Sukta 23
सूक्तम् 23
Shlokas (4)
+ Add ShlokaAtharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 1 (शत्रुनिवारणम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.23.1
न॒क्तं॒जा॒तास्यो॑षधे॒ रामे॒ कृष्णे॒ असि॑क्नि च । इ॒दं र॑जनि रजय कि॒लासं॑ पलि॒तं च॒ यत्॥१॥
naktaṃjātāsy oṣadhe rāme kṛṣṇe asikni ca idaṃ rajani rajaya kilāsaṃ palitaṃ ca yat
Born at night are you, O herb—dark as Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, and Asiknī. By this night remove and sweep away leukoderma and graying hair.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 2 (शत्रुनिवारणम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.23.2
कि॒लासं॑ च पलि॒तं च॒ निरि॒तो ना॑शया॒ पृष॑त्। आ त्वा॒ स्वो वि॑शतां॒ वर्णः॒ परा॑ शु॒क्लानि॑ पातय ॥२॥
kilāsaṃ ca palitaṃ ca nirito nāśayā pṛṣat ā tvā svo viśatāṃ varṇaḥ parā śuklāni pātaya
Drive out and destroy leukoderma and graying hair, O Pṛṣat. Let your own hue enter in; cast off the white patches far away.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 3 (शत्रुनिवारणम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.23.3
असि॑तं ते प्र॒लय॑नमा॒स्थान॒मसि॑तं॒ तव॑ । असि॑क्न्यस्योषधे॒ निरि॒तो ना॑शया॒ पृष॑त्॥३॥
asitaṃ te pralayanam āsthānam asitaṃ tava asikny asy oṣadhe nirito nāśayā pṛṣat
Your place of dissolving is dark, your seat is dark. O dark herb, O Pṛṣat, drive out and destroy the disease.
Atharvaveda — Kanda 1, Sukta 23, Mantra 4 (शत्रुनिवारणम्।)
Atharvaveda (Shaunaka Samhita) · Chapter Kanda 1 · Verse 1.23.4
अ॒स्थि॒जस्य॑ कि॒लास॑स्य तनू॒जस्य॑ च॒ यत् त्व॒चि। दूष्या॑ कृ॒तस्य॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ लक्ष्म॑ श्वे॒तम॑नीनशम्॥४॥
asthijasya kilāsasya tanūjasya ca yat tvaci dūṣyā kṛtasya brahmaṇā lakṣma śvetam anīnaśam
Of the bone-born leukoderma and that arising from the skin’s offspring, of what the Brāhmaṇa has spoiled—this white mark I blot out.