Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 31
AV 2 31.1
इन्द्रस्य या मही दृषत् क्रिमेर् विश्वस्य तर्हणी । तया पिनष्मि सं क्रिमीन् दृषदा खल्वाꣳ इव
indrasya yā mahī dṛṣat krimer viśvasya tarhaṇī | tayā pinaṣmi saṃ krimīn dṛṣadā khalvāṁ iva
Indra's great millstone, the crusher of every worm — with that I grind the worms together, as sesame-seeds(?) with a millstone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
With Indra's mighty millstone, that which crushes worms of every sort, I bray and bruise the worms to bits like vetches on the grinding stone.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 31.2
दृष्टम् अदृष्टम् अतृहम् अथो कुरूरुम् अतृहम् । अल्गण्डून्त् सर्वान् छलुनान् क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि
dṛṣṭam adṛṣṭam atṛham atho kurūrum atṛham | algaṇḍūnt sarvān chalunān krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi
The seen and the unseen I have crushed, and the kurūru I have crushed; all the algaṇḍus, the śalunas, the worms, we grind down with (our) speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The Seen and the Invisible, and the Kurūru have I crushed: Alāndus, and all Chhalunas, we bruise to pieces with our spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 31.3
अल्गण्डून् हन्मि महता वधेन दूना अदूना अरसा अभूवन् । शिष्टान् अशिष्टान् नि तिरामि वाचा यथा क्रिमीणां नकिर् उछिषातै
algaṇḍūn hanmi mahatā vadhena dūnā adūnā arasā abhūvan | śiṣṭān aśiṣṭān ni tirāmi vācā yathā krimīṇāṃ nakir uchiṣātai
I slay the algaṇḍus with a great weapon; burnt and unburnt, they have become sapless. The left over and the not-left-over I subdue with (my) voice, so that not one of the worms shall remain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I kill Alāndus with a mighty weapon: burnt or not burnt they now have lost their vigour . Left or not left, I with the spell subdue them: let not a single worm remain uninjured.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 31.4
अन्वान्त्र्यं शीर्षण्यम् अथो पार्ष्टेयं क्रिमीन् । अवस्कवं व्यध्वरं क्रिमीन् वचसा जम्भयामसि
anvāntryaṃ śīrṣaṇyam atho pārṣṭeyaṃ krimīn | avaskavaṃ vyadhvaraṃ krimīn vacasā jambhayāmasi
The worm that is along the entrails, the one in the head, and the one in the ribs — the avaskava, the vyadhvara worms — we grind down with (our) speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The worm that lives within the ribs, within the bowels, in the head. Avaskava and Borer, these we bruise to pieces with the spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 31.5
ये क्रिमयः पर्वतेशु वनेष्व् ओषधीषु पशुष्व् अप्स्व् अन्तः । ये अस्माकं तन्वम् आविविशुः सर्वं तद् धन्मि जनिम क्रिमीणाम्
ye krimayaḥ parvateśu vaneṣv oṣadhīṣu paśuṣv apsv antaḥ | ye asmākaṃ tanvam āviviśuḥ sarvaṃ tad dhanmi janima krimīṇām
The worms that are in the mountains, in the woods, in the plants, in the cattle, within the waters, and those that have entered our body — all that brood of worms I slay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Worms that are found on mountains, in the forests, that live in plants, in cattle, in the waters, Those that have made their way within our bodies,—these I destroy, the worms' whole generation.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)