Atharva Veda
Against various evils: with a plant
īśāṇāṃ tvā bheṣajānām ujjeṣa ā rabhāmahe cakre sahasravīryam sarvasmā oṣadhe tvā
Against various evils: with a plant
Thee, the mistress of remedies, O conquering one (ujjeṣá), we take hold of; I have made thee a thing of thousand-fold energy (-vīryà) for every one, O herb.
satyajitaṃ śapathayāvanīṃ sahamānāṃ punaḥsarām sarvāḥ sam ahvy oṣadhīr ito naḥ pārayād iti
The truly-conquering, the curse-repelling, the overcoming, the reverted one (punaḥsará)—all the herbs have I called together, saying "may they (?) save us from this."
yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā
She that hath cursed with cursing, that hath taken malignity as her root, that hath seized on [our] young to take [its] sap—let her eat [her own] offspring.
yāṃ te cakrur āme pātre yāṃ cakrur nīlalohite āme māṃse kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakrus tayā kṛtyākṛto jahi
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the raw vessel (pā́tra), what they have made in the blue-red one, in raw flesh what witchcraft they have made—with that do thou smite the witchcraft-makers.
dauṣvapnyaṃ daurjīvityaṃ rakṣo abhvam arāyyaḥ durṇāmnīḥ sarvā durvācas tā asman nāśayāmasi
Evil-dreaming, evil-living, demon, monster (abhvà), hags, all the ill-named (f.), ill-voiced—them we make disappear from us.
kṣudhāmāraṃ tṛṣṇāmāram agotām anapatyatām apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe
Death by hunger, death by thirst, kinelessness, childlessness—through thee, O off-wiper (apāmārgá), we wipe off all that.
tṛṣṇāmāraṃ kṣudhāmāraṃ atho akṣaparājayam apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe
Death by thirst, death by hunger, likewise defeat at dice—through thee, O off-wiper, we wipe off all that.
apāmārga oṣadhīnāṃ sarvāsām eka id vaśī tena te mṛjma āsthitam atha tvam agadaś cara
The off-wiper is indeed of all herbs the sole controller (vaçín); with it we wipe [off] what has befallen (ā́sthita) thee; then do thou go about free from disease.