Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book VII/Hymn 42 (43)
42 (43). To Soma and Rudra.
[Praskaṇva.—dvyṛcam. mantroktadevatyam. trāiṣṭubham.]
Found also in Pāipp. i. Used in Kāuç. (32. 3) with hymn 29 etc.: see that hymn.
Translated: Henry, 15, 71; Griffith, i. 346.
1. O Soma-and-Rudra, eject asunder the disease that has entered our household; drive far to a distance perdition; any committed sin put away from us.
The first three pādas occur in RV. vi. 74. 2 (a, b, c) and MS. iv. 11. 2, and the last two (repeating c) in RV. i. 24. 9 and MS. i. 3. 39; TS. i. 8. 225 has the whole verse. At beginning of c, all (RV.MS. in the former occurrence) have āre bādhethām, omitting dūrám (in the latter occurrence, RV. bā́dhasva dūre, MS. āré bādhasva; both mumugdhi in d). Ppp. reads, in c, dveṣo nirṛtiṁ ca, and in d asmāt. The comm. explains gayam as gṛhaṁ çarīraṁ vā. ⌊We had c, d also above at vi. 97. 2; see also TS. i. 4. 451, which has dvéṣo like Ppp.⌋
2. O Soma-and-Rudra, do ye put all these remedies in our bodies; untie, loosen from us what committed sin may be bound in our bodies.
Found also in RV. (vi. 74. 3), TS.MS. (as above) ⌊TS. yúvam, by misprint⌋; all read asmé for the ungrammatical asmát in a, and the translation follows them; and they have ásti for ásat in c.