Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 16 — Chapter 7

AV 16 7.1

तेनैनं विध्याम्य् अभूत्यैनं विध्यामि निर्भूत्यैनं विध्यामि पराभूत्यैनं विध्यामि ग्राह्यैनं विध्यामि तमसैनं विध्यामि

tenainaṃ vidhyāmy abhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi nirbhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi parābhūtyainaṃ vidhyāmi grāhyainaṃ vidhyāmi tamasainaṃ vidhyāmi

With that I pierce him; with Abhūti I pierce him; with Nirbhūti I pierce him; with Parābhūti I pierce him; with Grāhi I pierce him; with darkness I pierce him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.2

देवानाम् एनं घोरैः क्रूरैः प्रैषैर् अभिप्रेष्यामि

devānām enaṃ ghoraiḥ krūraiḥ praiṣair abhipreṣyāmi

I send him forth with the dreadful, cruel commands of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.3

वैश्वानरस्यैनं दंष्ट्रयोर् अपि दधामि

vaiśvānarasyainaṃ daṃṣṭrayor api dadhāmi

I place him between Vaisvānara's jaws.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96) (public domain)

AV 16 7.4

एवानेवाव सा गरत्

evānevāva sā garat

Just so, unfailingly, may she swallow (him) down.

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

AV 16 7.5

यो ऽस्मान् द्वेष्टि तम् आत्मा द्वेष्टु यं वयं द्विष्मः स आत्मानं द्वेष्टु

yo 'smān dveṣṭi tam ātmā dveṣṭu yaṃ vayaṃ dviṣmaḥ sa ātmānaṃ dveṣṭu

Whoever hates us, let (his own) self hate him; whomever we hate, let him hate himself.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.6

निर् द्विषन्तं दिवो निः पृथिव्या निर् अन्तरिक्षाद् भजाम

nir dviṣantaṃ divo niḥ pṛthivyā nir antarikṣād bhajāma

Let us exclude the hater from the heaven, exclude (him) from the earth, exclude (him) from the mid-air.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.7

सुयामंश् चाक्षुष

suyāmaṃś cākṣuṣa

O well-guiding one, O you of the eye!

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

AV 16 7.8

इदम् अहम् आमुष्यायणे ऽमुष्याः पुत्रे दुष्वप्न्यं मृजे

idam aham āmuṣyāyaṇe 'muṣyāḥ putre duṣvapnyaṃ mṛje

This evil dream I wipe off onto so-and-so, descendant of so-and-so, son of such-and-such woman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.9

यद् अदोअदो अभ्यगछं यद् दोषा यत् पूर्वां रात्रिम्

yad adoado abhyagachaṃ yad doṣā yat pūrvāṃ rātrim

Whatever (bad dream) I came upon there and there, whatever at dusk, whatever in the early night —

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

AV 16 7.10

यज् जाग्रद् यत् सुप्तो यद् दिवा यन् नक्तम्

yaj jāgrad yat supto yad divā yan naktam

whatever while waking, whatever while asleep, whatever by day, whatever by night —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.11

यद् अहरहर् अभिगछामि तस्माद् एनम् अव दये

yad aharahar abhigachāmi tasmād enam ava daye

Whatever I approach day after day — from that I cut him off.

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

AV 16 7.12

तं जहि तेन मन्दस्व तस्य पृष्टीर् अपि शृणीहि

taṃ jahi tena mandasva tasya pṛṣṭīr api śṛṇīhi

Slay him, take pleasure in him, crush his ribs as well.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 16 7.13

स मा जीवीत् तं प्राणो जहातु

sa mā jīvīt taṃ prāṇo jahātu

Let him not live; let (his) breath abandon him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition