Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 10 — Chapter 1

AV 10 1.1

यां कल्पयन्ति वहतौ वधूम् इव विश्वरूपां हस्तकृतां चिकित्सवः । साराद् एत्व् अप नुदाम एनाम्

yāṃ kalpayanti vahatau vadhūm iva viśvarūpāṃ hastakṛtāṃ cikitsavaḥ | sārād etv apa nudāma enām

Her whom the skilled ones fit out, hand-made, all-formed, like a bride in the wedding procession — let her go from the core; we push her away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.2

शीर्षण्वती नस्वती कर्णिणी कृत्याकृता संभृता विश्वरूपा । साराद् एत्व् अप नुदाम एनाम्

śīrṣaṇvatī nasvatī karṇiṇī kṛtyākṛtā saṃbhṛtā viśvarūpā | sārād etv apa nudāma enām

Having a head, having a nose, having ears, made as witchcraft, put together, all-formed — let her go from the core; we push her away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.3

शूद्रकृता राजकृता स्त्रीकृता ब्रह्मभिः कृता । जाया पत्या नुत्तेव कर्तारं बन्ध्व् ऋछतु

śūdrakṛtā rājakṛtā strīkṛtā brahmabhiḥ kṛtā | jāyā patyā nutteva kartāraṃ bandhv ṛchatu

Made by a śūdra, made by a king, made by a woman, made by brahmans — like a wife thrust away by her husband, let her come to her maker, to (his) kin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.4

अनयाहम् ओषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम् । यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर् यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु

anayāham oṣadhyā sarvāḥ kṛtyā adūduṣam | yāṃ kṣetre cakrur yāṃ goṣu yāṃ vā te puruṣeṣu

With this plant I have spoiled all witchcrafts — that which they made in the field, that in the cattle, or that in thy men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.5

अघम् अस्त्व् अघकृते शपथः शपथीयते । प्रत्यक् प्रतिप्रहिण्मो यथा कृत्याकृतं हनत्

agham astv aghakṛte śapathaḥ śapathīyate | pratyak pratiprahiṇmo yathā kṛtyākṛtaṃ hanat

Let the evil be for the evil-doer; the curse is (turned back) upon the curser. Back (upon him) we hurl (it) in return, so that it may slay the maker of the witchcraft.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.6

प्रतीचीन आङ्गिरसो ऽध्यक्षो नः पुरोहितः । प्रतीचीः कृत्या आकृत्यामून् कृत्याकृतो जहि

pratīcīna āṅgiraso 'dhyakṣo naḥ purohitaḥ | pratīcīḥ kṛtyā ākṛtyāmūn kṛtyākṛto jahi

Facing (them) is the Āṅgirasa, our overseer, our purohita. Turning the witchcrafts back to face (them), strike yonder makers of witchcraft!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.7

यस् त्वोवाच परेहीति प्रतिकूलम् उदाय्यम् । तं कृत्ये ऽभिनिवर्तस्व मास्मान् इछो अनागसः

yas tvovāca parehīti pratikūlam udāyyam | taṃ kṛtye 'bhinivartasva māsmān icho anāgasaḥ

He who said to you "Go forth!"—against the current, up the stream—against him, O witchcraft, turn back; do not seek us, who are guiltless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.8

यस् ते परूंषि संदधौ रथस्येव र्भुर् धिया । तं गछ तत्र ते ऽयनम् अज्ञातस् ते ऽयं जनः

yas te parūṃṣi saṃdadhau rathasyeva rbhur dhiyā | taṃ gacha tatra te 'yanam ajñātas te 'yaṃ janaḥ

He who joined together your joints, as a skilled craftsman (joins those) of a chariot with his art—go to him; there is your way; this person (here) is unknown to you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.9

ये त्वा कृत्वालेभिरे विद्वला अभिचारिणः । शंभ्व् इदं कृत्यादूषणं प्रतिवर्त्म पुनःसरं तेन त्वा स्नपयामसि

ye tvā kṛtvālebhire vidvalā abhicāriṇaḥ | śaṃbhv idaṃ kṛtyādūṣaṇaṃ prativartma punaḥsaraṃ tena tvā snapayāmasi

Those knowing sorcerers who took hold of you when you had been made (as witchcraft)—this is the kindly spoiler of witchcraft, that turns (it) back, that runs back again; with it we bathe you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.10

यद् दुर्भगां प्रस्नपितां मृतवत्साम् उपेयिम । अपैतु सर्वं मत् पापं द्रविणं मोप तिष्ठतु

yad durbhagāṃ prasnapitāṃ mṛtavatsām upeyima | apaitu sarvaṃ mat pāpaṃ draviṇaṃ mopa tiṣṭhatu

In that we have gone to an ill-fortuned woman, one bathed (after childbirth?), one whose child has died—let all the evil go away from me; let wealth attend me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.11

यत् ते पितृभ्यो ददतो यज्ञे वा नाम जगृहुः । संदेश्यात् सर्वस्मात् पापाद् इमा मुञ्चन्तु त्वौषधीः

yat te pitṛbhyo dadato yajñe vā nāma jagṛhuḥ | saṃdeśyāt sarvasmāt pāpād imā muñcantu tvauṣadhīḥ

If, while you were giving to the Fathers or at the sacrifice, they have taken (your) name—from all evil that comes by such assignment let these plants release you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.12

देवैनसात् पित्र्यान् नामग्राहात् संदेश्याद् अभिनिष्कृतात् । मुञ्चन्तु त्वा वीरुधो वीर्येण ब्रह्मणा ऋग्भिः पयसा ऋषीणाम्

devainasāt pitryān nāmagrāhāt saṃdeśyād abhiniṣkṛtāt | muñcantu tvā vīrudho vīryeṇa brahmaṇā ṛgbhiḥ payasā ṛṣīṇām

From sin against the gods, from that (coming) from the Fathers, from the seizing of the name, from what is assigned, from what has been prepared (by sorcery)—let the plants release you by their power, by the sacred formula, by the verses, by the milk of the seers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.13

यथा वातश् च्यावयति भूम्या रेणुम् अन्तरिक्षाच् चाभ्रम् । एवा मत् सर्वं दुर्भूतं ब्रह्मनुत्तम् अपायति

yathā vātaś cyāvayati bhūmyā reṇum antarikṣāc cābhram | evā mat sarvaṃ durbhūtaṃ brahmanuttam apāyati

As the wind shakes the dust from the earth and the cloud from the mid-air, so from me all ill-condition, thrust away by the formula, goes away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.14

अप क्राम नानदती विनद्धा गर्दभीव । कर्तॄन् नक्षस्वेतो नुत्ता ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता

apa krāma nānadatī vinaddhā gardabhīva | kartṝn nakṣasveto nuttā brahmaṇā vīryāvatā

Go away, bellowing, tied up like a she-ass. Reach from here those who made you, thrust (there) by the powerful formula.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.15

अयं पन्थाः कृत्येति त्वा नयामो ऽभिप्रहितां प्रति त्वा प्र हिण्मः । तेनाभि याहि भञ्जत्य् अनस्वतीव वाहिनी विश्वरूपा कुरूतिनी

ayaṃ panthāḥ kṛtyeti tvā nayāmo 'bhiprahitāṃ prati tvā pra hiṇmaḥ | tenābhi yāhi bhañjaty anasvatīva vāhinī viśvarūpā kurūtinī

"This is the path, O witchcraft"—thus we lead you; you that were sent against (us) we send back in return. Go along it, breaking (them), like a draft-beast without a cart, (you) of every form, kurūtinī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.16

पराक् ते ज्योतिर् अपथं ते अर्वाग् अन्यत्रास्मद् अयना कृणुष्व । परेणेहि नवतिं नाव्या अति दुर्गाः स्रोत्या मा क्षणिष्ठाः परेहि

parāk te jyotir apathaṃ te arvāg anyatrāsmad ayanā kṛṇuṣva | pareṇehi navatiṃ nāvyā ati durgāḥ srotyā mā kṣaṇiṣṭhāḥ parehi

Far away be your light; pathless be (the path) hither for you; make your goings elsewhere than to us. Go past, beyond ninety navigable, difficult streams; do not be harmed—go forth!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.17

वात इव वृक्षान् नि मृणीहि पादय मा गाम् अश्वं पुरुषम् उच् छिष एषाम् । कर्तॄन् निवृत्येतः कृत्ये ऽप्रजास्त्वाय बोधय

vāta iva vṛkṣān ni mṛṇīhi pādaya mā gām aśvaṃ puruṣam uc chiṣa eṣām | kartṝn nivṛtyetaḥ kṛtye 'prajāstvāya bodhaya

Like the wind, crush the trees down, fell (them); do not leave over of theirs a cow, a horse, a man. Turning back from here upon those who made you, O witchcraft, rouse (them) to childlessness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.18

यां ते बर्हिषि यां श्मशाने क्षेत्रे कृत्यां वलगं वा निचख्नुः । अग्नौ वा त्वा गार्हपत्ये ऽभिचेरुः पाकं सन्तं धीरतरा अनागसम्

yāṃ te barhiṣi yāṃ śmaśāne kṣetre kṛtyāṃ valagaṃ vā nicakhnuḥ | agnau vā tvā gārhapatye 'bhiceruḥ pākaṃ santaṃ dhīratarā anāgasam

The witchcraft or the hidden charm which they have buried for you in the barhis, in the burial-ground, in the field, or (with which) they have bewitched you in the household fire—the craftier ones (bewitching) you who are simple and guiltless:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.19

उपाहृतम् अनुबुद्धं निखातं वैरं त्सार्य् अन्व् अविदाम कर्त्रम् । तद् एतु यत आभृतं तत्राश्व इव वि वर्ततां हन्तु कृत्याकृतः प्रजाम्

upāhṛtam anubuddhaṃ nikhātaṃ vairaṃ tsāry anv avidāma kartram | tad etu yata ābhṛtaṃ tatrāśva iva vi vartatāṃ hantu kṛtyākṛtaḥ prajām

Brought near, discovered, buried—the enmity, the stealthy thing—we have tracked down the (sorcerer's) work. Let it go to the place from which it was brought; let it roll back there like a horse; let it slay the offspring of the makers of witchcraft.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.20

स्वायसा असयः सन्ति नो गृहे विद्मा ते कृत्ये यतिधा परूंषि । उत् तिष्ठैव परेहीतो ऽज्ञाते किम् इहेछसि

svāyasā asayaḥ santi no gṛhe vidmā te kṛtye yatidhā parūṃṣi | ut tiṣṭhaiva parehīto 'jñāte kim ihechasi

There are swords of good iron in our house; we know, O witchcraft, how many your joints are. Just stand up and go forth from here, O unknown one—what do you want here?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.21

ग्रीवास् ते कृत्ये पादौ चापि कर्त्स्यामि निर् द्रव । इन्द्राग्नी अस्मान् रक्षतां यौ प्रजानां प्रजावती

grīvās te kṛtye pādau cāpi kartsyāmi nir drava | indrāgnī asmān rakṣatāṃ yau prajānāṃ prajāvatī

Your neck, O witchcraft, and your feet too I shall cut off. Run out! Let Indra and Agni protect us, the two who are rich in offspring among creatures.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.22

सोमो राजाधिपा मृडिता च भूतस्य नः पतयो मृडयन्तु

somo rājādhipā mṛḍitā ca bhūtasya naḥ patayo mṛḍayantu

King Soma, the overlord and the merciful one—let the lords of what exists be merciful to us.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.23

भवाशर्वाव् अस्यतां पापकृते कृत्याकृते । दुष्कृते विद्युतं देवहेतिम्

bhavāśarvāv asyatāṃ pāpakṛte kṛtyākṛte | duṣkṛte vidyutaṃ devahetim

Let Bhava and Śarva hurl at the evil-doer, the maker of witchcraft, the ill-doer, the lightning, the gods' missile.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.24

यद्य् एयथ द्विपदी चतुष्पदी कृत्याकृता संभृता विश्वरूपा । सेतो ऽष्टापदी भूत्वा पुनः परेहि दुछुने

yady eyatha dvipadī catuṣpadī kṛtyākṛtā saṃbhṛtā viśvarūpā | seto 'ṣṭāpadī bhūtvā punaḥ parehi duchune

If you have come, two-footed, four-footed, made as witchcraft, put together, of every form—having become eight-footed here, go forth again, O calamity!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.25

अभ्यक्ताक्ता स्वरंकृता सर्वं भरन्ती दुरितं परेहि । जानीहि कृत्ये कर्तारं दुहितेव पितरं स्वम्

abhyaktāktā svaraṃkṛtā sarvaṃ bharantī duritaṃ parehi | jānīhi kṛtye kartāraṃ duhiteva pitaraṃ svam

Anointed with ointment, made beautiful, carrying every evil, go away; know, O kṛtyā, your maker, as a daughter (knows) her own father.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.26

परेहि कृत्ये मा तिष्ठो विद्धस्येव पदं नय । मृगः स मृगयुस् त्वं न त्वा निकर्तुम् अर्हति

parehi kṛtye mā tiṣṭho viddhasyeva padaṃ naya | mṛgaḥ sa mṛgayus tvaṃ na tvā nikartum arhati

Go away, O kṛtyā, do not stand still; track (him) as (one tracks) the trail of a wounded beast; he is the game, you are the hunter — he is not able to cut you down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.27

उत हन्ति पूर्वासिनं प्रत्यादायापर इष्वा । उत पूर्वस्य निघ्नतो नि हन्त्य् अपरः प्रति

uta hanti pūrvāsinaṃ pratyādāyāpara iṣvā | uta pūrvasya nighnato ni hanty aparaḥ prati

And the later one, taking back with an arrow, strikes the one who shot first; and when the former strikes down, the later one strikes back in return.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 10 1.28

एतद् धि शृणु मे वचो ऽथेहि यत एयथ । यस् त्वा चकार तं प्रति

etad dhi śṛṇu me vaco 'thehi yata eyatha | yas tvā cakāra taṃ prati

Hear, then, this word of mine, and go back whence you came; (go) against him who made you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.29

अनागोहत्या वै भीमा कृत्ये मा नो गाम् अश्वं पुरुषं वधीः । यत्रयत्रासि निहिता ततस् त्वोत् थापयामसि पर्णाल् लघीयसी भव

anāgohatyā vai bhīmā kṛtye mā no gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ vadhīḥ | yatrayatrāsi nihitā tatas tvot thāpayāmasi parṇāl laghīyasī bhava

The slaying of the guiltless is a fearful thing indeed, O kṛtyā: do not kill our cow, our horse, our man. Wherever you have been deposited, from there we make you rise up; become lighter than a leaf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.30

यदि स्थ तमसावृता जालेनभिहिता इव । सर्वाः संलुप्येतः कृत्याः पुनः कर्त्रे प्र हिण्मसि

yadi stha tamasāvṛtā jālenabhihitā iva | sarvāḥ saṃlupyetaḥ kṛtyāḥ punaḥ kartre pra hiṇmasi

If you are covered over with darkness, as if fastened down with a net — plucking up all the kṛtyās from here, we send (them) back to their maker.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.31

कृत्याकृतो वलगिनो ऽभिनिष्कारिणः प्रजाम् । मृणीहि कृत्ये मोच् छिषो ऽमून् कृत्याकृतो जहि

kṛtyākṛto valagino 'bhiniṣkāriṇaḥ prajām | mṛṇīhi kṛtye moc chiṣo 'mūn kṛtyākṛto jahi

Crush, O kṛtyā, the offspring of the makers of kṛtyā, of the buriers of valagas, of the plotters; do not leave (any) over; slay those makers of kṛtyā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 10 1.32

यथा सूर्यो मुच्यते तमसस् परि रात्रिं जहात्य् उषसश्च केतून् । एवाहं सर्वं दुर्भूतं कर्त्रं कृत्याकृता कृतं हस्तीव रजो दुरितं जहामि

yathā sūryo mucyate tamasas pari rātriṃ jahāty uṣasaśca ketūn | evāhaṃ sarvaṃ durbhūtaṃ kartraṃ kṛtyākṛtā kṛtaṃ hastīva rajo duritaṃ jahāmi

As the sun is released from darkness, leaves behind the night and the banners of the dawns, so do I leave behind every ill-fated thing, the spell made by the maker of kṛtyā — as an elephant (shakes off) dust, (I leave behind) the evil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition