Atharva Veda 8.5

ayaṃ pratisaro maṇir vīro vīrāya badhyate vīryavānt sapatnahā śūravīraḥ paripāṇaḥ sumaṅgalaḥ

Against witchcraft etc.: with an amulet

This reverting amulet, a hero, is bound on a hero; heroic, rival-slaying, true hero, a very propitious protection.

ayaṃ maṇiḥ sapatnahā suvīraḥ sahasvān vājī sahamāna ugraḥ pratyak kṛtyā dūṣayann eti vīraḥ

This amulet, rival-slaying, having excellent heroes, powerful, vigorous, overpowering, formidable, a hero, goes to meet the witchcrafts, spoiling [them].

anenendro maṇinā vṛtram ahann anenāsurān parābhāvayan manīṣī anenājayad dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ime anenājayat pradiśaś catasraḥ

With this amulet Indra smote Vritra; with this he, being filled with wisdom, ruined the Asuras; with this he conquered both, heaven-and-earth here; with this he conquered the four directions.

ayaṃ srāktyo maṇiḥ pratīvartaḥ pratisaraḥ ojasvān vimṛdho vaśī so asmān pātu sarvataḥ

This amulet of sraktyá, back-turning, reverting, forcible, remover of scorners, controlling—let it protect us on all sides.

tad agnir āha tad u soma āha bṛhaspatiḥ savitā tad indraḥ te me devāḥ purohitāḥ pratīcīḥ kṛtyāḥ pratisarair ajantu

This Agni says, this also Soma says, this Brihaspati, Savitar, Indra; let these gods, my representatives (puróhita), drive the witchcrafts backward with the reverters.

antar dadhe dyāvāpṛthivī utāhar uta sūryam te me devāḥ purohitāḥ pratīcīḥ kṛtyāḥ pratisarair ajantu

I interpose heaven-and-earth, also the day, also the sun; let these gods, my representatives, drive the witchcrafts backward with the reverters.

ye srāktyaṃ maṇiṃ janā varmāṇi kṛṇvate sūrya iva divam āruhya vi kṛtyā bādhate vaśī

The people who make the amulet of sraktyá their defenses—like the sun ascending the sky, it, controlling, drives away the witchcrafts.

srāktyena maṇinā ṛṣiṇeva manīṣiṇā ajaiṣaṃ sarvāḥ pṛtanā vi mṛdho hanmi rakṣasaḥ

By the amulet of sraktyá, as by a seer (ṛ́ṣi) full of wisdom, I have conquered all fighters; I smite away the scorners, the demoniacs.

yāḥ kṛtyā āṅgirasīr yāḥ kṛtyā āsurīr yāḥ kṛtyāḥ svayaṃkṛtā yā u cānyebhir ābhṛtāḥ ubhayīs tāḥ parā yantu parāvato navatiṃ nāvyā ati

The witchcrafts that are of the An̄girases, the witchcrafts that are of the Asuras, the witchcrafts that are self-made, and those that are brought by others—let these, of both kinds, go away to the distances, across ninety navigable [streams].

This verse is not included in this edition.

On this man let the gods bind the amulet [as] defense: [namely,] Indra, Vishṇu, Savitar, Rudra, Agni, Prajāpati, Parameshṭhin, Virāj, Vāiçvānara, and all_ the seers.

uttamo asy oṣadhīnām anaḍvān jagatām iva vyāghraḥ śvapadām iva yam aicchāmāvidāma taṃ pratispāśanam anti tam

Thou art the chief (uttamá) of herbs, as the ox of moving creatures (jágat), as the tiger of wild beasts (çvápad); whom we sought, him have we found, a watcher near at hand (?).

sa id vyāghro bhavaty atho siṃho atho vṛṣā atho sapatnakarśano yo bibhartīmaṃ maṇim

He verily becomes a tiger, likewise a lion, likewise a bull, likewise a lessener of rivals, who bears this amulet.

nainaṃ ghnanty apsaraso na gandharvā na martyāḥ sarvā diśo vi rājati yo bibhartīmaṃ maṇim

Not Apsarases smite him, not Gandharvas, not mortals; he reigns over (vi-rāj) all the quarters who bears this amulet.

kaśyapas tvām asṛjata kaśyapas tvā sam airayat abibhas tvendro mānuṣe bibhrat saṃśreṣiṇe 'jayat maṇiṃ sahasravīryaṃ varma devā akṛṇvata

Kaçyapa created thee; Kaçyapa collected thee; Indra bore thee in human wise (?); bearing [thee], he conquered in the conflict (?); the amulet, of thousand-fold might, the gods made their defense.

yas tvā kṛtyābhir yas tvā dīkṣābhir yajñair yas tvā jighāṃsati pratyak tvam indra taṃ jahi vajreṇa śataparvaṇā

Whoever with witchcrafts, whoever with consecrations, whoever with sacrifices desires to slay thee—him do thou, O Indra, smite back with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt.

ayam id vai pratīvarta ojasvān saṃjayo maṇiḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ ca rakṣatu paripāṇaḥ sumaṅgalaḥ

Let this back-turning, forcible, all-conquering amulet verily defend [our] progeny and riches, a very propitious protection.

asapatnaṃ no adharād asapatnaṃ na uttarāt indrāsapatnaṃ naḥ paścāj jyotiḥ śūra puras kṛdhi

Freedom from rivals for us below, freedom from rivals for us above, freedom from rivals for us behind, O Indra, light in front make thou, O hero.

varma me dyāvāpṛthivī varmāhar varma sūryaḥ varma ma indraś cāgniś ca varma dhātā dadhātu me

A defense for me [be] heaven-and-earth, a defense the day, a defense the sun, a defense for me both Indra and Agni; a defense let Dhātar assign (dhā) to me.

aindrāgnaṃ varma bahulaṃ yad ugraṃ viśve devā nātividhyanti sarve tan me tanvaṃ trāyatāṃ sarvato bṛhad āyuṣmāṁ jaradaṣṭir yathāsāni

Indra-and-Agni's abundant formidable defense, which not all the gods together pierce through—let that, being great, save my body on all sides, that I may be long-lived, attaining old age.

ā mārukṣad devamaṇir mahyā ariṣṭatātaye imaṃ methim abhisaṃviśadhvaṃ tanūpānaṃ trivarūtham ojase

The divine amulet hath ascended me, in order to great unharmedness; enter ye together unto this post (? methí), body-protecting, thrice-defending, in order to vigor (ójas).

asminn indro ni dadhātu nṛmṇam imaṃ devāso abhisaṃviśadhvam dīrghāyutvāya śataśāradāyāyuṣmān jaradaṣṭir yathāsat

In this let Indra deposit manliness; this, O gods, enter ye together unto, in order to long life-time of a hundred autumns; that he may be long-lived, attaining old age.

svastidā viśāṃ patir vṛtrahā vimṛdho vaśī indro badhnātu te maṇiṃ jigīvāṁ aparājitaḥ somapā abhayaṅkaro vṛṣā

Giver of welfare, lord of the people, Vritra-slayer, masterful remover of scorners, let Indra bind ⌊for thee⌋ the amulet, [he] that has conquered, is unconquered, soma-drinking, fearless-making bull; let him defend thee on all sides, by day and by night on all sides.