
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (healing hymn; specific ṛṣi attribution not fixed here)
Devata: Añjana (personified remedy); Āpaḥ as auxiliary deities
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
Is mantra mein Anjana naam ki dawa ko special banaya ja raha hai. Yeh aankhon ke liye kaajal jaisi medicine hai jo life aur health ke liye bahut acchi hai. Pani ko bhi ismein shamil kiya gaya hai jo dawa ko saaf aur safe rakhta hai. Yeh herb sabse best bataya gaya hai jo bimari aur buri cheezon se bachata hai. Mitra aur Varuna ji is dawa ko protect karte hain. Isse aankhein saaf dikhti hain aur insaan healthy rehta hai.
Mantra 1
भैषज्यम्। आयु॑षोऽसि प्र॒तर॑णं॒ विप्रं॑ भेष॒जमु॑च्यसे । तदा॑ञ्जन॒ त्वं शं॑ताते॒ शमापो॒ अभ॑यं कृतम्
Yeh ek ilaaj hai. Tu zindagi ko aage badhane wala hai, tujhe bada acha dawa bola jaata hai. Hey Anjana, kalyan aur shanti ke liye paani se bhaag door kar de.
Mantra 2
यो ह॑रि॒मा जा॒यान्यो॑ऽङ्गभे॒दो वि॒सल्प॑कः । सर्वं॑ ते॒ यक्ष्म॒मङ्गे॑भ्यो ब॒हिर्नि॑र्ह॒न्त्वाञ्ज॑नम्
Jo peelaapan hai, jo jaayanya rog hai, jo ang todne wala dard hai, jo visalpak hai, sab tere angon se bimari bahar nikal de. Anjana use door bhaag de.
Mantra 3
आञ्ज॑नं पृथि॒व्यां जा॒तं भ॒द्रं पु॑रुष॒जीव॑नम्। कृ॒णोत्वप्र॑मायुकं॒ रथ॑जूति॒मना॑गसम्
Anjan naam ki cheez dharti par paida hui hai. Yeh insaan ke liye bhadi hai, uski jaan bachati hai. Iski yeh dua hai ki insaan ka waqt se pehle maut na ho. Yeh rath ki tarah tez hai aur kisi tarah ki buri baat nahi.
Mantra 4
प्राण॑ प्रा॒णं त्रा॑य॒स्वासो॒ अस॑वे मृड । निरृ॑ते॒ निरृ॑त्या नः॒ पाशे॑भ्यो मुञ्च
Hey pran, humari saans ko bacha. Humari jaan pe meharbani kar. Buri taqat aur uske phande se humein azaad kar de. Hum us phandon mein phans na jaayen.
Mantra 5
सिन्धो॒र्गर्भो॑ऽसि वि॒द्युतां॒ पुष्प॑म्। वातः॑ प्रा॒णः सूर्य॒श्चक्षु॑र्दि॒वस्पयः॑
Tu nadi ke beej jaisa hai, bijli ke phool jaisa. Hawa teri saans hai, suraj teri aankh hai. Aasman ka doodh tera khana hai.
Mantra 6
देवा॑ञ्जन॒ त्रैक॑कुदं॒ परि॑ मा पाहि वि॒श्वतः॑ । न त्वा॑ तर॒न्त्योष॑धयो॒ बाह्याः॑ पर्व॒तीया॑ उ॒त
Hey bhagwan ki dawa, Traikakuda naam wali, mujhe charo taraf se bacha. Koi bhi jadi-booti tujhse aage nahi ja sakti. Na yahan ki, na pahad wali, koi nahi.
Mantra 7
वी॒३दं मध्य॒मवा॑सृपद् रक्षो॒हामी॑व॒चात॑नः । अमी॑वाः॒ सर्वा॑श्चा॒तय॑न् ना॒शय॑दभि॒भा इ॒तः
Yeh Vida dawa andar ghus gayi. Buri aatma aur bimari ko maarne wali hai. Sab bimariyon ko bhaga ke, dushman taakaton ko yahan se khatam kar diya.
Mantra 8
ब॒ह्वि॒३दं रा॑जन् वरु॒णानृ॑तमाह॒ पूरु॑षः । तस्मा॑त् सहस्रवीर्य मु॒ञ्च नः॒ पर्यंह॑सः
Hey Raja Varuna, insaan bahut jhooth bol deta hai. Aap hazaaron gun wale ho, toh humein is gunaah se azaad kar do. Hum yeh pichle paap se phans gaye hain, aap humein chhod do.
Mantra 9
यदापो॑ अ॒घ्न्या इति॒ वरु॒णेति॒ यदू॑चि॒म। तस्मा॑त् सहस्रवीर्य मु॒ञ्च नः॒ पर्यंह॑सः
Humne kaha ki paani ko nahi chhedna chahiye. Humne Varun ka naam liya. Ab tu apni taakat se humein is takleef se aazaad kar. Tu bahut bada balwan hai.
Mantra 10
मि॒त्रश्च॑ त्वा॒ वरु॑णश्चानु॒प्रेय॑तुराञ्जन । तौ त्वा॑नु॒गत्य॑ दू॒रं भो॒गाय॒ पुन॒रोह॑तुः
Mitra aur Varun tumhare paas aaye hain, he Anjan. Woh dono tumhare saath chale aur door se khushi le kar wapas aaye hain.
Añjana is a medicinal unguent/collyrium (often used for the eyes) that the hymn personifies and praises as a divine remedy capable of healing and protecting the patient.
The Waters represent purification and soothing power; in this hymn they help make the remedy bring śam (peace/welfare) and abhayam (fearlessness), as if sealing the medicine’s safety and efficacy.
Traditionally it functions as a consecration charm: the practitioner recites the verses over añjana (often mixed with clean water) and then applies it as a therapeutic/protective unguent, repeating as needed for recovery and safeguarding.
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