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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 12 — Chapter 5

AV 12 5.2

सत्येनावृता श्रिया प्रावृता यशसा परीवृता

satyenāvṛtā śriyā prāvṛtā yaśasā parīvṛtā

Enveloped in truth, wrapped round with splendour, encompassed with glory,

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Invested with truth, surrounded with honour, compassed about with glory;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.3

स्वधया परिहिता श्रद्धया पर्यूढा दीक्षया गुप्ता यज्ञे प्रतिष्ठिता लोको निधनम्

svadhayā parihitā śraddhayā paryūḍhā dīkṣayā guptā yajñe pratiṣṭhitā loko nidhanam

girt about with svadhā, covered over with faith, guarded by consecration, established in the sacrifice — the world (is her) resting-place.

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Girt round with inherent power, fortified with faith, protected, by consecration, installed at sacrifice, the world her resting- place;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.4

ब्रह्म पदवायं ब्राह्मणो ऽधिपतिः

brahma padavāyaṃ brāhmaṇo 'dhipatiḥ

The brahman is the track to be followed; the Brāhmaṇa is the overlord.

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Brahma her guide, the Brāhman her lord and ruler;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.5

ताम् आददानस्य ब्रह्मगवीं जिनतो ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियस्य

tām ādadānasya brahmagavīṃ jinato brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatriyasya

Of the Kṣatriya who takes that brahman-cow, who wrongs the Brāhmaṇa —

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Of the Kshatriya who taketh to himself this Brāhman's cow and oppresseth the Brāhman.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.6

अप क्रामति सूनृता वीर्यं पुन्या लक्ष्मीः

apa krāmati sūnṛtā vīryaṃ punyā lakṣmīḥ

generosity departs, (so do) heroic strength, (and) auspicious fortune;

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The glory, the heroism, and the favouring fortune depart.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.7

ओजश् च तेजश् च सहश् च बलं च वाक् चेन्द्रियं च श्रीश् च धर्मश् च

ojaś ca tejaś ca sahaś ca balaṃ ca vāk cendriyaṃ ca śrīś ca dharmaś ca

and vigour and brilliance and might and strength and speech and sense-power and beauty and dharma,

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The energy and vigour, the power and might the speech and mental strength, the glory and duty;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.8

ब्रह्म च क्षत्रं च राष्ट्रं च विशश् च त्विषिश् च यशश् च वर्चश् च द्रविणं च

brahma ca kṣatraṃ ca rāṣṭraṃ ca viśaś ca tviṣiś ca yaśaś ca varcaś ca draviṇaṃ ca

and the brahman and the kṣatra and the realm and the clans and vehemence and glory and lustre and wealth,

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Devotion and princely sway, kingship and people, brilliance and honour, and splendour and wealth;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.9

आयुश् च रूपं च नाम च कीर्तिश् च प्राणश् चापानश् च चक्षुश् च श्रोत्रं च

āyuś ca rūpaṃ ca nāma ca kīrtiś ca prāṇaś cāpānaś ca cakṣuś ca śrotraṃ ca

and lifetime and form and name and renown and the in-breath and the out-breath and sight and hearing,

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Long life and goodly form, and name and fame, inbreathing and expiration, and sight, and hearing;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.10

पयश् च रसश् चान्नं चान्नाद्यं च र्तं च सत्यं चेष्टं च पूर्तं च प्रजा च पशवश् च

payaś ca rasaś cānnaṃ cānnādyaṃ ca rtaṃ ca satyaṃ ceṣṭaṃ ca pūrtaṃ ca prajā ca paśavaś ca

and milk and sap and food and eatable food and ṛta and truth and the sacrifice performed and the gift bestowed and offspring and cattle —

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Milk and flavour, and food and nourishment, and right and truth, and action and fulfilment, and children and cattle;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.11

तानि सर्वाण्य् अप क्रामन्ति ब्रह्मगवीम् आददानस्य जिनतो ब्राह्मणं क्षत्रियस्य

tāni sarvāṇy apa krāmanti brahmagavīm ādadānasya jinato brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatriyasya

all these depart from the Kṣatriya who takes the brahman-cow, who wrongs the Brāhmaṇa.

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All these blessings of a Kshatriya depart from him when he oppresseth the Brāhman and taketh to himself the hhman's cow.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.12

सैषा भीमा ब्रह्मगव्य् अघविषा साक्षात् कृत्या कूल्बजम् आवृता

saiṣā bhīmā brahmagavy aghaviṣā sākṣāt kṛtyā kūlbajam āvṛtā

She, this fearsome cow of the brahmins, is of evil poison, witchcraft made manifest, wrapped about with kūlbaja.

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Terrible is she this Brāhman's cow, and fearfully venomous, visibly witchcraft.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.13

सर्वाण्य् अस्यां घोराणि सर्वे च मृत्यवः

sarvāṇy asyāṃ ghorāṇi sarve ca mṛtyavaḥ

In her are all dreadful things and all deaths.

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In her are all horrors and all death.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.14

सर्वाण्य् अस्यां क्रूराणि सर्वे पुरुषवधाः

sarvāṇy asyāṃ krūrāṇi sarve puruṣavadhāḥ

In her are all cruel things, all slayings of men.

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In her are all dreadful, deeds, all slaughters of mankind.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.15

सा ब्रह्मज्यं देवपीयुं ब्रह्मगव्य् आदीयमाना मृत्योः पद्वीष आ द्यति

sā brahmajyaṃ devapīyuṃ brahmagavy ādīyamānā mṛtyoḥ padvīṣa ā dyati

She, the cow of the brahmins, when taken away, binds the oppressor of brahmins, the reviler of the gods, in the foot-fetters of Death.

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This, the Brāhman's cow, being appropriated, holdeth bound in the fetter of Death the oppressor of the Brāhman, the blas- phemer of the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.16

मेनिः शतवधा हि सा ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षितिर् हि सा

meniḥ śatavadhā hi sā brahmajyasya kṣitir hi sā

For she is a deadly weapon with a hundred slayings; for she is the destruction of the oppressor of brahmins.

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A hundred-killing bolt is she: she slays the Brāhman's injurer.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.17

तस्माद् वै ब्राह्मणानां गौर् दुराधर्षा विजानता

tasmād vai brāhmaṇānāṃ gaur durādharṣā vijānatā

Therefore indeed the cow of the brahmins is not to be assailed by one who understands.

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Therefore the Brāhmans' cow is held inviolable by the wise.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.18

वज्रो धावन्ती वैश्वानर उद्वीता

vajro dhāvantī vaiśvānara udvītā

Running, she is a thunderbolt; when led up, she is Vaiśvānara.

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Running she is a thunderbolt, when driven away she is Vaisvā- nara;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.19

हेतिः शफान् उत्खिदन्ती महादेवो ऽपेक्षमाणा

hetiḥ śaphān utkhidantī mahādevo 'pekṣamāṇā

Digging up (the ground) with her hooves, she is a missile; looking back, she is Mahādeva.

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An arrow when she draweth up her hooves, and Mahādeva when she looketh around;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.20

क्षुरपविर् ईक्षमाणा वाश्यमानाभि स्फूर्जति

kṣurapavir īkṣamāṇā vāśyamānābhi sphūrjati

Gazing, she is a razor-edged bolt; bellowing, she thunders (against him).

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Sharp as a razor when she beholdeth, she thundereth when she belloweth.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.21

मृत्युर् हिङ्कृण्वत्य् उग्रो देवः पुछं पर्यस्यन्ती

mṛtyur hiṅkṛṇvaty ugro devaḥ puchaṃ paryasyantī

Making the sound 'hiṅ', she is Death; tossing her tail about, she is the terrible god.

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Death is she when she loweth, and a fierce God when she whis- keth her tail;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.22

सर्वज्यानिः कर्णौ वरीवर्जयन्ती राजयक्ष्मो मेहन्ती

sarvajyāniḥ karṇau varīvarjayantī rājayakṣmo mehantī

Flicking her ears about, she is total loss; urinating, she is the royal consumption.

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Utter destruction when she moveth her ears this way and that, Consumption when she droppeth water;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.23

मेनिर् दुह्यमाना शीर्षक्तिर् दुग्धा

menir duhyamānā śīrṣaktir dugdhā

Being milked, she is a deadly weapon; milked, she is a headache.

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A missile when milking, pain in the head when milked;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.24

सेदिर् उपतिष्ठन्ती मिथोयोधः परामृष्टा

sedir upatiṣṭhantī mithoyodhaḥ parāmṛṣṭā

Standing near, she is exhaustion; stroked, she is mutual fighting.

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The taking away of strength when she approacheth, a hand-to- hand fighter when roughly touched;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.25

शरव्या मुखे ऽपिनह्यमान ऋतिर् हन्यमाना

śaravyā mukhe 'pinahyamāna ṛtir hanyamānā

Being bound up at the mouth, she is a shower of arrows; being slain, she is assault.

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Wounding like an arrow when she is fastened by her mouth, contention when she is beaten;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.26

अघविषा निपतन्ती तमो निपतिता

aghaviṣā nipatantī tamo nipatitā

Falling down, she is evil poison; fallen, she is darkness.

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Fearfully venomous when falling, darkness when she hath fallen down.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.27

अनुगछन्ती प्राणान् उप दासयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य

anugachantī prāṇān upa dāsayati brahmagavī brahmajyasya

Following after, the cow of the brahmins makes the breaths of the oppressor of brahmins fail.

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Following him, the Brāhman's cow extinguisheth the vital breath of the injurer of the Brāhman.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.28

वैरं विकृत्यमाना पौत्राद्यं विभाज्यमाना

vairaṃ vikṛtyamānā pautrādyaṃ vibhājyamānā

Being cut up, she is enmity; being divided out, she is the devouring of (his) grandsons.

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Hostility when being cut to pieces, woe to children when the portions are distributed,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.29

देवहेतिर् ह्रियमाणा व्यृद्धिर् हृता

devahetir hriyamāṇā vyṛddhir hṛtā

Being carried, she is the gods' missile; carried off, she is ruin.

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A destructive missile of Gods when she is being seized, misfortune when carried away;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.30

पाप्माधिधीयमाना पारुष्यम् अवधीयमाना

pāpmādhidhīyamānā pāruṣyam avadhīyamānā

Being laid upon (the fire), she is evil; being set down, she is harshness.

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Misery while being additionally acquired, contumely and abuse while being put in the stall;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.31

विषं प्रयस्यन्ती तक्मा प्रयस्ता

viṣaṃ prayasyantī takmā prayastā

Being made ready, she is poison; made ready, she is fever.

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Poison when in agitation, fever when seasoned with condi- ments;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.32

अघं प्रच्यमाना दुष्वप्न्यं पक्वा

aghaṃ pracyamānā duṣvapnyaṃ pakvā

Being cut up, (she is) evil; when cooked, (she is) bad dreaming.

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Sin while she is cooking, evil dream when she is cooked;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.33

मूलबर्हणी पर्याक्रियमाणा क्षितिः पर्याकृता

mūlabarhaṇī paryākriyamāṇā kṣitiḥ paryākṛtā

Being carried around, (she is) the uprooter; when carried around, (she is) destruction.

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Uprooting when she is being turned round, destruction when she hath been turned round;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.34

असंज्ञा गन्धेन शुग् उद्ध्रियमाणाशीविष उद्धृता

asaṃjñā gandhena śug uddhriyamāṇāśīviṣa uddhṛtā

By her smell (she is) unconsciousness; being lifted up, (she is) grief; when lifted up, (she is) a viper.

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Discord by her smell, grief when she is being eviscerated: ser- pent with poison in its fang when drawn;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.35

अभूतिर् उपह्रियमाणा पराभूतिर् उपहृता

abhūtir upahriyamāṇā parābhūtir upahṛtā

Being served up, (she is) non-being; when served up, (she is) perdition.

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Loss of power while sacrificially presented, humiliation when she hath been offered;

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.36

शर्वः क्रुद्धः पिश्यमाना शिमिदा पिशिता

śarvaḥ kruddhaḥ piśyamānā śimidā piśitā

Being carved, (she is) Śarva enraged; when carved, (she is) Śimidā.

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Wrathful Sarva while being carved. Simidā when cut up:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.37

अवर्तिर् अश्यमाना निरृतिर् अशिता

avartir aśyamānā nirṛtir aśitā

Being eaten, (she is) destitution; when eaten, (she is) Nirṛti.

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Poverty while she is being eaten. Destruction when eaten.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.38

अशिता लोकाच् छिनत्ति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यम् अस्माच् चामुष्माच् च

aśitā lokāc chinatti brahmagavī brahmajyam asmāc cāmuṣmāc ca

When eaten, the brahmin's cow cuts the oppressor of brahmins off from the world, from this one and from that one.

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The Brāhman's cow when eaten cuts off the injurer of Brāhmans both from this world and from the world yonder.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.39

तस्या आहननं कृत्या मेनिर् आशसनं वलग ऊबध्यम्

tasyā āhananaṃ kṛtyā menir āśasanaṃ valaga ūbadhyam

Her striking down is witchcraft; the slaughtering (of her) is a deadly weapon; the stomach-contents are a buried spell.

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Her slaughter is the sin of witchcraft, her cutting-up is a thunder- bolt, her undigested grass is a secret spell.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.40

अस्वगता परिह्णुता

asvagatā parihṇutā

When not gone to one's own, (she is) denied.

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Homelessness is she when denied her rights.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.41

अग्निः क्रव्याद् भूत्वा ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यं प्रविश्यात्ति

agniḥ kravyād bhūtvā brahmagavī brahmajyaṃ praviśyātti

Having become flesh-eating Agni, the brahmin's cow enters the oppressor of brahmins and devours (him).

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Having become Flesh-eating Agni the Brāhman's cow entereth into and devoureth the oppressor of Brāhmans.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.42

सर्वास्याङ्गा पर्वा मूलानि वृश्चति

sarvāsyāṅgā parvā mūlāni vṛścati

She hews off all his limbs, joints, (and) roots.

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She sunders all his members, joints, and roots.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.43

छिनत्त्य् अस्य पितृबन्धु परा भावयति मातृबन्धु

chinatty asya pitṛbandhu parā bhāvayati mātṛbandhu

She cuts off his kin on the father's side; she makes his kin on the mother's side perish.

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She cuts off relationship on the father's side and destroys mater- nal kinship.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.44

विवाहां ज्ञातीन्त् सर्वान् अपि क्षापयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षत्रियेणापुनर्दीयमाना

vivāhāṃ jñātīnt sarvān api kṣāpayati brahmagavī brahmajyasya kṣatriyeṇāpunardīyamānā

The brahmin's cow, when she is not given back by the noble, burns up as well the marriage-connections and all the relatives of the oppressor of brahmins.

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The Brāhman's cow, not restored by a Kshatriya, ruins the marriages and all the kinsmen of the Brāhman's oppressor.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.45

अवास्तुम् एनम् अस्वगम् अप्रजसं करोत्य् अपरापरणो भवति क्षीयते

avāstum enam asvagam aprajasaṃ karoty aparāparaṇo bhavati kṣīyate

She makes him houseless, without property, without offspring; he becomes without succession, he wastes away.

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She makes him houseless, homeless, childless: he is extinguished without posterity to succeed him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.46

य एवं विदुषो ब्राह्मणस्य क्षत्रियो गाम् आदत्ते

ya evaṃ viduṣo brāhmaṇasya kṣatriyo gām ādatte

Whoever, being a noble, takes the cow of a brahmin who knows thus —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 12 5.47

क्षिप्रं वै तस्याहनने गृध्राः कुर्वत ऐलबम्

kṣipraṃ vai tasyāhanane gṛdhrāḥ kurvata ailabam

Quickly indeed the vultures make their clamour at his slaughtering.

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Quickly, when he is smitten down by death, the clamorous vul- tures cry:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.48

क्षिप्रं वै तस्यादहनं परि नृत्यन्ति केशिनीर् आघ्नानाः पाणिनोरसि कुर्वाणाः पापम् ऐलबम्

kṣipraṃ vai tasyādahanaṃ pari nṛtyanti keśinīr āghnānāḥ pāṇinorasi kurvāṇāḥ pāpam ailabam

Quickly indeed, about his burning-place, the long-haired women dance, beating their breasts with the hand, making an evil clamour.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Quickly around his funeral fire dance women with dishevelled locks, Striking the hand upon the breast and uttering their evil shriek.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.49

क्षिप्रं वै तस्य वास्तुषु वृकाः कुर्वत ऐलबम्

kṣipraṃ vai tasya vāstuṣu vṛkāḥ kurvata ailabam

Quickly indeed the wolves make their clamour in his dwelling-places.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Quickly the wolves are howling in the habitation where he lived:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.50

क्षिप्रं वै तस्य पृछन्ति यत् तद् आसी३द् इदं नु ता३द् इति

kṣipraṃ vai tasya pṛchanti yat tad āsī3d idaṃ nu tā3d iti

Quickly indeed they ask concerning him: "Was that so? Is this it now?"

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

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Quickly they ask about him, What is this? What thing hath happened here?

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.51

छिन्ध्य् आ छिन्धि प्र छिन्ध्य् अपि क्षापय क्षापय

chindhy ā chindhi pra chindhy api kṣāpaya kṣāpaya

Cut! Cut up! Cut off! Burn up, burn up!

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Rend, rend to pieces, rend away, destroy, destroy him utterly.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.52

आददानम् आङ्गिरसि ब्रह्मज्यम् उप दासय

ādadānam āṅgirasi brahmajyam upa dāsaya

O Āṅgirasī (cow), make the seizer, the oppressor of the brahman, waste away.

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

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Destroy Angirasi! the wretch who robs and wrongs the Brah- mans, born.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.53

श्रमेण तपसा सृष्टा ब्रह्मणा वित्ता र्ते श्रिता वैश्वदेवी ह्य् उच्यसे कृत्या कूल्बजम् आवृता

śrameṇa tapasā sṛṣṭā brahmaṇā vittā rte śritā vaiśvadevī hy ucyase kṛtyā kūlbajam āvṛtā

Created by toil and by heat (of austerity), found by the brahman, established in ṛta — for you are called the one belonging to all the gods, a witchcraft wrapped in kūlbaja.

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

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Of evil womb, thou witchcraft hid, for Vaisvadevi is thy name,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.54

ओषन्ती समोषन्ती ब्रह्मणो वज्रः

oṣantī samoṣantī brahmaṇo vajraḥ

Burning, burning up altogether, the thunderbolt of the brahman —

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

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Consuming, burning all things up, the thunderbolt of spell and charm.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.55

क्षुरपविर् मृत्युर् भूत्वा वि धाव त्वम्

kṣurapavir mṛtyur bhūtvā vi dhāva tvam

Having become death with a razor's edge, run forth, you!

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Go thou, becoming Mrityu sharp as razor's edge pursue thy course:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.56

आ दत्से जिनतां वर्च इष्टं पूर्तं चाशिषः

ā datse jinatāṃ varca iṣṭaṃ pūrtaṃ cāśiṣaḥ

You take away the vital splendour of those who rob (the Brahman), what has been sacrificed and what has been bestowed, and (their) hopes.

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

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Thou bearest off the tyrants' strength, their store of merit, and their prayers.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.57

आदाय जीतं जीताय लोके ऽमुष्मिन् प्र यछसि

ādāya jītaṃ jītāya loke 'muṣmin pra yachasi

Having taken what was robbed, you give it forth to the robbed one in yonder world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Bearing off wrong, thou givest in that world to him who hath been wronged.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.58

अघ्न्ये पदवीर् भव ब्राह्मणस्याभिशस्त्या

aghnye padavīr bhava brāhmaṇasyābhiśastyā

O inviolable one, be a follower of the tracks (of the offender), through the curse of the Brahman.

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

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O Cow, become a tracker through the curse the Brāhman hath pronounced,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.59

मेनिः शरव्या भवाघाद् अघविषा भव

meniḥ śaravyā bhavāghād aghaviṣā bhava

Be a deadly missile, be an arrow; from the evil (one) be one whose poison is evil.

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

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Become a bolt, an arrow through his sin, be terribly venomous.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.60

अघ्न्ये प्र शिरो जहि ब्रह्मज्यस्य कृतागसो देवपीयोर् अराधसः

aghnye pra śiro jahi brahmajyasya kṛtāgaso devapīyor arādhasaḥ

O inviolable one, strike off the head of the oppressor of the brahman, the doer of wrong, the reviler of the gods, the ungenerous one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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O Cow, break thou the head of him who wrongs the Brāhmans, criminal, niggard, blasphemer of the Gods.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.61

त्वया प्रमूर्णं मृदितम् अग्निर् दहतु दुश्चितम्

tvayā pramūrṇaṃ mṛditam agnir dahatu duścitam

What is crushed and ground down by you, let Agni burn — the ill-minded thing.

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

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Let Agni burn the spiteful wretch when crushed to death and slain by thee.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.62

वृश्च प्र वृश्च सं वृश्च दह प्र दह सं दह

vṛśca pra vṛśca saṃ vṛśca daha pra daha saṃ daha

Cut, cut forth, cut through; burn, burn forth, burn through!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Rend, rend to bits, rend through and through, scorch and con- sume and burn to dust,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.63

ब्रह्मज्यं देव्य् अघ्न्य आ मूलाद् अनुसंदह

brahmajyaṃ devy aghnya ā mūlād anusaṃdaha

O divine inviolable one, burn up the oppressor of the brahman from the root onward.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Consume thou, even from the root, the Brāhmans' tyrant, god- like Cow!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.64

यथायाद् यमसादनात् पापलोकान् परावतः

yathāyād yamasādanāt pāpalokān parāvataḥ

That he may go from Yama's seat to the evil worlds far away —

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

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That he may go from Yama's home afar into the worlds of sin. its

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.65

एवा त्वं देव्य् अघ्न्ये ब्रह्मज्यस्य कृतागसो देवपीयोर् अराधसः

evā tvaṃ devy aghnye brahmajyasya kṛtāgaso devapīyor arādhasaḥ

So do you, O divine inviolable one, (deal) with the oppressor of the brahman, the doer of wrong, the reviler of the gods, the ungenerous one —

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

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So, Goddess Cow, do thou from him, the Brāhmans' tyrant, criminal, niggard, blasphemer of the Gods,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.66

वज्रेण शतपर्वणा तीक्ष्णेन क्षुरभृष्टिना

vajreṇa śataparvaṇā tīkṣṇena kṣurabhṛṣṭinā

With the hundred-jointed thunderbolt, sharp, razor-edged,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With hundred-knotted thunderbolt, sharpened and edged with razor-blades,

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.67

प्र स्कन्धान् प्र शिरो जहि

pra skandhān pra śiro jahi

Strike off (his) shoulders, strike off (his) head!

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Strike off the shoulders and the head.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.68

लोमान्य् अस्य सं छिन्धि त्वचम् अस्य वि वेष्टय

lomāny asya saṃ chindhi tvacam asya vi veṣṭaya

Shear off his hairs, strip away his skin;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Snatch thou the hair from off his head, and from his body strip the skin:

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.69

मांसान्य् अस्य शातय स्नावान्य् अस्य सं वृह

māṃsāny asya śātaya snāvāny asya saṃ vṛha

Make his flesh fall, tear out his sinews;

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Tear out his sinews, cause his flesh to fall in pieces from his frame.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.70

अस्थीन्य् अस्य पीडय मज्जानम् अस्य निर् जहि

asthīny asya pīḍaya majjānam asya nir jahi

Crush his bones, beat out his marrow;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Crush thou his bones together, strike and beat the marrow out of him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.71

सर्वास्याङ्गा पर्वाणि वि श्रथय

sarvāsyāṅgā parvāṇi vi śrathaya

Loosen apart all his limbs and joints.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Dislocate all his limbs and joints.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.72

अग्निर् एनं क्रव्यात् पृथिव्या नुदताम् उद् ओषतु वायुर् अन्तरिक्षान् महतो वरिम्णः

agnir enaṃ kravyāt pṛthivyā nudatām ud oṣatu vāyur antarikṣān mahato varimṇaḥ

Let Agni the flesh-eater thrust him from the earth and burn (him) up; let Vāyu (thrust him) from the atmosphere, from the great expanse.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From earth let the Carnivorous Agni drive him, let Vayu burn. him from mid-air's broad region.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 12 5.73

सूर्य एनं दिवः प्र णुदतां न्य् ओषतु

sūrya enaṃ divaḥ pra ṇudatāṃ ny oṣatu

Let Sūrya thrust him forth from the sky and burn (him) down.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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From heaven let Sūrya drive him and consume him.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)