yan manyutaḥ śapāt sarvaṃ tan no adhaspadam ॥

Whatever the words and vibrations of hate and anger, curse of execrations directed to us by rivals, enemies or our friends and relatives, usual or exceptional, or whatever the adjurations even from knowledgeable persons out of anger or frustration, let all that be under our feet, let us be above all that.

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2.7.3

दिवो मूलम् अवततं पृथिव्या अध्य् उत्ततम् ।
तेन सहस्रकाण्डेन परि णः पाहि विश्वतः ॥

divo mūlam avatataṃ pṛthivyā adhy uttatam ।
tena sahasrakāṇḍena pari ṇaḥ pāhi viśvataḥ ॥

The seed of the Virut sprouts a thousand ways from heaven downward. The root of the herb grows a thousand ways from earth upward. By that herb of a thousand divine branches, O lord, protect and promote us wholly, completely and all round.

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2.7.4

परि मां परि मे प्रजां परि णः पाहि यद् धनम् ।
अरातिर् नो मा तारीन् मा नस् तारिशुर् अभिमातयः ॥

pari māṃ pari me prajāṃ pari ṇaḥ pāhi yad dhanam ।
arātir no mā tārīn mā nas tāriśur abhimātayaḥ ॥

Protect and promote me. Protect and promote my people. Protect and promote whatever is our real wealth, honour and excellence. Let no meanness, stinginess or adversity subdue us. Let no rivals or enemies subdue us.

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2.7.5

शप्तारम् एतु शपथो यः सुहार्त् तेन नः सह ।
चक्षुर्मन्त्रस्य दुर्हार्दः पृष्टीर् अपि शृणीमसि ॥

śaptāram etu śapatho yaḥ suhārt tena naḥ saha ।
cakṣurmantrasya durhārdaḥ pṛṣṭīr api śṛṇīmasi ॥

Let all words and vibrations of hate and anger, curse or execrations go back, unacknowledged, to the sender, leaving us, unaffected, with ourselves and our friends of goodness and peace at heart. Thus do we break down, by nature’s law itself, the back bone of the person of a negative heart and evil eye (without any response, by breaking, not by continuing, the vicious circle).

Atharvaveda 2.8 · 5 mantras

2.8.1

उद् अगातां भगवती विचृतौ नाम तारके ।
वि क्षेत्रियस्य मुञ्चताम् अधमं पाशम् उत्तमम् ॥

ud agātāṃ bhagavatī vicṛtau nāma tārake ।
vi kṣetriyasya muñcatām adhamaṃ pāśam uttamam ॥

Grown are two highly efficacious Vaishnavi herbs. Arisen are two stars in the sting of the zodiac Scorpio. May they slacken and remove the highest and lowest shackles of hereditary consumption and release the patient.

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2.8.2

अपेयं रात्र्य् उछत्व् अपोछन्त्व् अभिकृत्वरीः ।
वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥

apeyaṃ rātry uchatv apochantv abhikṛtvarīḥ ।
vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ॥

Let the night pass away. Let the malignant hereditary consumptive, wasting away disease pass off from the family. Let the herb which eliminates hereditary disease remove the trace of malignancy from the family line and prevent its recurrence.

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2.8.3

बभ्रोर् अर्जुनकाण्डस्य यवस्य ते पलाल्या तिलस्य तिलपिञ्ज्या ।
वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥

babhror arjunakāṇḍasya yavasya te palālyā tilasya tilapiñjyā ।
vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ॥

Let the genetic consumption destroyer vaishnavi with flower cluster of sesame and stalk of white or brown arjuna remove the trace of your hereditary disease from the family.

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2.8.4

नमस् ते लाङ्गलेभ्यो नम ईषायुगेभ्यः ।
वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥

namas te lāṅgalebhyo nama īṣāyugebhyaḥ ।
vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ॥

We value the plough, we value the pole and the yoke with which the garden field of herbs is ploughed and cultivated. Let the genetic disease destroyer herb eliminate the disease from the family.

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2.8.5

नमः सनिस्रसाक्षेभ्यो नमः संदेश्येभ्यः ।
नमः क्षेत्रस्य पतये वीरुत् क्षेत्रियनाशन्य् अप क्षेत्रियम् उछतु ॥

namaḥ sanisrasākṣebhyo namaḥ saṃdeśyebhyaḥ ।
namaḥ kṣetrasya pataye vīrut kṣetriyanāśany apa kṣetriyam uchatu ॥

Let there be proper food, care and treatment for the patients whose eyes are drooping. Let there be proper appreciation of those who participate in the communication of knowledge and conduct of treatment. Let there be proper care and recognition with respect for master of the field. Let the herb, destroyer of the disease, uproot the genetic disease from the family.

Atharvaveda 2.9 · 5 mantras

2.9.1

दशवृक्ष मुञ्चेमं रक्षसो ग्राह्या अधि यैनं जग्राह पर्वसु ।
अथो एनम् वनस्पते जीवानां लोकम् उन् नय ॥

daśavṛkṣa muñcemaṃ rakṣaso grāhyā adhi yainaṃ jagrāha parvasu ।
atho enam vanaspate jīvānāṃ lokam un naya ॥

O physician, with dashavrksha herbal medicament, release this patient whom demonic rheumatic seizure has caught up in every joint of the body. O perfect best of the herbs and trees of the forest, bring him back to the world of healthy living people. (‘Dashavrksha’, is a term like another well known term ‘dashamula’, ten roots. Sayana in his commentary describes Dashavrksha as ten trees such as ‘palasha’ and ‘udumbara’ from a combination of which a medicine was prepared for the treatment of rheumatism. Satavalekara, from the word ‘muncha’ in the mantra thinks that the ‘mocha’ tree, also called ‘munchaka’ or ‘sohinchana’ is also very efficacious in the treatment of rheumatism, and this he says on the basis of his own experience.)

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2.9.2

आगाद् उद् अगाद् अयं जीवानां व्रातम् अप्य् अगात् ।
अभूद् उ पुत्राणां पिता नृणां च भगवत्तमः ॥

āgād ud agād ayaṃ jīvānāṃ vrātam apy agāt ।
abhūd u putrāṇāṃ pitā nṛṇāṃ ca bhagavattamaḥ ॥

The patient (earlier seized with rheumatism in every joint) has got up, has come and is here with the crowd of healthy people. He is now up and active with his child as a father normally is, and among the people he is the most actively fortunate.

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2.9.3

अधीतीर् अध्य् अगाद् अयम् अधि जीवपुरा अगान् ।
शतं ह्य् अस्य भिषजः सहस्रम् उत वीरुधः ॥

adhītīr adhy agād ayam adhi jīvapurā agān ।
śataṃ hy asya bhiṣajaḥ sahasram uta vīrudhaḥ ॥

He has mastered what he wanted to study and attain. He has obtained what humans normally desire. He has gone round the cities, hundreds are the physicians he knows, hundreds the remedies, herbs and medicines.

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2.9.4

देवास् ते चीतिम् अविदन् ब्रह्माण उत वीरुधः ।
चीतिं ते विश्वे देवा अविदन् भूम्याम् अधि ॥

devās te cītim avidan brahmāṇa uta vīrudhaḥ ।
cītiṃ te viśve devā avidan bhūmyām adhi ॥

Brilliant physicians, scholars of Veda, holy powers of nature and noble people of experience and observation have known, collected and consolidated the knowledge for you, O man, on this subject, and the herbs and trees have provided the medical materials on earth for you. (Be grateful and cooperative with nature and humanity, and to divinity.)

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2.9.5

यश् चकार स निष् करत् स एव सुभिषक्तमः ।
स एव तुभ्यं भेषजानि कृणवद् भिषजा शुचिः ॥

yaś cakāra sa niṣ karat sa eva subhiṣaktamaḥ ।
sa eva tubhyaṃ bheṣajāni kṛṇavad bhiṣajā śuciḥ ॥

One who pursues the subject practically and persistently, researches, observes, analyses and comes to correct conclusions, he alone becomes a physician of the best order. He alone, pure at heart, unpolluted in the soul, would bring the best treatment with correct medications for humanity.

Atharvaveda 2.10 · 8 mantras

2.10.1

क्षेत्रियात् त्वा निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

kṣetriyāt tvā nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

O patient, I treat you with medicine and counsel and release you from bodily ailment, hereditary disease, adversity, hate, jealousy, enmity and familial feud, and I release you from the chains of Varuna, pollution of blood and air and from the sufferance of natural consequences following upon physical and psychic weaknesses, and thus I render you free and sinless by Vedic knowledge of physical and mental health and well being. May both heaven and earth now be good and auspicious to you.

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2.10.2

शं ते अग्निः सहाद्भिर् अस्तु शं सोमः सहौषधीभिः ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

śaṃ te agniḥ sahādbhir astu śaṃ somaḥ sahauṣadhībhiḥ ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

May Agni with waters be healthful and peaceable to you. May nature’s soma energy with herbs and forests be good and auspicious to you. Thus do I, with treatment, counsel and prayer, release you from systemic and hereditary disease, adversity, hate, jealousy, enmity and familial feud and free you from the chains of Varuna, nature’s law of trespass and punishment. I render you free from disease and sin by Veda and pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.3

शम् ते वातो अन्तरिक्षे वयो धाच् छं ते भवन्तु प्रदिशश् चतस्रः ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

śam te vāto antarikṣe vayo dhāc chaṃ te bhavantu pradiśaś catasraḥ ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

May the wind in the firmament bear and bring health and long age of peace and well being for you. May the four quarters of space be kind and auspicious to you. Thus do I, with treatment, counsel and prayer free you from systemic and hereditary disease, adversity, hate and malignity of equals’ rivalry and release you from the chains of Varuna. I render you free from disease and sin by Veda and pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.4

इमा या देवीः प्रदिशश् चतस्रो वातपत्नीर् अभि सूर्यो विचष्टे ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृनोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

imā yā devīḥ pradiśaś catasro vātapatnīr abhi sūryo vicaṣṭe ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛnomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

May all these four divine sub-quarters of space sustained by cosmic energy be good and auspicious to you. May the all-watching, all-illuminant sun look at you with favour. Thus do I, with treatment, counsel and prayer free you from systemic hereditary disease, adversity, hate and malignity of equals’ rivalry and release you from the chains of Varuna. I render you blameless and free from disease by Veda and pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.5

तासु त्वान्तर् जरस्य् आ दधामि प्र यक्ष्म एतु निरृतिः पराचैः ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

tāsu tvāntar jarasy ā dadhāmi pra yakṣma etu nirṛtiḥ parācaiḥ ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

Thus do I prepare a place for you in the quarters and sub-quarters of space under the sun with good health till full age and self-fulfillment. Thus do I free you from disease, adversity, hate, jealousy and malignity of equals’ rivalry and release you from the chains of Varuna. I render you blameless and declare you free from sin and disease by Veda, and I pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.6

अमुक्था यक्ष्माद् दुरिताद् अवद्याद् द्रुहः पाशाद् ग्राह्याश् चोद् अमुक्थाः ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

amukthā yakṣmād duritād avadyād druhaḥ pāśād grāhyāś cod amukthāḥ ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

Be free from cancer and consumption, from evil, calumny, hate and jealousy, and be free from seizure and snares of all systemic ailments whether they are by weakness, infection or heredity. Thus do I, with treatment, counsel and prayer, free you from disease, adversity, hate and jealousy of equals’ rivalry and release you from the chains of Varuna. I render you blameless and free from sin and disease by Veda and pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.7

अहा अरातिम् अविदः स्योनम् अप्य् अभूर् भद्रे सुकृतस्य लोके ।
एवाहं त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसं ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

ahā arātim avidaḥ syonam apy abhūr bhadre sukṛtasya loke ।
evāhaṃ tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasaṃ brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

By treatment, counsel and prayer, you are free from disease and adversity. You have gained health of body, peace of mind and security for a full long age of good health and peace. You are thus established in the weal and well being of this beautiful world of gracious God. With this benediction and prayer I free you from disease, adversity, hate and jealousy of equals’ rivalry and release you blameless and free from sin and disease by Veda and pray may both heaven and earth be good and kind to you.

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2.10.8

सूर्यम् ऋतं तमसो ग्राह्या अधि देवा मुञ्चन्तो असृजन् निर् एनसः ।
एवाहम् त्वां क्षेत्रियान् निरृत्या जामिशंसाद् द्रुहो मुञ्चामि वरुणस्य पाशात् ।
अनागसम् ब्रह्मणा त्वा कृणोमि शिवे ते द्यावापृथिवी उभे स्ताम् ॥

sūryam ṛtaṃ tamaso grāhyā adhi devā muñcanto asṛjan nir enasaḥ ।
evāham tvāṃ kṣetriyān nirṛtyā jāmiśaṃsād druho muñcāmi varuṇasya pāśāt ।
anāgasam brahmaṇā tvā kṛṇomi śive te dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe stām ॥

Atharvaveda 2.11 · 5 mantras

2.11.1

दूष्या दूषिर् असि हेत्या हेतिर् असि मेन्या मेनिर् असि ।
आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥

dūṣyā dūṣir asi hetyā hetir asi menyā menir asi ।
āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ॥

You are the subduer of the evil acts of sorcery. You are the destroyer of the destroyer. You are thunder against the bolt. Struggle for and win the highest supreme. Overtake and go ahead of the ordinary.

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2.11.2

स्रक्त्यो ऽसि प्रतिसरो ऽसि प्रत्यभिचरणो ऽसि ।
आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥

sraktyo 'si pratisaro 'si pratyabhicaraṇo 'si ।
āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ॥

You are dynamic. You are constantly moving. You are the winner over the evil doer. Struggle for and win the highest. Overtake and go ahead of equals.

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2.11.3

प्रति तम् अभि चर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ।
आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥

prati tam abhi cara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ।
āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ॥

Counter that which is hostile to us and that we hate to entertain. Achieve the highest excellence, surpass the ordinary for the extra ordinary.

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2.11.4

सूरिर् असि वर्चोधा असि तनूपानो ऽसि ।
आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥

sūrir asi varcodhā asi tanūpāno 'si ।
āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ॥

You are the scholar, exceptionally learned, blazing brilliant you are. You are the protector and sustainer of our existential identity. Achieve the vision of the highest. Rise far above the mundane.

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2.11.5

शुक्रो ऽसि भ्राजो ऽसि स्वर् असि ज्योतिर् असि ।
आप्नुहि श्रेयांसम् अति समं क्राम ॥

śukro 'si bhrājo 'si svar asi jyotir asi ।
āpnuhi śreyāṃsam ati samaṃ krāma ॥

You are the pure, immaculate, unsullied. You are the blaze of fire, you are the bliss of heaven, you are the light of life. Rise to and win the highest Good. Transcend the ordinary, the mundane, the transitory. (You are the man, you are the soul, closest to the Supreme.)

Atharvaveda 2.12 · 8 mantras

2.12.1

द्यावापृथिवी उर्व् अन्तरिक्षं क्षेत्रस्य पत्न्य् उरुगायो ऽद्भुतः ।
उतान्तरिक्षम् उरु वातगोपं त इह तप्यन्तां मयि तप्यमाने ॥

dyāvāpṛthivī urv antarikṣaṃ kṣetrasya patny urugāyo 'dbhutaḥ ।
utāntarikṣam uru vātagopaṃ ta iha tapyantāṃ mayi tapyamāne ॥

Let heaven and earth, expansive space, Mother Nature, divine sustainer of the universe and the human body, the wondrous sublime supreme soul, the vast firmament, sojourn of air and electric energy, may all these here in me strengthen and season me in the process of self-discipline.

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2.12.2

इदं देवाः शृणुत ये यज्ञिया स्थ भरद्वाजो मह्यम् उक्थानि शंसति ।
पाशे स बद्धो दुरिते नि युज्यतां यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति ॥

idaṃ devāḥ śṛṇuta ye yajñiyā stha bharadvājo mahyam ukthāni śaṃsati ।
pāśe sa baddho durite ni yujyatāṃ yo asmākaṃ mana idaṃ hinasti ॥

O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and holy sages and scholars of humanity, adorable all, pray listen and stay by me. Bharadvaja too, lord sustainer of the universe with food and energy, articulates the sacred love of the Veda for me. I pray may our mind, which, bound in the evil snares of distractions, disturbs this self-discipline of yoga, be cooperative and join me in the process of meditation and divine realisation.

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2.12.3

इदम् इन्द्र शृणुहि सोमप यत् त्वा हृदा शोचता जोहवीमि ।
वृश्चामि तं कुलिशेनेव वृक्षं यो अस्माकं मन इदं हिनस्ति ॥

idam indra śṛṇuhi somapa yat tvā hṛdā śocatā johavīmi ।
vṛścāmi taṃ kuliśeneva vṛkṣaṃ yo asmākaṃ mana idaṃ hinasti ॥

Listen Indra, lord omnipotent, protector of the world of soma joy, to this determined resolve of mine which I send up to you with a heart on fire: Whatever disturbs this mind of ours in meditation I cut off from awareness like a tree from the root with the axe.

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2.12.4

अशीतिभिस् तिसृभिः सामगेभिर् आदित्येभिर् वसुभिर् अङ्गिरोभिः ।
इष्टापूर्तम् अवतु नः पितॄणाम् आमुं ददे हरसा दैव्येन ॥

aśītibhis tisṛbhiḥ sāmagebhir ādityebhir vasubhir aṅgirobhiḥ ।
iṣṭāpūrtam avatu naḥ pitṝṇām āmuṃ dade harasā daivyena ॥

May the acts of piety, charity and yajnic service to nature and humanity done by eighty and three singers of Sama, Aditya and Vasu order of sages and brahmacharis and vibrant scholars protect and promote us. With divine love and passion of enthusiasm, I take on to that holy performance of our parents, seniors and forefathers and maintain the tradition.

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2.12.5

द्यावापृथिवी अनु मा दीधीथां विश्वे देवासो अनु मा रभध्वम् ।
अङ्गिरसः पितरः सोम्यासः पापम् आ ऋछत्व् अपकामस्य कर्ता ॥

dyāvāpṛthivī anu mā dīdhīthāṃ viśve devāso anu mā rabhadhvam ।
aṅgirasaḥ pitaraḥ somyāsaḥ pāpam ā ṛchatv apakāmasya kartā ॥

O heaven and earth, shine for me to enlighten me. O Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and leading lights of humanity, work on to inspire me. O Angirasas, vibrant scholars, parents and seniors, protectors and promoters of youth, creative spirits of life, let the evil doer meet the evil consequences of his sinful deeds.

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2.12.6

अतीव यो मरुतो मन्यते नो ब्रह्म वा यो निन्दिषत् क्रियमाणम् ।
तपूंषि तस्मै वृजिनानि सन्तु ब्रह्मद्विषं द्यौर् अभिसंतपाति ॥

atīva yo maruto manyate no brahma vā yo nindiṣat kriyamāṇam ।
tapūṃṣi tasmai vṛjināni santu brahmadviṣaṃ dyaur abhisaṃtapāti ॥

O Maruts, vibrant winds and dynamic leaders of humanity, whoever, too proud, despises us or whoever despises our Vedic learning or holy works in progress, let his crooked works and ways and words be his own self-torment. The lord of refulgent omniscience subjects the negationst of divinity and divine knowledge to the crucibles of self-punishment.

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2.12.7

सप्त प्राणान् अष्टौ मन्यस् तांस् ते वृश्चामि ब्रह्मणा ।
अया यमस्य सादनम् अग्निदूतो अरंकृतः ॥

sapta prāṇān aṣṭau manyas tāṃs te vṛścāmi brahmaṇā ।
ayā yamasya sādanam agnidūto araṃkṛtaḥ ॥

Your seven pranas and eight energy centres, I snap from worldly snares and open up with the word and vision of divinity. With this freedom from bondage, go to the house of Yama, the lord of ultimate dispensation, with light and fire as your medium and enlightenment as your grace of perfection.

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2.12.8

आ दधामि ते पदं समिद्धे जातवेदसि ।
अग्निः शरीरं वेवेष्ट्व् असुं वाग् अपि गछतु ॥

ā dadhāmi te padaṃ samiddhe jātavedasi ।
agniḥ śarīraṃ veveṣṭv asuṃ vāg api gachatu ॥

I set your station in the refulgent light and fire of ardent enlightenment with divinity. Let fire enter and envelop your body. Let your speech go to cosmic energy.

Atharvaveda 2.13 · 5 mantras

2.13.1

आयुर्दा अग्ने जरसं वृणानो घृतप्रतीको घृतपृष्ठो अग्ने ।
घृतं पीत्वा मधु चारु गव्यं पितेव पुत्रान् अभि रक्षताद् इमम् ॥

āyurdā agne jarasaṃ vṛṇāno ghṛtapratīko ghṛtapṛṣṭho agne ।
ghṛtaṃ pītvā madhu cāru gavyaṃ piteva putrān abhi rakṣatād imam ॥

Agni, light of life, giver of life and enlightenment, protector of life and health till full age of hundred years, over all cover of human life, inspiring as rising flames of ghrta from the vedi, strong and shining constantly by life-giving vitality of cow’s ghrta, sweet, pleasing and brilliant, pray protect this child, this graduate, as father protects his children in every way possible.

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2.13.2

परि धत्त धत्त नो वर्चसेमम् जरामृत्युं कृणुत दीर्घम् आयुः ।
बृहस्पतिः प्रायछद् वास एतत् सोमाय राज्ञे परिधातवा उ ॥

pari dhatta dhatta no varcasemam jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇuta dīrgham āyuḥ ।
bṛhaspatiḥ prāyachad vāsa etat somāya rājñe paridhātavā u ॥

Pray vest this our holy child, this brahmachari with ceremonial robes all round. Pray invest him with splendour and dignity. Bless him with strength and good health for a long age of self-fulfilment, full ripeness of mind and soul before he calls it a day. Brhaspati, master giver of knowledge, has given the vestments of knowledge for this brilliant Soma, fresh inspired graduate, to wear and justify in his life and conduct throughout life.

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2.13.3

परीदं वासो अधिथाः स्वस्तये ऽभूर् गृष्टीनाम् अभिशस्तिपा उ ।
शतं च जीव शरदः पुरूची रायश् च पोषम् उपसंव्ययस्व ॥

parīdaṃ vāso adhithāḥ svastaye 'bhūr gṛṣṭīnām abhiśastipā u ।
śataṃ ca jīva śaradaḥ purūcī rāyaś ca poṣam upasaṃvyayasva ॥

Shining Soma, put on the ceremonial robe, wrap yourself round with knowledge and brilliance of success and well being in life. Be a protector of people and the cows and other animals against violence and calumny. Live a full life of hundred years and more. Work and create a life of abundant health and wealth all round.

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2.13.4

एह्य् अश्मानम् आ तिष्ठाश्मा भवतु ते तनूः ।
कृण्वन्तु विश्वे देवा आयुष्टे शरदः शतम् ॥

ehy aśmānam ā tiṣṭhāśmā bhavatu te tanūḥ ।
kṛṇvantu viśve devā āyuṣṭe śaradaḥ śatam ॥

Come, stand on the rock and stay firm. Let your body, mind and soul be strong as the rock. May all divine forces of nature and all brilliancies of humanity join to give you a life of hundred years of adamantine strength.

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2.13.5

यस्य ते वासः प्रथमवास्यं हरामस् तं त्वा विश्वे ऽवन्तु देवाः ।
तं त्वा भ्रातरः सुवृधा वर्धमानम् अनु जायन्तां बहवः सुजातम् ॥

yasya te vāsaḥ prathamavāsyaṃ harāmas taṃ tvā viśve 'vantu devāḥ ।
taṃ tvā bhrātaraḥ suvṛdhā vardhamānam anu jāyantāṃ bahavaḥ sujātam ॥

While we bring for you the first vestments to wear, may all the Vishvedevas, divinities of nature and humanity, protect and promote you. Nobly bom you are, fortunate, rising and advancing, may many brothers follow in your foot steps.

Atharvaveda 2.14 · 6 mantras

2.14.1

निःसालां धृष्णुं धिषणम् एकवाद्याम् जिघत्स्वम् ।
सर्वाश् चण्डस्य नप्त्यो नाशयामः सदान्वाः ॥

niḥsālāṃ dhṛṣṇuṃ dhiṣaṇam ekavādyām jighatsvam ।
sarvāś caṇḍasya naptyo nāśayāmaḥ sadānvāḥ ॥

The vagabond, the bully, the obstinate, the incorrigible, the ogre, entire demonic progeny of wrath, violence and terror, all these we face and make them disappear from society.

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2.14.2

निर् वो गोष्ठाद् अजामसि निर् अक्षान् निर् उपानशात् ।
निर् वो मगुन्द्या दुहितरो गृहेभ्यश् चातयामहे ॥

nir vo goṣṭhād ajāmasi nir akṣān nir upānaśāt ।
nir vo magundyā duhitaro gṛhebhyaś cātayāmahe ॥

From our stalls, assemblies and intellectual gatherings, from the code of our basic values of culture and manners, our mind and soul, and from our centres and spaces of economy, and from our home, we banish all ill begotten thoughts, feelings and attitudes like children of the devil.

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2.14.3

असौ यो अधराद् गृहस् तत्र सन्त्व् अराय्यः ।
तत्र सेदिर् न्य् उच्यतु सर्वाश् च यातुधान्यः ॥

asau yo adharād gṛhas tatra santv arāyyaḥ ।
tatra sedir ny ucyatu sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ ॥

That slough of mean existence far below the normal minimum standard of human life, culture and behaviour according to Dharma, there let all evil and enmity, all despondency, negativity and spirits of destruction sink and stay.

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2.14.4

भूतपतिर् निर् अजत्व् इन्द्रश् चेतः सदान्वाः ।
गृहस्य बुध्न आसीनास् ता इन्द्रो वज्रेणाधि तिष्ठतु ॥

bhūtapatir nir ajatv indraś cetaḥ sadānvāḥ ।
gṛhasya budhna āsīnās tā indro vajreṇādhi tiṣṭhatu ॥

And may Indra, master ruler and protector of living beings, expel all evil forces and destructive tendencies, and even if they happen to be deep rooted even at the bottom of our home land and tradition, let Indra rule and eradicate them by the thunderbolt of his law and power.

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2.14.5

यदि स्थ क्षेत्रियाणां यदि वा पुरुषेषिताः ।
यदि स्थ दस्युभ्यो जाता नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः ॥

yadi stha kṣetriyāṇāṃ yadi vā puruṣeṣitāḥ ।
yadi stha dasyubhyo jātā naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ ॥

O negativity if you happen to be organic or hereditary, or caused by another person, say by company or contagion or infection or even peer pressure, or if you happen to be caused by people of evil and destructive nature, even so, O evil and destructive diseases and tendencies, demonic forces of meanness and negation, get off all from here.

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2.14.6

परि धामान्य् आसाम् आशुर् गाष्ठाम् इवासरम् ।
अजैषं सर्वान् आजीन् वो नश्यतेतः सदान्वाः ॥

pari dhāmāny āsām āśur gāṣṭhām ivāsaram ।
ajaiṣaṃ sarvān ājīn vo naśyatetaḥ sadānvāḥ ॥

Just as a race horse reaches and wins its goal, so having reached the central cause of conflict and the sources of evil and demonic forces and tendencies in humanity, O evil forces, I have won all your conflicts and battles against us. Now get off and disappear for ever from here.

Atharvaveda 2.15 · 6 mantras

2.15.1

यथा द्यौश् च पृथिवी च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathā dyauś ca pṛthivī ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as heaven and earth never fear, nor are they ever hurt, nor destroyed, similarly, O my mind and pranic identity, never fear.

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2.15.2

यथाहश् च रात्री च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathāhaś ca rātrī ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as day and night never fear, never hurt are they, never destroyed, so O my mind and courage, never fear.

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2.15.3

यथा सूर्यश् च चन्द्रश् च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathā sūryaś ca candraś ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as sun and moon never fear, nor are they hurt or destroyed, same way, O my courage and pranic energy, never fear.

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2.15.4

यथा ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathā brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as Brahmana, man of truth and divine faith, and Kshatriya, man of power and integrity, never fear, nor are they hurt or destroyed, same way, O my spirit and courage of prana, never fear.

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2.15.5

यथा सत्यं चानृतं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathā satyaṃ cānṛtaṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as commitment to Truth and challenge to Untruth never fear, nor are the two ever hurt or destroyed, same way, O my spirit of truth and courage of pranic challenge, never fear.

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2.15.6

यथा भूतं च भव्यं च न बिभीतो न रिष्यतः ।
एवा मे प्राण मा बिभेः ॥

yathā bhūtaṃ ca bhavyaṃ ca na bibhīto na riṣyataḥ ।
evā me prāṇa mā bibheḥ ॥

Just as whatever has been in the past and whatever might be in the future never fear, nor can the past be undone nor the future stalled, nor can they be hurt or destroyed, same way, O my spirit and pranic courage, never fear. Go on, let the past recede into history, let the future come as a great opportunity. No regret, no fear.

Atharvaveda 2.16 · 5 mantras

2.16.1

प्राणापानौ मृत्योर् मा पातं स्वाहा ॥

prāṇāpānau mṛtyor mā pātaṃ svāhā ॥

May the vital energies of prana and apana protect and promote me with life and resistance against death. This is the voice of the soul.

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2.16.2

द्यावापृथिवी उपश्रुत्या मा पातं स्वाहा ॥

dyāvāpṛthivī upaśrutyā mā pātaṃ svāhā ॥

May the heaven and earth protect and inspire me with the voice of revelation at the closest in the heart. This is the voice of conscience in prayer.

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2.16.3

सूर्य चक्षुषा मा पाहि स्वाहा ॥

sūrya cakṣuṣā mā pāhi svāhā ॥

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2.16.4

अग्ने वैश्वानर विश्वैर् मा देवैः पाहि स्वाहा ॥

agne vaiśvānara viśvair mā devaiḥ pāhi svāhā ॥

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2.16.5

विश्वम्भर विश्वेन मा भरसा पाहि स्वाहा ॥

viśvambhara viśvena mā bharasā pāhi svāhā ॥

Atharvaveda 2.17 · 7 mantras

2.17.1

ओजो ऽस्य् ओजो मे दाः स्वाहा ।1॥

ojo 'sy ojo me dāḥ svāhā ।1||

May the sun protect and advance me with the eye for vision of divinity around. This is the voice of earnest desire.

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2.17.2

सहो ऽसि सहो मे दाः स्वाहा ॥

saho 'si saho me dāḥ svāhā ॥

You are courage, patience and fortitude in the spirit of invincible challenge. Give me courage, patience and fortitude. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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2.17.3

बलम् असि बलं दाः स्वाहा ॥

balam asi balaṃ dāḥ svāhā ॥

You are the strength of life. Give me strength of body, mind and soul. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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2.17.4

आयुर् अस्य् आयुर् मे दाः स्वाह ॥

āyur asy āyur me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the life itself beyond death. Give me full good health and full age. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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2.17.5

श्रोत्रम् असि श्रोत्रं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

śrotram asi śrotraṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are universal power of the ear. Give me the power of hearing for the divine Word. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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2.17.6

चक्षुर् असि चक्षुर् मे दाः स्वाह ॥

cakṣur asi cakṣur me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the eye of the universe. Give me the vision divine. This is the voice of truth and payer.

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2.17.7

परिपाणम् असि परिपाणं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

paripāṇam asi paripāṇaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the ultimate cover and protection. Give me the cover and protection of divinity for defence of the self against evil and negation. This is the voice of

Atharvaveda 2.18 · 5 mantras

2.18.1

भ्रातृव्यक्षयणम् असि भ्रातृव्यचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

bhrātṛvyakṣayaṇam asi bhrātṛvyacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

Agni, self blazing fire and passion of life, you wield the power to destroy jealous rivals. Give me the strength, power and passion to destroy the hostile rivals. This is the voice of truth.

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2.18.2

सपत्नक्षयणम् असि सपत्नचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

sapatnakṣayaṇam asi sapatnacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the destroyer of adversaries. Give me the power to fight out and destroy my adversaries. This is the voice of prayer in truth.

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2.18.3

अरायक्षयणम् अस्य् अरायचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

arāyakṣayaṇam asy arāyacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the destroyer of the spirit of evil. Give me the power to destroy the forces of evil. This is the voice of truth in faith.

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2.18.4

पिशाचक्षयणम् असि पिशाचचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

piśācakṣayaṇam asi piśācacātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the power to destroy the ogres and demons of nature and society. Give me the power to destroy such demons from life. This is the voice of truth.

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2.18.5

सदान्वाक्षयणम् असि सदान्वाचातनं मे दाः स्वाह ॥

sadānvākṣayaṇam asi sadānvācātanaṃ me dāḥ svāha ॥

You are the power that destroys the mean and the negatives. Give me the power to destroy meanness, want and negativity. This is the voice of truth in faith with surrender.

Atharvaveda 2.19 · 5 mantras

2.19.1

अग्ने यत् ते तपस् तेन तं प्रति तप यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

agne yat te tapas tena taṃ prati tapa yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Agni, the fire and blaze that’s yours, let it bum up that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.19.2

अग्ने यत् ते हरस् तेन तं प्रति हर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

agne yat te haras tena taṃ prati hara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Agni, the passion and fire that’s yours, with that seize that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.19.3

अग्ने यत् ते ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रत्य् अर्च यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

agne yat te 'rcis tena taṃ praty arca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Agni, the fire and flame and the light that’s yours, with that either scorch or enlighten that who hates

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2.19.4

अग्ने यत् ते शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोच यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

agne yat te śocis tena taṃ prati śoca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

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2.19.5

अग्ने यत् ते तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

agne yat te tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 2.20 · 5 mantras

2.20.1

वायो यत् ते तपस् तेन तं प्रति तप यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

vāyo yat te tapas tena taṃ prati tapa yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Agni, the radiance that’s yours, with that bum and eliminate that which hates and harms us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.20.2

वायो यत् ते हरस् तेन तं प्रति हर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

vāyo yat te haras tena taṃ prati hara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Vayu, the power and passion that is yours, with that seize and remove that which hates us, and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.20.3

वायो यत् ते ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रत्य् अर्च यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

vāyo yat te 'rcis tena taṃ praty arca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Vayu, the fire and flame that is yours, with that enflame and remove that which hates us, and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.20.4

वायो यत् ते शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोच यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

vāyo yat te śocis tena taṃ prati śoca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Vayu, the intensity that is yours, with that cleanse that which hates us, and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.20.5

वायो यत् ते तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

vāyo yat te tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Vayu, the power and lustre that is yours, with that cleanse that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

Atharvaveda 2.21 · 5 mantras

2.21.1

सूर्य यत् ते तपस् तेन तं प्रति तप यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

sūrya yat te tapas tena taṃ prati tapa yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O sun, the light and blaze that is yours, with that bum up that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.21.2

सूर्य यत् ते हरस् तेन तं प्रति हर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

sūrya yat te haras tena taṃ prati hara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O sun, the blaze and passion that is yours, with that seize that which hates us, and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.21.3

सूर्य यत् ते ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रत्य् अर्च यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

sūrya yat te 'rcis tena taṃ praty arca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O sun, the fire and flame that is yours, with that scorch up that which hates us, and that we hate to suffer.

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2.21.4

सूर्य यत् ते शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोच यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

sūrya yat te śocis tena taṃ prati śoca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O sun, the radiant splendour that is yours, with

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2.21.5

सूर्य यत् ते तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

sūrya yat te tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O sun, the splendour and glory that is yours, with that cleanse off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

Atharvaveda 2.22 · 5 mantras

2.22.1

चन्द्र यत् ते तपस् तेन तं प्रति तप यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

candra yat te tapas tena taṃ prati tapa yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O moon, the heat that is yours, with that cleanse off that which hates us and that we hate to suffer.

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2.22.2

चन्द्र यत् ते हरस् तेन तं प्रति हर यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

candra yat te haras tena taṃ prati hara yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O moon, the passion that is yours, with that cleanse that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.22.3

चन्द्र यत् ते ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रत्य् अर्च यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

candra yat te 'rcis tena taṃ praty arca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

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2.22.4

चन्द्र यत् ते शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोच यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

candra yat te śocis tena taṃ prati śoca yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

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2.22.5

चन्द्र यत् ते तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणु यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

candra yat te tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇu yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 2.23 · 5 mantras

2.23.1

आपो यद् वस् तपस् तेन तं प्रति तपत यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

āpo yad vas tapas tena taṃ prati tapata yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O waters, the heat that is in you, with that wash off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.23.2

आपो यद् वस् हरस् तेन तं प्रति हरत यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

āpo yad vas haras tena taṃ prati harata yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O waters, the power that is in you, with that wash off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.23.3

आपो यद् वस् ऽर्चिस् तेन तं प्रति अर्चत यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

āpo yad vas 'rcis tena taṃ prati arcata yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O waters, the brilliance that is in you, with that wash off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.23.4

आपो यद् वस् शोचिस् तेन तं प्रति शोचत यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

āpo yad vas śocis tena taṃ prati śocata yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O waters, the radiance that is in you, with that wash off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer.

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2.23.5

आपो यद् वस् तेजस् तेन तम् अतेजसं कृणुत यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि यं वयं द्विष्मः ॥

āpo yad vas tejas tena tam atejasaṃ kṛṇuta yo 'smān dveṣṭi yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ ॥

O waters, the splendour that is in you, with that wash off that which hates us and that which we hate to suffer. prayer for natural purity of spirit, energy for action and balance of mind in our process of living. The human body is an abode of divinities. Agni abides in the vital heat, the tongue and speech. Vayu abides in pranic energy and the tactual faculty. The sun abides in the eye. The moon abides in the mind. And the waters abide in the male virility and fertility of the female in addition to the fluidity of blood. This knowledge is enshrined in the Aitareya Upanishad. Hence the prayer to Agni is a prayer for vitality against frigidity and anger. The prayer to Vayu is for energy against debility and sloth. The prayer to the sun is for light against darkness and ignorance. The prayer to the moon is for peace against agitation and hypertension. And the prayer to the waters is for fluidity in the dynamics of life. On the whole the prayer is for positive values of health, mental and spiritual alertness in a state of balance. Both want and excess are negativities in one way or another. Balance gives us the optimum state of performance. ‘Dvesha’ means hate. Negativities in these hymns are personified as enemies which we hate, whether they are in others or in ourselves. At the same time negativities hate us because they act as our enemies. Hence the prayer: With your positive powers, destroy those negativities which hate us and which we too hate because, whether they are in others or in ourselves, we hate to suffer them as enemies of life. Hence the prayer for cleansing of the personality. To hate negativity does not mean that we hate the person who suffers from negativity. We love the person as person, hence the prayer for elimination of the negativity and cleansing of the person.

Atharvaveda 2.24 · 8 mantras

2.24.1

शेरभक शेरभ पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

śerabhaka śerabha punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O demonic killer, destroyer, thieves and robbers, let you and your followers go back to yourselves. Let your arms and onslaughts return on you. Consume and destroy whoever you work for. Consume and destroy whoever sends you down to prowl. Consume and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.2

शेवृधक शेवृध पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

śevṛdhaka śevṛdha punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O thievish violence, O crooked friends of violence, let you all and your allies go back to yourselves, to where you come from. Let your arms and onslaughts rebound on you. Consume and destroy whoever you work for. Consume and destroy whoever appoints you to destroy. Consume and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.3

म्रोकानुम्रोक पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

mrokānumroka punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O thieves and allied forces of white collar felons, let you all and your followers go back to yourselves, to wherever you come from. Let your arms and your tactics roll back on you. Consume and destroy whoever you work for. Rob and consume whoever appoints you to rob. Consume and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.4

सर्पानुसर्प पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

sarpānusarpa punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O snake, O crooked movers in glittering garb, let you and your allied forces go back to yourselves. Let your arms and your biting onslaughts return on you. Consume and destroy whoever you work for. Bite and destroy whoever appoints you. Consume and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.5

जूर्णि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

jūrṇi punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O saboteurs and your allied forces, go back to your own den. O thieves of national resources, let your arms and onslaughts return on you. Consume and destroy whoever you work for. Consume and destroy whoever sends you down to destroy. Consume and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.6

उपब्दे पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

upabde punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O venomous destroyers and vociferous mercenaries, misguided fools, go back to your own den and look within. Let your tactics, attacks and protests be directed on yourselves. Catch and destroy whoever is your master. Destroy your own weapons and attacks. Destroy whoever sends you down. Eat up and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.7

अर्जुनि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

arjuni punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

O deceptive forces of nature and society, destroyers of honesty and positive values, go back, you and your allies. Let your arms and onslaughts turn on to you. Destroy him who is your master. Destroy him that has sent you. Eat up and destroy your own selves.

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2.24.8

भरूजि पुनर् वो यन्तु यातवः पुनर् हेतिः किमीदिनः ।
यस्य स्थ तम् अत्त यो वो प्राहैत् तम् अत्त स्वा मांसान्य् अत्त ॥

bharūji punar vo yantu yātavaḥ punar hetiḥ kimīdinaḥ ।
yasya stha tam atta yo vo prāhait tam atta svā māṃsāny atta ॥

Atharvaveda 2.25 · 5 mantras

2.25.1

शं नो देवी पृश्निपर्ण्य् अशं निरृत्या अकः ।
उग्रा हि कण्वजम्भनी ताम् अभक्षि सहस्वतीम् ॥

śaṃ no devī pṛśniparṇy aśaṃ nirṛtyā akaḥ ।
ugrā hi kaṇvajambhanī tām abhakṣi sahasvatīm ॥

Let Prshniparni, divine herb of bright rainbow leaves, be auspicious for us. Let it act agaist and root out consumptive and cancerous diseases of body and mind. Strong it is, mighty powerful devourer of sin and negativity. I have studied and researched it and I value it as a divine sanative worthy of adoration.

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2.25.2

सहमानेयं प्रथमा पृश्निपर्ण्य् अजायत ।
तयाहं दुर्णाम्नां शिरो वृश्चामि शकुनेर् इव ॥

sahamāneyaṃ prathamā pṛśniparṇy ajāyata ।
tayāhaṃ durṇāmnāṃ śiro vṛścāmi śakuner iva ॥

Prshniparni is a great challenge to deadly diseases. It is the foremost curative in the field of killer diseases. With it I cure the first and last of notorious diseases like breaking the neck of a demon.

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2.25.3

अरायम् असृक्पावानं यश् च स्फातिं जिहीर्षति ।
गर्भादं कण्वं नाशय पृश्निपर्णि सहस्व च ॥

arāyam asṛkpāvānaṃ yaś ca sphātiṃ jihīrṣati ।
garbhādaṃ kaṇvaṃ nāśaya pṛśniparṇi sahasva ca ॥

O Prshniparni, challenge, cure and root out that life threatening disease which robs life of its beauty, vitality and longevity, which sucks up the blood and which kills the foetus in the womb.

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2.25.4

गिरिम् एनां आ वेशय कण्वान् जीवितयोपनान् ।
तांस् त्वं देवि पृश्निपर्ण्य् अग्निर् इवानुदहन्न् इहि ॥

girim enāṃ ā veśaya kaṇvān jīvitayopanān ।
tāṃs tvaṃ devi pṛśniparṇy agnir ivānudahann ihi ॥

O divine Prshniparni, bury these life consuming, life destroying diseases in the depths of mountains, burning them all here as fire bums dirt to ash.

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2.25.5

पराच एनान् प्र णुद कण्वान् जीवितयोपनान् ।
तमांसि यत्र गछन्ति तत् क्रव्यादो अजीगमम् ॥

parāca enān pra ṇuda kaṇvān jīvitayopanān ।
tamāṃsi yatra gachanti tat kravyādo ajīgamam ॥

Throw out these life threatning, life consuming diseases, drive them out for all time. Where darkest of the darknesses proceed and abide, there have I driven the blood thirsty flesh eating diseases all, like

Atharvaveda 2.26 · 5 mantras

2.26.1

एह यन्तु पशवो ये परेयुर् वायुर् येषां सहचारं जुजोष ।
त्वष्टा येषां रूपधेयानि वेदास्मिन् तान् गोष्ठे सविता नि यछतु ॥

eha yantu paśavo ye pareyur vāyur yeṣāṃ sahacāraṃ jujoṣa ।
tvaṣṭā yeṣāṃ rūpadheyāni vedāsmin tān goṣṭhe savitā ni yachatu ॥

Let the animals come back to the stalls, all those that had gone out over the forest meadows. The air, the breeze, the winds refresh them as friends. Tvashta, the development expert, knows their breeds and qualities. Let Savita, the inspirer, keeper, keep them properly in the stalls for good health.

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2.26.2

इमं गोष्ठं पशवः सं स्रवन्तु बृहस्पतिर् आ नयतु प्रजानन् ।
सिनीवाली नयत्व् आग्रम् एषाम् आजग्मुषो अनुमते नि यछ ॥

imaṃ goṣṭhaṃ paśavaḥ saṃ sravantu bṛhaspatir ā nayatu prajānan ।
sinīvālī nayatv āgram eṣām ājagmuṣo anumate ni yacha ॥

Let the animals come back to the stalls together. Let Brhaspati, the head keeper, who knows all of them, bring them back. Let Sinivali, the food manager, lead the foremost homeward, and Anumati, the controller, keep them together in order.

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2.26.3

सं सं स्रवन्तु पशवः सम् अश्वाः सम् उ पूरुषाः ।
सं धान्यस्य या स्फातिः संस्राव्येण हविषा जुहोमि ॥

saṃ saṃ sravantu paśavaḥ sam aśvāḥ sam u pūruṣāḥ ।
saṃ dhānyasya yā sphātiḥ saṃsrāvyeṇa haviṣā juhomi ॥

Let the animals be and move together, together with horses, and let the men too who manage be together. Let the harvest of grain and grass be profusely rich. I do the development yajna with highly promotive materials.

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2.26.4

सं सिञ्चामि गवां क्षीरम् सम् आज्येन बलम् रसम् ।
संसिक्ता अस्माकं वीरा ध्रुवा गावो मयि गोपतौ ॥

saṃ siñcāmi gavāṃ kṣīram sam ājyena balam rasam ।
saṃsiktā asmākaṃ vīrā dhruvā gāvo mayi gopatau ॥

By yajna with cow’s ghrta, I bring a flood of cow’s milk. I bring strength and taste for living. Our youth are strong, fully satisfied and totally happy. May the cows and all animals be strong and steadfast with me as their master protector.

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2.26.5

आ हरामि गवां क्षीरम् आहार्षं धान्यं रसम् ।
आहृता अस्माकं वीरा आ पत्नीर् इदम् अस्तकम् ॥

ā harāmi gavāṃ kṣīram āhārṣaṃ dhānyaṃ rasam ।
āhṛtā asmākaṃ vīrā ā patnīr idam astakam ॥

I am blest: I have plenty of cow’s milk. I have plenty of food and joy of life. Our youth are happy, satisfied and self-fulfilled. Our women are happy and satisfied in the home with the family.

Atharvaveda 2.27 · 7 mantras

2.27.1

नेच् छत्रुः प्राशं जयाति सहमानाभिभूर् असि ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

nec chatruḥ prāśaṃ jayāti sahamānābhibhūr asi ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

Hey Oshadhi, spirit of life, no enemy can win away my food of life, none can win over my understanding of life’s values, its questions and answers. All time challenger, all time subduer of doubts and irrelevancies, answer and silence all questions raised by negationists one by one. Render them all empty and meaningless. (The mantra may also be interpreted as a cure for depression and self-distrust.)

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2.27.2

सुपर्णस् त्वान्व् अविन्दत् सूकरस् त्वाखनन् नसा ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

suparṇas tvānv avindat sūkaras tvākhanan nasā ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

You are the gift of supama the Garuda, eagle power of refulgence and high imagination. You are the achievement of Sukara, holiest action of the immaculate soul, with high pranic energy. Answer all doubts and questions raised by sceptics and negationists and silence them one by one. Expose them all as empty and meaningless.

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2.27.3

इन्द्रो ह चक्रे त्वा बाहाव् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

indro ha cakre tvā bāhāv asurebhya starītave ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

Indra, the soul, in defence against the onslaughts of negative desires and passions, bears and wears you on the arm. Answer all doubts and questions raised by sceptics and negationists and silence them one by one. Expose them all as empty and meaningless.

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2.27.4

पाटाम् इन्द्रो व्य् आश्नाद् असुरेभ्य स्तरीतवे ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

pāṭām indro vy āśnād asurebhya starītave ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

Indra, mighty ruler and warrior, in self-defence agaist demonic forces, ill health and disease takes the Pata herb. O herb, answer all doubts and questions raised by sceptics and negationists and silence them all one by one. Expose them as empty and meaningless.

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2.27.5

तयाहं शत्रून्त् साक्ष इन्द्रः सालावृकां इव ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

tayāhaṃ śatrūnt sākṣa indraḥ sālāvṛkāṃ iva ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

With that power I fight and drive out all enemies as Indra, leader of the human community, throws out all wolfish enemies from the settlement. O power of life and health, answer all doubts, dangers and questions raised by sceptics and negationists and silence them one by one. Expose them all and render them empty and meaningless.

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2.27.6

रुद्र जलाषभेषज नीलशिखण्ड कर्मकृत् ।
प्राशं प्रतिप्राशो जह्य् अरसान् कृण्व् ओषधे ॥

rudra jalāṣabheṣaja nīlaśikhaṇḍa karmakṛt ।
prāśaṃ pratiprāśo jahy arasān kṛṇv oṣadhe ॥

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2.27.7

तस्य प्राशं त्वं जहि यो न इन्द्राभिदासति ।
अधि नो ब्रूहि शक्तिभिः प्राशि माम् उत्तरं कृधि ॥

tasya prāśaṃ tvaṃ jahi yo na indrābhidāsati ।
adhi no brūhi śaktibhiḥ prāśi mām uttaraṃ kṛdhi ॥

Atharvaveda 2.28 · 5 mantras

2.28.1

तुभ्यम् एव जरिमन् वर्धताम् अयम् मेमम् अन्ये मृत्यवो हिंसिषुः शतं ये ।
मातेव पुत्रं प्रमना उपस्थे मित्र एनं मित्रियात् पात्व् अंहसः ॥

tubhyam eva jariman vardhatām ayam memam anye mṛtyavo hiṃsiṣuḥ śataṃ ye ।
māteva putraṃ pramanā upasthe mitra enaṃ mitriyāt pātv aṃhasaḥ ॥

O Life of good health and well being, may this child grow on to full age and self-fulfilment unto you. Let no other cause of ailment and death, though hundreds they are, assail him. Just as the mother holds the baby safe in her arms, so may Mitra, universal love, protect him against sin and disease, may the warmth of the sun save him as a friendly soul.

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2.28.2

मित्र एनं वरुणो वा रिशादा जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदानौ ।
तद् अग्निर् होता वयुनानि विद्वान् विश्वा देवानां जनिमा विवक्ति ॥

mitra enaṃ varuṇo vā riśādā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidānau ।
tad agnir hotā vayunāni vidvān viśvā devānāṃ janimā vivakti ॥

Let Mitra and Varuna, prana and apana energies, days and nights, light and warmth of the sun and cool of the oceans, all loving and operative together in unison, destroyers of negativities and untimely mortalities, lead him on to grow healthy upto full age and fulfilment till death. And may Agni, living warmth of nature, and Agni, enlightened teacher and high priest of educational yajna, knowing all processes of the growth and maturity of body and mind, inform and enlighten him about the rise, growth and maturity of all senses, mind and intellect as he proceeds in years, (nature by natural process and teacher by teaching and training).

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2.28.3

त्वम् ईशिषे पशूनाम् पार्थिवानां ये जाता उत वा ये जनित्राः ।
मेमं प्राणो हासीन् मो अपानो मेमं मित्रा वधिषुर् मो अमित्राः ॥

tvam īśiṣe paśūnām pārthivānāṃ ye jātā uta vā ye janitrāḥ ।
memaṃ prāṇo hāsīn mo apāno memaṃ mitrā vadhiṣur mo amitrāḥ ॥

O lord of life and death, you govern the exits and entrances of living beings of the earth, those that are already bom and those that shall be bom. Let prana not forsake this child. Let not apana forsake him. Let no friends hurt him. Let no enemies kill him. (O lord, grant him full life of good health and total fulfilment.)

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2.28.4

द्यौष् ट्वा पिता पृथिवी माता जरामृत्युं कृणुतां संविदाने ।
यथा जीवा अदितेर् उपस्थे प्राणापानाभ्यां गुपितः शतं हिमाः ॥

dyauṣ ṭvā pitā pṛthivī mātā jarāmṛtyuṃ kṛṇutāṃ saṃvidāne ।
yathā jīvā aditer upasthe prāṇāpānābhyāṃ gupitaḥ śataṃ himāḥ ॥

Let heaven, the father, and earth, the mother, both operative in unison, protect you through full age to fulfilment till death so that, sustained by the energies of prana and apana, you live a life of full hundred years in the lap of mother nature.

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2.28.5

इमम् अग्ने आयुषे वर्चसे नय प्रियं रेतो वरुण मित्र राजन् ।
मातेवास्मा अदिते शर्म यछ विश्वे देवा जरदष्टिर् यथासत् ॥

imam agne āyuṣe varcase naya priyaṃ reto varuṇa mitra rājan ।
mātevāsmā adite śarma yacha viśve devā jaradaṣṭir yathāsat ॥

Divine Agni, lord self-refulgent, lead him on to life’s vitality and splendour through full age. O refulgent sun and oceans, O prana and apana energies, bring him the cherished vitality and virility of glowing health. O Mother Nature, like the mother as you are, bless him with peace and joy so that, O divinities of the world of nature and humanity, he may live a long life till full age and fulfilment of his life’s mission.

Atharvaveda 2.29 · 7 mantras

2.29.1

पार्थिवस्य रसे देवा भगस्य तन्वो बले ।
आयुष्यम् अस्मा अग्निः सूर्यो वर्च आ धाद् बृहस्पतिः ॥

pārthivasya rase devā bhagasya tanvo bale ।
āyuṣyam asmā agniḥ sūryo varca ā dhād bṛhaspatiḥ ॥

May the brilliant nobilities of the world, Brhaspati, Lord Almighty, sagely scholar of the Vedic lore, Agni, lord self-refulgent, and the sun, grant this man the lustre of a long life and establish him in the strength of body and in the essence and joy of earthly glory.

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2.29.2

आयुर् अस्मै धेहि जातवेदः प्रजां त्वष्टर् अधिनिधेहि अस्मै ।
रायस् पोषं सवितर् आ सुवास्मै शतं जीवाति शरदस् तवायम् ॥

āyur asmai dhehi jātavedaḥ prajāṃ tvaṣṭar adhinidhehi asmai ।
rāyas poṣaṃ savitar ā suvāsmai śataṃ jīvāti śaradas tavāyam ॥

O Jataveda, omnipresent fire and vital energy of life, grant this man a long life. O Tvashta, divine maker of body forms, bring handsome and noble children for him. O Savita, lord creator of earthly life and light, bring him good health and brilliance of wealth and glory so that this dedicated child of yours may live a full hundred years.

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2.29.3

आशीर् ण ऊर्जम् उत सौप्रजास्त्वं दक्षं धत्तं द्रविणं सचेतसौ ।
जयम् क्षेत्राणि सहसायम् इन्द्र कृण्वानो अन्यान् अधरान्त् सपत्नान् ॥

āśīr ṇa ūrjam uta sauprajāstvaṃ dakṣaṃ dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ sacetasau ।
jayam kṣetrāṇi sahasāyam indra kṛṇvāno anyān adharānt sapatnān ॥

O heaven, O earth, O father and mother, both of equal mind in unison, may your blessings shower on us. Bear and bring this man strength and energy, noble progeny, efficiency and expertise for success, wealth and excellence. O lord omnipotent, Indra, may he, winning fields of life’s battles, creating new fields of possibility and progress, subduing negativities and fighting adversaries, live a full hundred years of life and fulfilment as your dedicated child.

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2.29.4

इन्द्रेण दत्तो वरुणेन शिष्टो मरुद्भिर् उग्रः प्रहितो नो आगन् ।
एष वां द्यावापृथिवी उपस्थे मा क्षुधन् मा तृषत् ॥

indreṇa datto varuṇena śiṣṭo marudbhir ugraḥ prahito no āgan ।
eṣa vāṃ dyāvāpṛthivī upasthe mā kṣudhan mā tṛṣat ॥

Given as a gift by Indra, lord omnipotent, taught and trained by Varuna, judicious parents and eminent teachers, inspired and sent by Maruts, stormy powers of nature and humanity, this young man has now come to us, a mature and perfect citizen. O heaven and earth, pray take this young man under your loving care. Let him never feel short of food and drink for his body, mind and soul.

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2.29.5

ऊर्जम् अस्मा ऊर्जस्वती धत्तं पयो अस्मै पयस्वती धत्तम् ।
ऊर्जम् अस्मै द्यावपृथिवी अधातां विश्वे देवा मरुत ऊर्जम् आपः ॥

ūrjam asmā ūrjasvatī dhattaṃ payo asmai payasvatī dhattam ।
ūrjam asmai dyāvapṛthivī adhātāṃ viśve devā maruta ūrjam āpaḥ ॥

O powers, abundant in food and energy, bring this young man food and energy. O powers abundant in milk and water, bring him milk and water. May heaven and earth bring him food, energy and enlightenment. May all divinities of nature and humanity, the Maruts, tempestuous forces of the wind, and Apah, rolling powers of earthly and spatial oceans bring him energy and enthusiasm.

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2.29.6

शिवाभिष् टे हृदयं तर्पयाम्य् अनमीवो मोदिषीष्ठाः सुवर्चाः ।
सवासिनौ पिबतां मन्थम् एतम् अश्विनो रूपं परिधाय मायाम् ॥

śivābhiṣ ṭe hṛdayaṃ tarpayāmy anamīvo modiṣīṣṭhāḥ suvarcāḥ ।
savāsinau pibatāṃ mantham etam aśvino rūpaṃ paridhāya māyām ॥

I gratify and fulfill your heart and soul with auspicious thoughts, ambitions and will. Healthy, happy and brilliant, enjoy life to the full. Both of you (bride and bride-groom) having taken the human form of Ashvins, complementary personalities joined in one, blest with perfect will and potential for mutual action, living together in the home, act and enjoy life to the full, drink the soma distilled to perfect taste and purity.

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2.29.7

इन्द्र एतां ससृजे विद्धो अग्र ऊर्जां स्वधाम् अजरां सा त एषा ।
तया त्वं जीव शरदः सुवर्चा मा त आ सुस्रोद् भिषजस् ते अक्रन् ॥

indra etāṃ sasṛje viddho agra ūrjāṃ svadhām ajarāṃ sā ta eṣā ।
tayā tvaṃ jīva śaradaḥ suvarcā mā ta ā susrod bhiṣajas te akran ॥

Atharvaveda 2.30 · 5 mantras

2.30.1

यथेदं भूम्या अधि तृणं वातो मथायति ।
एवा मथ्नामि ते मनो यथा मां कामिन्य् असो यथा मन् नापगा असः ॥

yathedaṃ bhūmyā adhi tṛṇaṃ vāto mathāyati ।
evā mathnāmi te mano yathā māṃ kāminy aso yathā man nāpagā asaḥ ॥

Just as the wind touches and shakes the grass on the ground, so do I move your heart, O girl, so that you may fall in love with me and never go away from me.

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2.30.2

सं चेन् नयाथो अश्विना कामिना सं च वक्षथः ।
सं वां भगासो अग्मत सं चित्तानि सम् उ व्रता ॥

saṃ cen nayātho aśvinā kāminā saṃ ca vakṣathaḥ ।
saṃ vāṃ bhagāso agmata saṃ cittāni sam u vratā ॥

Ashvins, mutually loving couple, since you join together in love and marriage, win each other and move on together in life, may all good fortunes of the world come to you, may your mind and soul be together, and may your vows of discipline and life’s values in covenant be alike in unison.

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2.30.3

यत् सुपर्णा विवक्षवो अनमीवा विवक्षवः ।
तत्र मे गछताद् धवं शल्य इव कुल्मलं यथा ॥

yat suparṇā vivakṣavo anamīvā vivakṣavaḥ ।
tatra me gachatād dhavaṃ śalya iva kulmalaṃ yathā ॥

Where the golden birds fly cooing and calling for each other, there let my love’s call strike like a sting in the bud (the heart), and let them be released of the tension of affliction in freedom and fulfilment.

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2.30.4

यद् अन्तरं तद् बाह्यं यद् बाह्यं तद् अन्तरम् ।
कन्यानां विश्वरूपाणां मनो गृभायौषधे ॥

yad antaraṃ tad bāhyaṃ yad bāhyaṃ tad antaram ।
kanyānāṃ viśvarūpāṇāṃ mano gṛbhāyauṣadhe ॥

What is inside in the heart is out on the surface. Whatever is out is deep at the heart core. When it is so, O nature’s sanative of affliction (oshadhi), grab the mind of the maidens, they are blest with universal beauty, love and expression.

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2.30.5

एयम् अगन् पतिकामा जनिकामो ऽहम् आगमम् ।
अश्वः कनिक्रदद् यथा भगेनाहं सहागमम् ॥

eyam agan patikāmā janikāmo 'ham āgamam ।
aśvaḥ kanikradad yathā bhagenāhaṃ sahāgamam ॥

This maiden is come with desire for the groom.

Atharvaveda 2.31 · 5 mantras

2.31.1

इन्द्रस्य या मही दृषत् क्रिमेर् विश्वस्य तर्हणी ।
तया पिनष्मि सं क्रिमीन् दृषदा खल्वां इव ॥

indrasya yā mahī dṛṣat krimer viśvasya tarhaṇī ।
tayā pinaṣmi saṃ krimīn dṛṣadā khalvāṃ iva ॥

Mighty is the destructive force of Indra: rays of the sun, gusts of the wind, currents of electricity, showers of clouds, running waters and catalytic fragrances of yajna, these are destroyers of dangerous insects and germs of disease. With these and with the resistant force of the body, I crush the germs and insects as I crush hard grain with the grinding stone.

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2.31.2

दृष्टम् अदृष्टम् अतृहम् अथो कुरूरुम् अतृहम् ।
अल्गण्डून्त् सर्वान् छलुनान् क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि ॥

dṛṣṭam adṛṣṭam atṛham atho kurūrum atṛham ।
algaṇḍūnt sarvān chalunān krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi ॥

We crush and destroy insects and germs, those that are visible or invisible, creeping ones as caterpillars, bugs in beds, fast running ones and those that ramble around.

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2.31.3

अल्गण्डून् हन्मि महता वधेन दूना अदूना अरसा अभूवन् ।
शिष्टान् अशिष्टान् नि तिरामि वाचा यथा क्रिमीणां नकिर् उछिषातै ॥

algaṇḍūn hanmi mahatā vadhena dūnā adūnā arasā abhūvan ।
śiṣṭān aśiṣṭān ni tirāmi vācā yathā krimīṇāṃ nakir uchiṣātai ॥

I destroy the hiding pests with a strong insecticide so that whether they move or not, they become lifeless. Those that survive and those that don’t, I eliminate with the vacha herb so that ultimately none survives.

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2.31.4

अन्वान्त्र्यं शीर्षण्यम् अथो पार्ष्टेयं क्रिमीन् ।
अवस्कवं व्यध्वरं क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि ॥

anvāntryaṃ śīrṣaṇyam atho pārṣṭeyaṃ krimīn ।
avaskavaṃ vyadhvaraṃ krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi ॥

Germs and insects that abide in the intestines, in the hair on head, in and on the ribs those that creep, burrow into the skin and consume the blood and flesh, all these we destroy with vacha.

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2.31.5

ये क्रिमयः पर्वतेशु वनेष्व् ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः ।
ये अस्माकं तन्वम् आविविशुः सर्वं तद् धन्मि जनिम क्रिमीणाम् ॥

ye krimayaḥ parvateśu vaneṣv oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ ।
ye asmākaṃ tanvam āviviśuḥ sarvaṃ tad dhanmi janima krimīṇām ॥

All those germs and insects which thrive on mountains, in forests, on herbs and trees, on and in the

Atharvaveda 2.32 · 6 mantras

2.32.1

उद्यन्न् आदित्यः क्रिमीन् हन्तु निम्रोचन् हन्तु रश्मिभिः ।
ये अन्तः क्रिमयो गवि ॥

udyann ādityaḥ krimīn hantu nimrocan hantu raśmibhiḥ ।
ye antaḥ krimayo gavi ॥

Let the sun when it is rising and when it is setting kill with its rays the germs which are in the earth and in the cows.

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2.32.2

विश्वरूपं चतुरक्षं क्रिमिं सारङ्गम् अर्जुनम् ।
शृणाम्य् अस्य पृष्टीर् अपि वृश्चामि यच् छिरः ॥

viśvarūpaṃ caturakṣaṃ krimiṃ sāraṅgam arjunam ।
śṛṇāmy asya pṛṣṭīr api vṛścāmi yac chiraḥ ॥

I destroy the germs and insects of varied colour, of four eyes, creeping ones and white, all. I break their back, I break their head, and I uproot them totally.

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2.32.3

अत्रिवद् वः क्रिमयो हन्मि कण्ववज् जमदग्निवत् ।
अगस्त्यस्य ब्रह्मणा सं पिनष्म्य् अहं क्रिमीन् ॥

atrivad vaḥ krimayo hanmi kaṇvavaj jamadagnivat ।
agastyasya brahmaṇā saṃ pinaṣmy ahaṃ krimīn ॥

O germs and insects, I destroy you like a devourer of evil, like an eminent scientist, like blazing fire. I destroy germs and insects by the sagely knowledge of the masters of cleansing science.

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2.32.4

हतो राजा क्रिमीणाम् उतैषां स्थपतिर् हतः ।
हतो हतमाता क्रिमिर् हतभ्राता हतस्वसा ॥

hato rājā krimīṇām utaiṣāṃ sthapatir hataḥ ।
hato hatamātā krimir hatabhrātā hatasvasā ॥

The ruler of these germs and insects is dead. And killed is their keeper of the fort. Destroyed are the germs whose breeder is gone. Their mother is gone, dead, their brother is dead, their sister is dead.

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2.32.5

हतासो अस्य वेशसो हतासः परिवेशसः ।
अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः ॥

hatāso asya veśaso hatāsaḥ pariveśasaḥ ।
atho ye kṣullakā iva sarve te krimayo hatāḥ ॥

Killed are those of similar species and their vassals. Killed are their all round defences and resistances. And killed are all those which are too small and vile. Thus all those visible and invisible germs and insects are killed alike and together.

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2.32.6

प्र ते शृणामि शृङ्गे याभ्यां वितुदायसि ।
भिनाद्मि ते कुषुम्भं यस् ते विषधानः ॥

pra te śṛṇāmi śṛṅge yābhyāṃ vitudāyasi ।
bhinādmi te kuṣumbhaṃ yas te viṣadhānaḥ ॥

O deadly insect, O germ, I break your fangs, both of them, with which you strike. I break your bag of poison in which you store the death sting for the victim.

Atharvaveda 2.33 · 7 mantras

2.33.1

अक्षीभ्यां ते नासिकाभ्यां कर्णाभ्यां छुबुकाद् अधि ।
यक्ष्मं शीर्षण्यं मस्तिष्काज् जिह्वाया वि वृहामि ते ॥

akṣībhyāṃ te nāsikābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ chubukād adhi ।
yakṣmaṃ śīrṣaṇyaṃ mastiṣkāj jihvāyā vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the worst cancer and consumption from your eyes, nostrils, ears, chin, brain and tongue related to the head area.

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2.33.2

ग्रीवाभ्यस् त उष्णिहाभ्यः कीकसाभ्यो अनूक्यात् ।
यक्ष्मं दोषण्यम् अंसाभ्यां बाहुभ्यां वि वृहामि ते ॥

grīvābhyas ta uṣṇihābhyaḥ kīkasābhyo anūkyāt ।
yakṣmaṃ doṣaṇyam aṃsābhyāṃ bāhubhyāṃ vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease related to the arms, from your neck arteries and veins, nape, collar and chest bones, spine, shoulders and arms.

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2.33.3

हृदयात् ते परि क्लोम्नो हलीक्ष्णात् पार्श्वाभ्याम् ।
यक्ष्मं मतस्नाभ्यां प्लीह्नो यक्नस् ते वि वृहामसि ॥

hṛdayāt te pari klomno halīkṣṇāt pārśvābhyām ।
yakṣmaṃ matasnābhyāṃ plīhno yaknas te vi vṛhāmasi ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your heart, lungs, gall bladder, sides.

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2.33.4

आन्त्रेभ्यस् ते गुदाभ्यो वनिष्ठोर् उदराद् अधि ।
यक्ष्मं कुक्षिभ्याम् प्लाशेर् नाभ्या वि वृहामि ते ॥

āntrebhyas te gudābhyo vaniṣṭhor udarād adhi ।
yakṣmaṃ kukṣibhyām plāśer nābhyā vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your intestines, anal area, colon, stomach, flanks, lower abdomen and navel area.

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2.33.5

ऊरुभ्यां ते अष्ठीवद्भ्यां पार्ष्णिभ्यां प्रपदाभ्याम् ।
यक्ष्मं भसद्यं श्रोणिभ्यां भासदं भंससो वि वृहामि ते ॥

ūrubhyāṃ te aṣṭhīvadbhyāṃ pārṣṇibhyāṃ prapadābhyām ।
yakṣmaṃ bhasadyaṃ śroṇibhyāṃ bhāsadaṃ bhaṃsaso vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your thighs, knees, heels, fore-feet and toes, hips, lower back and genitalia.

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2.33.6

अस्थिभ्यस् ते मज्जभ्यः स्नावभ्यो धमनिभ्यः ।
यक्ष्मम् पाणिभ्याम् अङ्गुलिभ्यो नखेभ्यो वि वृहामि ते ॥

asthibhyas te majjabhyaḥ snāvabhyo dhamanibhyaḥ ।
yakṣmam pāṇibhyām aṅgulibhyo nakhebhyo vi vṛhāmi te ॥

I remove and uproot the consumptive, cancerous disease from your bones, marrow, tendons, veins, hands, fingers and nails.

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2.33.7

अङ्गेअङ्गे लोम्निलोम्नि यस् ते पर्वणिपर्वणि ।
यक्ष्मं त्वचस्यं ते वयं कश्यपस्य वीबर्हेण विष्वञ्चं वि वृहामसि ॥

aṅgeaṅge lomnilomni yas te parvaṇiparvaṇi ।
yakṣmaṃ tvacasyaṃ te vayaṃ kaśyapasya vībarheṇa viṣvañcaṃ vi vṛhāmasi ॥

Atharvaveda 2.34 · 5 mantras

2.34.1

य ईशे पशुपतिः पशूनाम् चतुष्पदाम् उत यो द्विपदाम् ।
निष्क्रीतः स यज्ञियं भागम् एतु रायस् पोषा यजमानं सचन्ताम् ॥

ya īśe paśupatiḥ paśūnām catuṣpadām uta yo dvipadām ।
niṣkrītaḥ sa yajñiyaṃ bhāgam etu rāyas poṣā yajamānaṃ sacantām ॥

Pashupati, lord ruler and protector of living beings, humans, birds and animals, may, we pray, be kind and gracious to accept our homage offered by yajna and bless the yajamana with health, growth, progress and prosperity.

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2.34.2

प्रमुञ्चन्तो भुवनस्य रेतो गातुं धत्त यजमानाय देवाः ।
उपाकृतं शशमानं यद् अस्थात् प्रियम् देवानाम् अप्य् एतु पाथः ॥

pramuñcanto bhuvanasya reto gātuṃ dhatta yajamānāya devāḥ ।
upākṛtaṃ śaśamānaṃ yad asthāt priyam devānām apy etu pāthaḥ ॥

O Devas, divinities and nobilities of nature and humanity, while you are releasing the seed vitality for life in the world of existence, pray bless the yajamana with the path of rectitude, and when he is established in the path of divinity then whatever is the dearest soma love of the devas may also come to the portion of the consecrated prayerful devotee.

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2.34.3

ये बध्यमानम् अनु दीध्याना अन्वैक्षन्त मनसा चक्षुषा च ।
अग्निष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवो विश्वकर्मा प्रजया संरराणः ॥

ye badhyamānam anu dīdhyānā anvaikṣanta manasā cakṣuṣā ca ।
agniṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devo viśvakarmā prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ॥

Those who, with concentrated mind and inner vision in meditation, see the soul bound in sufferance, may Agni, lord self-refulgent, enlighten, and may he, Vishvakarma, happy with the children of his creation, liberate them at the earliest.

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2.34.4

ये ग्राम्याः पशवो विश्वरूपा विरूपाः सन्तो बहुधैकरूपाः ।
वायुष् टान् अग्रे प्र मुमोक्तु देवः प्रजापतिः प्रजया संरराणः ॥

ye grāmyāḥ paśavo viśvarūpā virūpāḥ santo bahudhaikarūpāḥ ।
vāyuṣ ṭān agre pra mumoktu devaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajayā saṃrarāṇaḥ ॥

Those who are deep in the business of life and yet retain their vision of divinity, all round versatile in varied roles and situations of life many ways and yet same in the essence and similar in character in divine service, these may Vayu, lord self-potent and self-refulgent, Prajapati, sustainer of life happy with the children of his creation, liberate at the earliest.

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2.34.5

प्रजानन्तः प्रति गृह्णन्तु पूर्वे प्राणम् अङ्गेभ्यः पर्य् आचरन्तम् ।
दिवं गछ प्रति तिष्ठा शरीरैः स्वर्गं याहि पथिभिर् देवयानैः ॥

prajānantaḥ prati gṛhṇantu pūrve prāṇam aṅgebhyaḥ pary ācarantam ।
divaṃ gacha prati tiṣṭhā śarīraiḥ svargaṃ yāhi pathibhir devayānaiḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 2.35 · 5 mantras

2.35.1

ये भक्षयन्तो न वसून्य् आनृधुर् यान् अग्नयो अन्वतप्यन्त धिष्ण्याः ।
या तेषाम् अवया दुरिष्टिः स्विष्टिं नस् तां कृणवद् विश्वकर्मा ॥

ye bhakṣayanto na vasūny ānṛdhur yān agnayo anvatapyanta dhiṣṇyāḥ ।
yā teṣām avayā duriṣṭiḥ sviṣṭiṃ nas tāṃ kṛṇavad viśvakarmā ॥

May Vishvakarma, divine maker of the world, change for our sake the low, parsimonious and negative impulse and character of those who, though they enjoy life comfortably for themselves, do not contribute to the wealth of life, for which meanness and selfishness, liberal, devout and intelligent people dedicated to yajnic creation feel sorry and concerned for them. May the lord change their nature and character positively in the liberal direction.

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2.35.2

यज्ञपतिम् ऋषयः एनसाहुर् निर्भक्तं प्रजा अनुतप्यमानम् ।
मथव्यान्त् स्तोकान् अप यान् रराध सं नष् टेभिः सृजतु विश्वकर्मा ॥

yajñapatim ṛṣayaḥ enasāhur nirbhaktaṃ prajā anutapyamānam ।
mathavyānt stokān apa yān rarādha saṃ naṣ ṭebhiḥ sṛjatu viśvakarmā ॥

Sages say that a person dedicated to yajna and concerned and distressed for people and progeny is not involved with sin (but he might miss certain cherished things of life, nevertheless). We pray may Vishvakarma join and bless us with those little sweets of life which the yajnapati had to miss.

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2.35.3

अदान्यान्त् सोमपान् मन्यमानो यज्ञस्य विद्वान्त् समये न धीरः ।
यद् एनश् चकृवान् बद्ध एष तं विश्वकर्मन् प्र मुञ्चा स्वस्तये ॥

adānyānt somapān manyamāno yajñasya vidvānt samaye na dhīraḥ ।
yad enaś cakṛvān baddha eṣa taṃ viśvakarman pra muñcā svastaye ॥

One who believes that the performers of soma yajna are not worthy of yajnic gift or that they are misers neither knows what yajna is, nor does he attain to it, nor is he patient and undisturbed at the time of a crisis in life. Self-suffering in bondage, this man is a sinner. Hey Vishvakarma, redeem this man of what he has committed, for the sake of his well being and salvation.

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2.35.4

घोरा ऋषयो नमो अस्त्व् एभ्यश् चक्षुर् यद् एषां मनसश् च सत्यम् ।
बृहस्पतये महिष द्युमन्न् नमो विश्वकर्मन् नमस् ते पाह्य् अस्मान् ॥

ghorā ṛṣayo namo astv ebhyaś cakṣur yad eṣāṃ manasaś ca satyam ।
bṛhaspataye mahiṣa dyumann namo viśvakarman namas te pāhy asmān ॥

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2.35.5

यज्ञस्य चक्षुः प्रभृतिर् मुखं च वाचा श्रोत्रेण मनसा जुहोमि ।
इमं यज्ञं विततं विश्वकर्मणा देवा यन्तु सुमनस्यमानाः ॥

yajñasya cakṣuḥ prabhṛtir mukhaṃ ca vācā śrotreṇa manasā juhomi ।
imaṃ yajñaṃ vitataṃ viśvakarmaṇā devā yantu sumanasyamānāḥ ॥

Atharvaveda 2.36 · 7 mantras

2.36.1

आ नो अग्ने सुमतिं संभलो गमेद् इमां कुमारीं सह नो भगेन ।
जुष्टा वरेषु समनेषु वल्गुर् ओषं पत्या सौभगम् अस्तु अस्यै ॥

ā no agne sumatiṃ saṃbhalo gamed imāṃ kumārīṃ saha no bhagena ।
juṣṭā vareṣu samaneṣu valgur oṣaṃ patyā saubhagam astu asyai ॥

O lord self-refulgent, Agni, let the bride-groom. noble of thought and speech, come to us with all good fortune and excellence to wed this noble minded maiden of cheerful disposition. She is lovable among the eminent and agreeable among equals in company. May she enjoy brilliance, happiness and prosperity in the company of her husband.

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2.36.2

सोमजुष्टं ब्रह्मजुष्टम् अर्यम्ना संभृतं भगम् ।
धातुर् देवस्य सत्येन कृणोमि पतिवेदनम् ॥

somajuṣṭaṃ brahmajuṣṭam aryamnā saṃbhṛtaṃ bhagam ।
dhātur devasya satyena kṛṇomi pativedanam ॥

By the solemn sanctity of the truth of the law of self-refulgent lord and sustainer of life, society and the home and family, I (husband/wife) offer, enter and confirm the Bhaga, happy matrimonial sacramental covenant, loved and accepted by Soma (husband, wife) approved by Brahma (Lord Almighty, Veda, and the Brahmana priest), and finalised, sealed and protected by the congregation in the presence of the sacred Agni, fire of yajna.

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2.36.3

इयम् अग्ने नारी पतिम् विदेष्ट सोमो हि राजा सुभगां कृणोति ।
सुवाना पुत्रान् महिषी भवाति गत्वा पतिं सुभगा वि राजतु ॥

iyam agne nārī patim videṣṭa somo hi rājā subhagāṃ kṛṇoti ।
suvānā putrān mahiṣī bhavāti gatvā patiṃ subhagā vi rājatu ॥

O lord, self-refulgent, Agni, O sacred fire of yajna, let this wedded woman now join her husband. Let Soma, noble brilliant husband, join her as his noble blessed wife. And let the wife, having joined her husband, be the proud mother of their children and shine and rule the home as the queen of prosperity and conjugal bliss.

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2.36.4

यथाखरो मघवंश् चारुर् एष प्रियो मृगाणां सुषदा बभूव ।
एवा भगस्य जुष्टेयम् अस्तु नारी संप्रिया पत्याविराधयन्ती ॥

yathākharo maghavaṃś cārur eṣa priyo mṛgāṇāṃ suṣadā babhūva ।
evā bhagasya juṣṭeyam astu nārī saṃpriyā patyāvirādhayantī ॥

Indra, lord of prosperity, just as a dwelling is the favourite haunt of deer together, so may this woman, dear in communion with her husband, happy and prosperous, be ever the favourite of her husband in the home.

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2.36.5

भगस्य नावम् आ रोह पूर्णाम् अनुपदस्वतीम् ।
तयोपप्रतारय यो वरः प्रतिकाम्यः ॥

bhagasya nāvam ā roha pūrṇām anupadasvatīm ।
tayopapratāraya yo varaḥ pratikāmyaḥ ॥

O bride, ascend the ark of matrimonial glory, full, perfect and unfailing, and thereby take your husband across the seas, in covenanted love.

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2.36.6

आ क्रन्दय धनपते वरम् आमनसं कृणु ।
सर्वं प्रदक्षिणं कृणु यो वरः प्रतिकाम्यः ॥

ā krandaya dhanapate varam āmanasaṃ kṛṇu ।
sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛṇu yo varaḥ pratikāmyaḥ ॥

O mistress of good fortune, call on and keep the husband with you. Keep him happy at heart with you. Keep him wholly on the right side of you, him who is in mutual love with you, worthy of your love.

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2.36.7

इदं हिरण्यं गुल्गुल्व् अयम् औक्षो अथो भगः ।
एते पतिभ्यस् त्वाम् अदुः प्रतिकामाय वेत्तवे ॥7
आ ते नयतु सविता नयतु पतिर् यः प्रतिकाम्यः ।

idaṃ hiraṇyaṃ gulgulv ayam aukṣo atho bhagaḥ ।
ete patibhyas tvām aduḥ pratikāmāya vettave ।|7
ā te nayatu savitā nayatu patir yaḥ pratikāmyaḥ ।

This is the gold. This is the auspicious bdellium. This is the sacred water to sprinkle on the path. This is the token of good luck and prosperity. These are given for the groom’s party to win their love and good will for you.