Atharvaveda · Sūkta 10.4
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10.4.1
इन्द्रस्य प्रथमो रथो देवानामपरो रथो वरुणस्य तृतीय इत् ।
अहीनामपमा रथ स्थानुमारदथार्षत् ॥ १०.४.१ ॥
The first chariot is Indra's, the second the gods', the third indeed Varuṇa's. O chariot, drive the snakes away; shatter the post.
10.4.2
दर्भः शोचिस्तरूणकमश्वस्य वारः परुषस्य वारः ।
रथस्य बन्धुरम् ॥ १०.४.२ ॥
Darbha grass is brilliance, a little grass of the horse, the hair of the spotted one, the binding of the chariot.
10.4.3
अव श्वेत पदा जहि पूर्वेण चापरेण च ।
उदप्लुतमिव दार्वहीनामरसं विषं वारुग्रम् ॥ १०.४.३ ॥
O white one, strike down with the front foot and with the rear, as the poison of the wood-snakes, floated up, is juiceless and terrible.
10.4.4
अरंघुषो निमज्योन्मज पुनरब्रवीत् ।
उदप्लुतमिव दार्वहीनामरसं विषं वारुग्रम् ॥ १०.४.४ ॥
The one who does not hiss, diving down and rising again, spoke: like the poison of the wood-snakes floated up, juiceless and terrible.
10.4.5
पैद्वो हन्ति कसर्णीलं पैद्वः श्वित्रमुतासितम् ।
पैद्वो रथर्व्याः शिरः सं बिभेद पृदाक्वाः ॥ १०.४.५ ॥
Paidva kills the kasarṇīla; Paidva kills the white leprosy and the dark one too; Paidva split the head of the Rathaṛvī, the head of the spotted snake.
10.4.6
पैद्व प्रेहि प्रथमोऽनु त्वा वयमेमसि ।
अहीन् व्यस्यतात्पथो येन स्मा वयमेमसि ॥ १०.४.६ ॥
O Paidva, go forth first; we follow after you. May he cast away the paths of the snakes, so that we may go on.
10.4.7
इदं पैद्वो अजायतेदमस्य परायणम् ।
इमान्यर्वतः पदाहिघ्न्यो वाजिनीवतः ॥ १०.४.७ ॥
This was born from Paidva; this is its refuge. These are the serpent-slaying hoofprints of the swift, strong horses.
10.4.8
संयतं न वि ष्परद्व्यात्तं न सं यमत् ।
अस्मिन् क्षेत्रे द्वावही स्त्री च पुमांश्च तावुभावरसा ॥ १०.४.८ ॥
What is bound, let it not come apart; what is drawn tight, let no one loosen. In this place are two serpents, female and male; may both be without poison.
10.4.9
अरसास इहाहयो ये अन्ति ये च दूरके ।
घनेन हन्मि वृश्चिकमहिं दण्डेनागतम् ॥ १०.४.९ ॥
Harmless serpents here, both those near and those far away: with the club I strike the scorpion, with the staff I strike the serpent that has come.
10.4.10
अघाश्वस्येदं भेषजमुभयो स्वजस्य च ।
इन्द्रो मेऽहिमघायन्तमहिं पैद्वो अरन्धयत् ॥ १०.४.१० ॥
This is the remedy of Aghāśva and of both the self-born ones. Indra, for my sake, subdued the serpent that wished me harm; Paidva subdued the serpent.
10.4.11
पैद्वस्य मन्महे वयं स्थिरस्य स्थिरधाम्नः ।
इमे पश्चा पृदाकवः प्रदीध्यत आसते ॥ १०.४.११ ॥
We honour Paidva, the firm one of firm abode. These spotted serpents sit shining behind.
10.4.12
नष्टासवो नष्टविषा हता इन्द्रेण वज्रिणा ।
जघानेन्द्रो जघ्निमा वयम् ॥ १०.४.१२ ॥
Their life-breath gone, their poison gone, they were slain by Indra, the thunderbolt-wielder. Indra struck down the one to be struck; we are here.
10.4.13
हतास्तिरश्चिराजयो निपिष्टासः पृदाकवः ।
दर्विं करिक्रतं श्वित्रं दर्भेष्वसितं जहि ॥ १०.४.१३ ॥
Slain are the crooked-striped snakes, crushed are the spotted ones. The wood-borer, the crawler, the white one—smite them in the kuśa grass; smite the dark one too.
10.4.14
कैरातिका कुमारिका सका खनति भेषजम् ।
हिरण्ययीभिरभ्रिभिर्गिरीनामुप सानुषु ॥ १०.४.१४ ॥
The Kirāta maiden, the young girl, digs up the healing herb with golden spades on the slopes of the mountains.
10.4.15
आयमगन् युवा भिषक्पृश्निहापराजितः ।
स वै स्वजस्य जम्भन उभयोर्वृश्चिकस्य च ॥ १०.४.१५ ॥
The young physician has come, slayer of spotted snakes, unconquered. He indeed (heals) the bite of the svaja and the bite of both—the scorpion as well.
10.4.16
इन्द्रो मेऽहिमरन्धयन् मित्रश्च वरुणश्च ।
वातापर्जन्योभा ॥ १०.४.१६ ॥
Indra subdued the serpent for me; Mitra and Varuṇa too; Vāta and Parjanya, both.
10.4.17
इन्द्रो मेऽहिमरन्धयत्पृदाकुं च पृदाक्वम् ।
स्वजं तिरश्चिराजिं कसर्णीलं दशोनसिम् ॥ १०.४.१७ ॥
Indra subdued the serpent for me—the spotted one and the spotted female as well; the svaja, the crooked-striped one, the kasarṇīla, the ten-nosed one.
10.4.18
इन्द्रो जघान प्रथमं जनितारमहे तव ।
तेषामु तृह्यमाणानां कः स्वित्तेषामसद्रसः ॥ १०.४.१८ ॥
Indra first struck down your begetter, the serpent. Of those being crushed, whose essence would it be?
10.4.19
सं हि शीर्षाण्यग्रभं पौञ्जिष्ठ इव कर्वरम् ।
सिन्धोर्मध्यं परेत्य व्यनिजमहेर्विषम् ॥ १०.४.१९ ॥
I have seized the heads together, as a pauñjiṣṭha seizes the speckled one. Going to the middle of the river, I have washed away the serpent's poison.
10.4.20
अहीनां सर्वेषां विषं परा वहन्तु सिन्धवः ।
हतास्तिरश्चिराजयो निपिष्टासः पृदाकवः ॥ १०.४.२० ॥
May the rivers carry away the poison of all serpents. The crooked-going serpents are struck down; the pṛdāku serpents are crushed.
10.4.21
ओषधीनामहं वृण उर्वरीरिव साधुया ।
नयाम्यर्वतीरिवाहे निरैतु विषम् ॥ १०.४.२१ ॥
I choose the herbs as one chooses fertile fields well; I drive them on as one drives mares. O serpent, let the poison come out.
10.4.22
यदग्नौ सूर्ये विषं पृथिव्यामोषधीषु यत् ।
कान्दाविषं कनक्नकं निरैत्वैतु ते विषम् ॥ १०.४.२२ ॥
The poison that is in fire, in the sun, in the earth, and in the herbs, the kāndā-poison and the kanakṇaka-poison, let it go out; let your poison go out.
10.4.23
ये अग्निजा ओषधिजा अहीनां ये अप्सुजा विद्युत आबभूवुः ।
येषां जातानि बहुधा महान्ति तेभ्यः सर्पेभ्यो नमसा विधेम ॥ १०.४.२३ ॥
Those serpents born of fire and born of herbs, who came to be as lightnings born of the waters, whose great kinds are manifold, to those serpents let us pay homage with reverence.
10.4.24
तौदी नामासि कन्या घृताची नाम वा असि ।
अधस्पदेन ते पदमा ददे विषदूषणम् ॥ १०.४.२४ ॥
You are the maiden named Taudī, or you are named Ghṛtācī. With the lower foot I take hold of your foot, O poison-remover.
10.4.25
अङ्गादङ्गात्प्र च्यावय हृदयं परि वर्जय ।
अधा विषस्य यत्तेजोऽवाचीनं तदेतु ते ॥ १०.४.२५ ॥
Drive the poison forth from limb to limb; wholly remove it from the heart. Then whatever potency the poison has, let it go away from you, downward and backward.
10.4.26
आरे अभूद्विषमरौद्विषे विषमप्रागपि ।
अग्निर्विषमहेर्निरधात्सोमो निरणयीत् ।
दंष्टारमन्वगाद्विषमहिरमृत ॥ १०.४.२६ ॥
The poison has gone far away; poison has gone from poison, and forward too. Agni has cast out the serpent's poison; Soma has led it out. The poison followed the biting fang; the serpent has become immortal.