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1thee, may he that protects and is vigilant guard thee ! 14. They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them ! 15. Into converse with the living Vayu, Indra, Dhatar, and saving Savitar shall put thee ; breath II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 55 and strength shall not leave thee ! Thy (life's) spirit do we call back to thee. 16. Convulsions that draw the jaws together, darkness, shall not come upon thee, nor (the demon) that tears out the tongue (?) ! How shalt thou then waste away ? The Adityas and Vasus, Indra and Agni shall raise thee up unto well-being! 17. The heavens, the earth, Pra^apati, have rescued thee. The plants with Soma their king have delivered thee from death. 18. Let this man remain right here, ye gods, let him not depart hence to yonder world ! We rescue him from death with (a charm) of thousandfold strength. 19. I have delivered thee from death. The (powers) that furnish strength shall breathe upon thee. The (mourning women) with dishevelled hair, they that wail lugubriously, shall not wail over thee ! 20. I have snatched thee (from death), I have obtained thee ; thou hast returned with renewed youth. O thou, that art (now) sound of limb, for thee sound sight, and sound life have I obtained. 21. It has shone upon thee, light has arisen, darkness has departed from thee. We remove from thee death, destruction, and disease. VIII, 2, Prayer for exemption from the dangers of death. 1. Take hold of this (charm) that subjects to immortality (life), may thy life unto old age not be cut off! I bring to thee anew breath and life: go not to mist and darkness, do not waste away ! 56 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. Come hither to the light of the living; I rescue thee unto a life of a hundred autumns ! Loosing the bands of death and imprecation, I bestow upon thee long life extended very far. 3. From the wind thy breath I have obtained, from the sun thine eye ; thy soul I hold fast in thee : be together with thy limbs, speak articulating with thy tongue ! 4. With the breath of two-footed and four-footed creatures I blow upon thee, as on Agni when he is born (as on fire when kindled). I have paid rever- ence, O death, to thine eye, reverence to thy breath. 5. This (man) shall live and shall not die : we rouse this man (to life) ! I make for him a remedy : 0 death, do not slay the man ! 6.
2hen he is born (as on fire when kindled). I have paid rever- ence, O death, to thine eye, reverence to thy breath. 5. This (man) shall live and shall not die : we rouse this man (to life) ! I make for him a remedy : 0 death, do not slay the man ! 6. The plant ^ivala (' quickening '), na-gha-risha (' forsooth-no-harm '), and ^Ivantf ('living'), a victo- rious, mighty saviour-plant do I invoke, that he may be exempt from injury. 7. Befriend him, do not seize him, let him go, (O death) ; though he be thy very own, let him abide here with unimpaired strength ! O Bhava and .Sarva, take pity, grant protection ; misfortune drive away, and life bestow ! 8. Befriend him, death, and pity him : may he from here arise ! Unharmed, with sound limbs, hearing perfectly, through old age carrying a hundred years, let him get enjoyment by himself (unaided) ! 9. The missile of the gods shall pass thee by ! 1 pass thee across the mist (of death) ; from death I have rescued thee. Removing far the flesh- devouring Agni, a barrier do I set around thee, that thou mayest live. 10. From thy misty road that cannot be withstood, II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 57 O death, from this path (of thine) we guard this (man), and make our charm a protection for him. 11. In-breathing and out-breathing do I prepare for thee, death in old age, long life, and prosperity. All the messengers of Yama, that roam about, dis- patched by Vivasvant's son, do I drive away. 12. Arati (grudge), Nirrz'ti (destruction), Grahi (seizure), and the flesh-devouring Vis&kas (do we drive) away to a distance, and hurl all wicked Rakshas away into darkness as it were. 13. I crave thy life's breath from the immortal, life-possessing Agni 6atavedas. That thou shalt not take harm, shalt be immortal in (Agni's) com- pany, that do I procure for thee, and that shall be fulfilled for thee ! 14. May heaven and earth, the bestowers of hap- piness, be auspicious and harmless to thee ; may the sun shine, and the wind blow comfort to thy heart ; may the heavenly waters, rich in milk, flow upon thee kindly ! 15. May the plants be auspicious to thee ! I have raised thee from the lower to the upper earth : there may both the Adityas, the sun and the moon, pro- tect thee. 16. Whatever garment for clothing, or whatever girdle thou makest for thyself, agreeable to thy body do we render it ; not rough to thy touch shall it be ! 1 7. When thou, the barber, shearest with thy sharp well-whetted razor our hair and beard, do not, while cleansing our face, rob us of our life ! 18.
3irdle thou makest for thyself, agreeable to thy body do we render it ; not rough to thy touch shall it be ! 1 7. When thou, the barber, shearest with thy sharp well-whetted razor our hair and beard, do not, while cleansing our face, rob us of our life ! 18. Rice and barley shall be auspicious to thee, causing no balasa, inflicting no injury ! They two drive away disease, they two release from calamity. 58 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 19. Whatever thou eatest or drinkest, the grain of the plough-land or milk, whatever is or is not to be eaten, all that food do I render for thee free from poison. 20. To day and to night both do we commit thee : from the demons that seek to devour, do ye preserve this (man) for me ! 21. A hundred years, ten thousand years, two, three, four ages (yuga) do we allot to thee ; Indra and Agni, and all the gods without anger shall favour thee ! 22. To autumn thee, to winter, spring and summer, do we commit ; the rains in which grow the plants shall be pleasant to thee ! 23. Death rules over bipeds, death rules over quadrupeds. From that death, the lord of cattle, do I rescue thee : do not fear ! 24. Free from harm thou shalt not die ; thou shalt not die : do not fear ! Verily, they do not die there, they do not go to the nethermost dark- ness ; — 25. Verily, every creature lives there, the cow, the horse, and man, where this charm is performed, as the (protecting) barrier for life. 26. May it preserve thee from sorcery, from thy equals and thy kin ! Undying be, immortal, exceed- ingly vital ; thy spirits shall not abandon thy body ! 27. From the one and a hundred deaths, from the dangers that are surmountable, from that Agni Vaisv&nara (the funeral pyre ?) may the gods deliver thee ! 28. Thou, the remedy called putudru, art the body of Agni, the deliverer, slayer of Rakshas, slayer of rivals, moreover thou chasest away disease. II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 59 V, 30. Prayer for exemption from disease and death. 1. From near thy vicinity, from near thy distance (do I call) : remain here, do not follow ; do not follow the Fathers of yore ! Firmly do I fasten thy life's breath. 2. Whatever sorcery any kinsman or stranger has practised against thee, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 3. If thou hast deceived or cursed a woman or a man in thy folly, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 4.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1thee, may he that protects and is vigilant guard thee ! 14. They shall guard thee, they shall protect thee. Reverence be to them. Hail be to them ! 15. Into converse with the living Vayu, Indra, Dhatar, and saving Savitar shall put thee ; breath II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 55 and strength shall not leave thee ! Thy (life's) spirit do we call back to thee. 16. Convulsions that draw the jaws together, darkness, shall not come upon thee, nor (the demon) that tears out the tongue (?) ! How shalt thou then waste away ? The Adityas and Vasus, Indra and Agni shall raise thee up unto well-being! 17. The heavens, the earth, Pra^apati, have rescued thee. The plants with Soma their king have delivered thee from death. 18. Let this man remain right here, ye gods, let him not depart hence to yonder world ! We rescue him from death with (a charm) of thousandfold strength. 19. I have delivered thee from death. The (powers) that furnish strength shall breathe upon thee. The (mourning women) with dishevelled hair, they that wail lugubriously, shall not wail over thee ! 20. I have snatched thee (from death), I have obtained thee ; thou hast returned with renewed youth. O thou, that art (now) sound of limb, for thee sound sight, and sound life have I obtained. 21. It has shone upon thee, light has arisen, darkness has departed from thee. We remove from thee death, destruction, and disease. VIII, 2, Prayer for exemption from the dangers of death. 1. Take hold of this (charm) that subjects to immortality (life), may thy life unto old age not be cut off! I bring to thee anew breath and life: go not to mist and darkness, do not waste away ! 56 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. Come hither to the light of the living; I rescue thee unto a life of a hundred autumns ! Loosing the bands of death and imprecation, I bestow upon thee long life extended very far. 3. From the wind thy breath I have obtained, from the sun thine eye ; thy soul I hold fast in thee : be together with thy limbs, speak articulating with thy tongue ! 4. With the breath of two-footed and four-footed creatures I blow upon thee, as on Agni when he is born (as on fire when kindled). I have paid rever- ence, O death, to thine eye, reverence to thy breath. 5. This (man) shall live and shall not die : we rouse this man (to life) ! I make for him a remedy : 0 death, do not slay the man ! 6.
2hen he is born (as on fire when kindled). I have paid rever- ence, O death, to thine eye, reverence to thy breath. 5. This (man) shall live and shall not die : we rouse this man (to life) ! I make for him a remedy : 0 death, do not slay the man ! 6. The plant ^ivala (' quickening '), na-gha-risha (' forsooth-no-harm '), and ^Ivantf ('living'), a victo- rious, mighty saviour-plant do I invoke, that he may be exempt from injury. 7. Befriend him, do not seize him, let him go, (O death) ; though he be thy very own, let him abide here with unimpaired strength ! O Bhava and .Sarva, take pity, grant protection ; misfortune drive away, and life bestow ! 8. Befriend him, death, and pity him : may he from here arise ! Unharmed, with sound limbs, hearing perfectly, through old age carrying a hundred years, let him get enjoyment by himself (unaided) ! 9. The missile of the gods shall pass thee by ! 1 pass thee across the mist (of death) ; from death I have rescued thee. Removing far the flesh- devouring Agni, a barrier do I set around thee, that thou mayest live. 10. From thy misty road that cannot be withstood, II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 57 O death, from this path (of thine) we guard this (man), and make our charm a protection for him. 11. In-breathing and out-breathing do I prepare for thee, death in old age, long life, and prosperity. All the messengers of Yama, that roam about, dis- patched by Vivasvant's son, do I drive away. 12. Arati (grudge), Nirrz'ti (destruction), Grahi (seizure), and the flesh-devouring Vis&kas (do we drive) away to a distance, and hurl all wicked Rakshas away into darkness as it were. 13. I crave thy life's breath from the immortal, life-possessing Agni 6atavedas. That thou shalt not take harm, shalt be immortal in (Agni's) com- pany, that do I procure for thee, and that shall be fulfilled for thee ! 14. May heaven and earth, the bestowers of hap- piness, be auspicious and harmless to thee ; may the sun shine, and the wind blow comfort to thy heart ; may the heavenly waters, rich in milk, flow upon thee kindly ! 15. May the plants be auspicious to thee ! I have raised thee from the lower to the upper earth : there may both the Adityas, the sun and the moon, pro- tect thee. 16. Whatever garment for clothing, or whatever girdle thou makest for thyself, agreeable to thy body do we render it ; not rough to thy touch shall it be ! 1 7. When thou, the barber, shearest with thy sharp well-whetted razor our hair and beard, do not, while cleansing our face, rob us of our life ! 18.
3irdle thou makest for thyself, agreeable to thy body do we render it ; not rough to thy touch shall it be ! 1 7. When thou, the barber, shearest with thy sharp well-whetted razor our hair and beard, do not, while cleansing our face, rob us of our life ! 18. Rice and barley shall be auspicious to thee, causing no balasa, inflicting no injury ! They two drive away disease, they two release from calamity. 58 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 19. Whatever thou eatest or drinkest, the grain of the plough-land or milk, whatever is or is not to be eaten, all that food do I render for thee free from poison. 20. To day and to night both do we commit thee : from the demons that seek to devour, do ye preserve this (man) for me ! 21. A hundred years, ten thousand years, two, three, four ages (yuga) do we allot to thee ; Indra and Agni, and all the gods without anger shall favour thee ! 22. To autumn thee, to winter, spring and summer, do we commit ; the rains in which grow the plants shall be pleasant to thee ! 23. Death rules over bipeds, death rules over quadrupeds. From that death, the lord of cattle, do I rescue thee : do not fear ! 24. Free from harm thou shalt not die ; thou shalt not die : do not fear ! Verily, they do not die there, they do not go to the nethermost dark- ness ; — 25. Verily, every creature lives there, the cow, the horse, and man, where this charm is performed, as the (protecting) barrier for life. 26. May it preserve thee from sorcery, from thy equals and thy kin ! Undying be, immortal, exceed- ingly vital ; thy spirits shall not abandon thy body ! 27. From the one and a hundred deaths, from the dangers that are surmountable, from that Agni Vaisv&nara (the funeral pyre ?) may the gods deliver thee ! 28. Thou, the remedy called putudru, art the body of Agni, the deliverer, slayer of Rakshas, slayer of rivals, moreover thou chasest away disease. II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 59 V, 30. Prayer for exemption from disease and death. 1. From near thy vicinity, from near thy distance (do I call) : remain here, do not follow ; do not follow the Fathers of yore ! Firmly do I fasten thy life's breath. 2. Whatever sorcery any kinsman or stranger has practised against thee, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 3. If thou hast deceived or cursed a woman or a man in thy folly, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 4.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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