Atharva Veda 4.9

ehi jīvaṃ trāyamāṇaṃ parvatasyāsy akṣyam viśvebhir devair dattaṃ paridhir jīvanāya kam

For protection etc.: with a certain ointment

Come thou, rescuing the living one; of the mountain art thou for the eyes (?), given by all the gods, an enclosure (paridhí) in order to living.

paripāṇaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ paripāṇaṃ gavāṃ asi aśvānām arvatām paripāṇāya tasthiṣe

Protection (paripā́ṇa) of men (púruṣa), protection of kine art thou; in order to the protection of coursing (árvant) horses hast thou stood.

utāsi paripāṇam yātujambhanam āñjana utāmṛtasya tvaṃ vetthātho asi jīvabhojanam atho haritabheṣajam

Both art thou a protection, grinder-up of familiar demons (yātú), O ointment, and of what is immortal thou knowest; likewise art thou gratification (-bhójana) of the living, likewise remedy of jaundice (hárita-).

yasyāñjana prasarpasy aṅgamaṅgam paruṣparuḥ tato yakṣmaṃ vi bādhasa ugro madhyamaśīr iva

Of whomsoever, O ointment, thou creepest over limb after limb, joint after joint, from thence thou drivest away the yákṣma, like a formidable mid-lier (madhyamaçī́).

nainaṃ prāpnoti śapatho na kṛtyā nābhiśocanam nainaṃ viṣkandham aśnute yas tvā bibharty āñjana

Curse attains him not, nor witchcraft, nor scorching; víṣkandha reaches him not who beareth thee, O ointment.

asanmantrād duṣvapnyād duṣkṛtācchamalād uta durhārdaś cakṣuṣo ghorāt tasmān naḥ pāhy āñjana

From wrong spell, from evil dreaming, from evil deed, from pollution also, from the terrible eye of an enemy—therefrom protect us, ointment.

idaṃ vidvān āñjana satyaṃ vakṣyāmi nānṛtam saneyam aśvaṃ gām aham ātmānaṃ tava pūruṣa

Knowing this, O ointment, I shall speak truth, not falsehood; may I win (san) a horse, a cow, thy soul, O man (púruṣa).

trayo dāsā āñjanasya takmā balāsa ād ahiḥ varṣiṣṭhaḥ parvatānāṃ trikakun nāma te pitā

Three are the slaves (dāsá) of the ointment—fever (takmán), balā́sa, then snake: the highest of mountains, three-peaked (trikakúd) by name, [is] thy father.

yad āñjanaṃ traikakudam jātaṃ himavatas pari yātūṃś ca sarvāñ jambhayat sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

The ointment that is of the three-peaked [mountain], born from the snowy one (himávant)—may it grind up all the familiar demons and all the sorceresses.

yadi vāsi traikakudaṃ yadi yāmunam ucyase ubhe te bhadre nāmnī tābhyāṃ naḥ pāhy āñjana

If thou art of the three-peaked [mountain], or if thou art called of the Yamunā—both thy names are excellent; by them protect us, O ointment.