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1ery 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. If thou liest (ill) in consequence of a sin com- mitted by thy mother or thy father, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 5. Fight shy of the medicine which thy mother and thy father, thy sister and thy brother let out against thee : I shall cause thee to live unto old age! 6. Remain here, O man, with thy entire soul ; do not follow the two messengers of Yama : come to the abodes of the living ! 7. Return when called, knowing the outlet of the path (death), the ascent, the advance, the road of every living man ! 8. Fear not, thou shalt not die : I shall cause thee to live unto old age ! I have charmed away from thy limbs the disease that wastes the limbs. 9. The disease that racks and wastes thy limbs, and the sickness in thy heart, has flown as an eagle to a far distance, overcome by my charm. 60 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 10. The two sages Alert and Watchful, the sleep- less and the vigilant, these two guardians of thy life's breath, are awake both day and night. 1 1 . Agni here is to be revered ; the sun shall rise here for thee : rise thou from deep death, yea from black darkness ! 12. Reverence be to Yama, reverence to death; reverence to the Fathers and to those that lead (to them) [death's messengers ?] ! That Agni who knows the way to save do I engage for this man, that he be exempt from harm ! 13. His breath shall come, his soul shall come, his sight shall come, and, too, his strength ! His body shall collect itself: then shall he stand firm upon his feet ! 14. Unite him, Agni, with breath and sight, pro- vide him with a body and with strength ! Thou hast a knowledge of immortality: let him not now depart, let him not now become a dweller in a house of clay ! 15. Thy in-breathing shall not cease, thy out- breathing shall not vanish ; Surya (the sun), the supreme lord, shall raise thee from death with his rays ! 16. This tongue (of mine), bound (in the mouth, yet) mobile, speaks within : with it I have charmed away disease, and the hundred torments of the takman (fever). 1 7. This world is most dear to the gods, uncon- quered. For whatever death thou wast destined when thou wast born, O man, that (death) and we call after thee : do not die before old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 6 1 IV, 9.
2kman (fever). 1 7. This world is most dear to the gods, uncon- quered. For whatever death thou wast destined when thou wast born, O man, that (death) and we call after thee : do not die before old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 6 1 IV, 9. Salve (a/^ana) as a protector of life and limb. 1. Come hither! Thou art the living, protecting eye-ointment of the mountain, given by all the gods as a safeguard, unto life. 2. Thou art a protection for men, a protection for cattle, thou didst stand for the protection of horses and steeds. 3. Thou art, O salve, both a protection that crushes the sorcerers, and thou hast knowledge of immortality (amr/ta), Moreover, thou art food for the living, and thou art, too, a remedy against jaundice. 4. From him over whose every limb and every joint thou passest, O salve, thou dost, as a mighty intercepter, drive away disease. 5. Him that bears thee, O salve, neither curse, nor sorcery, nor burning pain does reach ; nor does the vishkandha come upon him. 6. From evil scheme, from troubled dream, from evil deed, and also from foulness ; from the evil eye of the enemy, from this protect us, O salve ! 7. Knowing this, O salve, I shall speak the truth, avoid falsehood. May I obtain horses and cattle, and thy person, O serving-man ! 8. Three are servants of the salve : the takman (fever), the balasa, and the serpent. The highest of the mountains, Trikakud ('Three-peaks') by name, is thy father. 9. Since the salve of Trikakud is born upon the Himavant, it shall demolish all the wizards and all the witches. 62 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 10. Whether thou art derived from the (mountain) Trikakud, or art said to come from the (river) Yamuna, both these names of thine are auspicious : with these, O salve, protect us ! IV, 10. The pearl and its shell as an amulet bestowing long life and prosperity. i. Born of the wind, the atmosphere, the light- ning, and the light, may this pearl shell, born of gold, protect us from straits ! 2. With the shell which was born in the sea, at the head of bright substances, we slay the Rakshas and conquer the Atrins (devouring demons). 3. With the shell (we conquer) disease and poverty ; with the shell, too, the Sadanvas. The shell is our universal remedy; the pearl shall pro- tect us from straits ! 4. Born in the heavens, born in the sea, brought on from the river (Sindhu), this shell, born of gold, is our life-prolonging amulet. 5.
3poverty ; with the shell, too, the Sadanvas. The shell is our universal remedy; the pearl shall pro- tect us from straits ! 4. Born in the heavens, born in the sea, brought on from the river (Sindhu), this shell, born of gold, is our life-prolonging amulet. 5. The amulet, born from the sea, a sun, born from Wztra (the cloud), shall on all sides protect us from the missiles of the gods and the Asuras ! 6. Thou art one of the golden substances, thou art born from Soma (the moon). Thou art sightly on the chariot, thou art brilliant on the quiver. [May it prolong our lives !] 7. The bone of the gods turned into pearl ; that, animated, dwells in the waters. That do I fasten upon thee unto life, lustre, strength, longevity, unto a life lasting a hundred autumns. May the (amulet) of pearl protect thee ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 63 XIX, 26. Gold as an amulet for long life. 1. The gold which is born from fire, the immortal, they bestowed upon the mortals. He who knows this deserves it ; of old age dies he who wears it. 2. The gold, (endowed by) the sun with beautiful colour, which the men of yore, rich in descendants, did desire, may it gleaming envelop thee in lustre ! Long-lived becomes he who wears it ! 3. (May it envelop) thee unto (long) life, unto lustre, unto force, and unto strength, that thou shalt by the brilliancy of the gold shine forth among people ! 4. (The gold) which king Varu;/a knows, which god Brzhaspati knows, which Indra, the slayer of Wztra, knows, may that become for thee a source of life, may that become for thee a source of lustre ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND ENEMIES (ABHIZARIKANI AND Ktf/TYAPRATIHARATVANI). I, 7. Against sorcerers and demons. 1. The sorcerer (yatudhana) that vaunts himself, and the Kimldin do thou, O Agni, convey hither ! For thou, O god, when lauded, becomest the de- stroyer of the demon. 2. Partake of the ghee, of the sesame-oil, O Agni Catavedas, that standest on high, conquerest by thyself ! Make the sorcerers howl ! 3. The sorcerers and the devouring (atrin) Kimi- din shall howl ! Do ye, moreover, O Agni and Indra, receive graciously this our oblation f 4. Agni shall be the first to seize them, Indra with his (strong) arms shall drive them away! Every wizard, as soon as he comes, shall proclaim himself, saying, ' I am he ' ! 5. We would see thy might, O Catavedas ; dis- close to us the wizards, O thou that beholdest men ! May they all, driven forth by thy fire, disclosing themselves, come to this spot ! 6.
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.
1ery 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. If thou liest (ill) in consequence of a sin com- mitted by thy mother or thy father, both release and deliverance with my voice do I declare for thee. 5. Fight shy of the medicine which thy mother and thy father, thy sister and thy brother let out against thee : I shall cause thee to live unto old age! 6. Remain here, O man, with thy entire soul ; do not follow the two messengers of Yama : come to the abodes of the living ! 7. Return when called, knowing the outlet of the path (death), the ascent, the advance, the road of every living man ! 8. Fear not, thou shalt not die : I shall cause thee to live unto old age ! I have charmed away from thy limbs the disease that wastes the limbs. 9. The disease that racks and wastes thy limbs, and the sickness in thy heart, has flown as an eagle to a far distance, overcome by my charm. 60 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 10. The two sages Alert and Watchful, the sleep- less and the vigilant, these two guardians of thy life's breath, are awake both day and night. 1 1 . Agni here is to be revered ; the sun shall rise here for thee : rise thou from deep death, yea from black darkness ! 12. Reverence be to Yama, reverence to death; reverence to the Fathers and to those that lead (to them) [death's messengers ?] ! That Agni who knows the way to save do I engage for this man, that he be exempt from harm ! 13. His breath shall come, his soul shall come, his sight shall come, and, too, his strength ! His body shall collect itself: then shall he stand firm upon his feet ! 14. Unite him, Agni, with breath and sight, pro- vide him with a body and with strength ! Thou hast a knowledge of immortality: let him not now depart, let him not now become a dweller in a house of clay ! 15. Thy in-breathing shall not cease, thy out- breathing shall not vanish ; Surya (the sun), the supreme lord, shall raise thee from death with his rays ! 16. This tongue (of mine), bound (in the mouth, yet) mobile, speaks within : with it I have charmed away disease, and the hundred torments of the takman (fever). 1 7. This world is most dear to the gods, uncon- quered. For whatever death thou wast destined when thou wast born, O man, that (death) and we call after thee : do not die before old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 6 1 IV, 9.
2kman (fever). 1 7. This world is most dear to the gods, uncon- quered. For whatever death thou wast destined when thou wast born, O man, that (death) and we call after thee : do not die before old age ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 6 1 IV, 9. Salve (a/^ana) as a protector of life and limb. 1. Come hither! Thou art the living, protecting eye-ointment of the mountain, given by all the gods as a safeguard, unto life. 2. Thou art a protection for men, a protection for cattle, thou didst stand for the protection of horses and steeds. 3. Thou art, O salve, both a protection that crushes the sorcerers, and thou hast knowledge of immortality (amr/ta), Moreover, thou art food for the living, and thou art, too, a remedy against jaundice. 4. From him over whose every limb and every joint thou passest, O salve, thou dost, as a mighty intercepter, drive away disease. 5. Him that bears thee, O salve, neither curse, nor sorcery, nor burning pain does reach ; nor does the vishkandha come upon him. 6. From evil scheme, from troubled dream, from evil deed, and also from foulness ; from the evil eye of the enemy, from this protect us, O salve ! 7. Knowing this, O salve, I shall speak the truth, avoid falsehood. May I obtain horses and cattle, and thy person, O serving-man ! 8. Three are servants of the salve : the takman (fever), the balasa, and the serpent. The highest of the mountains, Trikakud ('Three-peaks') by name, is thy father. 9. Since the salve of Trikakud is born upon the Himavant, it shall demolish all the wizards and all the witches. 62 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 10. Whether thou art derived from the (mountain) Trikakud, or art said to come from the (river) Yamuna, both these names of thine are auspicious : with these, O salve, protect us ! IV, 10. The pearl and its shell as an amulet bestowing long life and prosperity. i. Born of the wind, the atmosphere, the light- ning, and the light, may this pearl shell, born of gold, protect us from straits ! 2. With the shell which was born in the sea, at the head of bright substances, we slay the Rakshas and conquer the Atrins (devouring demons). 3. With the shell (we conquer) disease and poverty ; with the shell, too, the Sadanvas. The shell is our universal remedy; the pearl shall pro- tect us from straits ! 4. Born in the heavens, born in the sea, brought on from the river (Sindhu), this shell, born of gold, is our life-prolonging amulet. 5.
3poverty ; with the shell, too, the Sadanvas. The shell is our universal remedy; the pearl shall pro- tect us from straits ! 4. Born in the heavens, born in the sea, brought on from the river (Sindhu), this shell, born of gold, is our life-prolonging amulet. 5. The amulet, born from the sea, a sun, born from Wztra (the cloud), shall on all sides protect us from the missiles of the gods and the Asuras ! 6. Thou art one of the golden substances, thou art born from Soma (the moon). Thou art sightly on the chariot, thou art brilliant on the quiver. [May it prolong our lives !] 7. The bone of the gods turned into pearl ; that, animated, dwells in the waters. That do I fasten upon thee unto life, lustre, strength, longevity, unto a life lasting a hundred autumns. May the (amulet) of pearl protect thee ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH. 63 XIX, 26. Gold as an amulet for long life. 1. The gold which is born from fire, the immortal, they bestowed upon the mortals. He who knows this deserves it ; of old age dies he who wears it. 2. The gold, (endowed by) the sun with beautiful colour, which the men of yore, rich in descendants, did desire, may it gleaming envelop thee in lustre ! Long-lived becomes he who wears it ! 3. (May it envelop) thee unto (long) life, unto lustre, unto force, and unto strength, that thou shalt by the brilliancy of the gold shine forth among people ! 4. (The gold) which king Varu;/a knows, which god Brzhaspati knows, which Indra, the slayer of Wztra, knows, may that become for thee a source of life, may that become for thee a source of lustre ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND ENEMIES (ABHIZARIKANI AND Ktf/TYAPRATIHARATVANI). I, 7. Against sorcerers and demons. 1. The sorcerer (yatudhana) that vaunts himself, and the Kimldin do thou, O Agni, convey hither ! For thou, O god, when lauded, becomest the de- stroyer of the demon. 2. Partake of the ghee, of the sesame-oil, O Agni Catavedas, that standest on high, conquerest by thyself ! Make the sorcerers howl ! 3. The sorcerers and the devouring (atrin) Kimi- din shall howl ! Do ye, moreover, O Agni and Indra, receive graciously this our oblation f 4. Agni shall be the first to seize them, Indra with his (strong) arms shall drive them away! Every wizard, as soon as he comes, shall proclaim himself, saying, ' I am he ' ! 5. We would see thy might, O Catavedas ; dis- close to us the wizards, O thou that beholdest men ! May they all, driven forth by thy fire, disclosing themselves, come to this spot ! 6.
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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