Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book I

Book I.

The first book is made up mostly of hymns of 4 verses each, and no other ground of its existence as a book needs to be sought. It contains 30 such hymns, but also one (34) of 5 verses, two (11 and 29) of 6 verses, one (7) of 7, and one (3) of 9. There are conjectural reasons to be given in more than one of these cases for the exceptional length. Hymns of 4 verses are also found in books vi. and vii. (12 in vi., and 11 in vii.), also 9 in xix. The whole book has been translated by Weber, Indische Studien, vol. iv. (1858), pages 393-430.

Hymn- number		Page
I. Book the first
1	For the retention of sacred learning	1
2	Against injury and disease: with a reed	2
3	Against obstruction of urine: with a reed	3
4	To the waters: for blessings	4
5	To the waters: for blessings	5
6	To the waters: for blessings	6
7	To Agin: for the discovery of sorcerers	7
8	To Agni and other gods: for the discovery of sorcerers	8
9	For some one's advancement and success	9
10	For some one's release from Varuṇa's wrath	10
11	For successful childbirth	11
12	Against various ailments (as results of lightning?)	12
13	Deterrent homage to lightning	14
14	Imprecation of spinsterhood on a woman	15
15	With an oblation: for confluence of wealth	16
16	Against demons: with an amulet of lead	17
17	To stop the vessels of the body	18
18	Against unlucky marks	19
19	Against enemies	20
20	Against enemies and their weapons	21
21	Against enemies	22
22	Against yellowness (jaundice)	22
23	Against leprosy: with a healing herb	23
24	Against leprosy	24
25	Against fever (takmán)	25
26	For protection from the wrath of the gods	26
27	Against various evils	27
28	Against sorcerers and witches	28
29	For a chief's success: with an amulet	29
30	For protection : to all the gods	30
31	To the divine guardians of the quarters	31
32	Cosmogonic	32
33	To the waters: for blessings	33
34	A love-spell: with a sweet herb	34
35	For long life etc.; with a gold amulet	35