Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 28
AV 1 28.1
उप प्रागाद् देवो अग्नी रक्षोहामीवचातनः । दहन्न् अप द्वयाविनो यातुधानान् किमीदिनः
upa prāgād devo agnī rakṣohāmīvacātanaḥ | dahann apa dvayāvino yātudhānān kimīdinaḥ
The god Agni has come forth, slayer of demons, dispeller of disease, burning away the double-dealers, the sorcerers, the kimīdins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
God Agni hath come forth to us, fiend-slayer, chaser of disease, Burning the Yātudhānas up, Kimidins, and deceitful ones.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 28.2
प्रति दह यातुधानान् प्रति देव किमीदिनः । प्रतीचीः कृष्णवर्तने सं दह यातुधान्यः
prati daha yātudhānān prati deva kimīdinaḥ | pratīcīḥ kṛṣṇavartane saṃ daha yātudhānyaḥ
Burn against the sorcerers, burn against the kimīdins, O god; burn up the sorceresses turned back toward (you), O you of the black track.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Consume the Yātudhānas, God! meet the Kimidins with thy flame: Burn up the Yātudhānis as they face thee, thou whose path is black!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 28.3
या शशाप शपनेन याघं मूरम् आदधे । या रसस्य हरणाय जातम् आरेभे तोकम् अत्तु सा
yā śaśāpa śapanena yāghaṃ mūram ādadhe | yā rasasya haraṇāya jātam ārebhe tokam attu sā
She who has cursed with a curse, who has laid on an evil root, who to carry off the sap has seized the newborn child — let her eat (her own offspring).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
She who hath cursed us with a curse, or hath conceived a murderous sin; Or seized our son to take his blood, let her devour the child she bare.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 1 28.4
पुत्रम् अत्तु यातुधानीः स्वसारम् उत नप्त्यम् । अधा मिथो विकेश्यो वि घ्नतां यातुधान्यो वि तृह्यन्ताम् अराय्यः
putram attu yātudhānīḥ svasāram uta naptyam | adhā mitho vikeśyo vi ghnatāṃ yātudhānyo vi tṛhyantām arāyyaḥ
Let the sorceress eat (her own) son, and sister, and granddaughter; then let the dishevelled sorceresses smite one another apart, let the arāyī-demonesses be torn apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Let her, the Yātudhāni eat son, sister, and her daughter's. child. Now let the twain by turns destroy the wild-haired Yātudhānis- and crush down Arāyis to the earth!
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)