Mythology & Folklore

Atharva Veda 19.34: A protective charm addressed to the panacea called A Jangida

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

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Jangida, thou art Angiras: thou art a guardian, Jangida.
Let Jangida, keep safely all our bipeds and our quadrupeds.

Dice-witcheries, the fifty-threes, the hundred witchcraft-practi-sers, All these may Jangida make weak, bereft of their effectual force.

Baffle the loud factitious howl, make impotent the seven decays.
As when an archer speeds the shaft, drive away want, O Jangida,

This counteracts the sorceress, this banishes malignity: Then may victorious Jangida's prolong the days we have to live.

Let Jangida's protecting might encompass us on every side.
Wherewith he quells Vishkandha and Sanskandha, might by greater might.

Three times the Gods engendered thee fixt on the surface of the earth; The Brāhmans of the olden time knew that thy name was Angiras;

The ancient plants surpass thee not, nor any herbs of recent days.
A potent charm is Jangida, a most felicitous defence.

Then when thou sprangest into life, Jangida of un-measured strength, Indra, O mighty One, bestowed great power upon thee from the first.

To thee in truth, O Forest Tree, Indra the mighty One gave strength.
Driving away all maladies, strike thou the demons down, O Plant.

Lumbago and rheumatic pain, consumptive cough, and pleurisy, And fever which each Autumn brings, may Jangida make-powerless.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.34: A protective charm addressed to the panacea called A Jangida.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/502/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.34: A protective charm addressed to the panacea called A Jangida.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/502/.

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