Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 2 — Chapter 32
AV 2 32.1
उद्यन्न् आदित्यः क्रिमीन् हन्तु निम्रोचन् हन्तु रश्मिभिः । ये अन्तः क्रिमयो गवि
udyann ādityaḥ krimīn hantu nimrocan hantu raśmibhiḥ | ye antaḥ krimayo gavi
Let the rising sun slay the worms; let him, setting, slay (them) with his rays — those worms that are within the cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Uprising let the Sun destroy, and when he sinketh, with his beams. The Worms that live within the cow.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 32.2
विश्वरूपं चतुरक्षं क्रिमिं सारङ्गम् अर्जुनम् । शृणाम्य् अस्य पृष्टीर् अपि वृश्चामि यच् छिरः
viśvarūpaṃ caturakṣaṃ krimiṃ sāraṅgam arjunam | śṛṇāmy asya pṛṣṭīr api vṛścāmi yac chiraḥ
The worm of all shapes, four-eyed, spotted, whitish — I break its ribs, and I cut off what is its head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
The four-eyed worm, of every shape, the variegated, and the white I break and crush the creature's ribs, and tear away its head besides.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 32.3
अत्रिवद् वः क्रिमयो हन्मि कण्ववज् जमदग्निवत् । अगस्त्यस्य ब्रह्मणा सं पिनष्म्य् अहं क्रिमीन्
atrivad vaḥ krimayo hanmi kaṇvavaj jamadagnivat | agastyasya brahmaṇā saṃ pinaṣmy ahaṃ krimīn
Like Atri I slay you, O worms, like Kaṇva, like Jamadagni; with the spell of Agastya I grind the worms together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Like Atri I destroy you, Worms! in Kanva's, Jamadagni's way: I bray and bruise the creeping things to pieces with Agastya's• spell.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 32.4
हतो राजा क्रिमीणाम् उतैषां स्थपतिर् हतः । हतो हतमाता क्रिमिर् हतभ्राता हतस्वसा
hato rājā krimīṇām utaiṣāṃ sthapatir hataḥ | hato hatamātā krimir hatabhrātā hatasvasā
Slain is the king of the worms, and slain too is their chief; slain is the worm whose mother is slain, whose brother is slain, whose sister is slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Slain is the sovran of these Worms, yea, their controlling lord is slain: Slain is the Worm, his mother slain, brother and sister both are slain.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 32.5
हतासो अस्य वेशसो हतासः परिवेशसः । अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः
hatāso asya veśaso hatāsaḥ pariveśasaḥ | atho ye kṣullakā iva sarve te krimayo hatāḥ
Slain are its retainers, slain its attendants; and those that are as it were the tiny ones — all those worms are slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
Slain are his ministers, and slain his followers and retinue: Yes, those that seemed the tiniest things, the Worms have all been put to death.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)
AV 2 32.6
प्र ते शृणामि शृङ्गे याभ्यां वितुदायसि । भिनाद्मि ते कुषुम्भं यस् ते विषधानः
pra te śṛṇāmi śṛṅge yābhyāṃ vitudāyasi | bhinādmi te kuṣumbhaṃ yas te viṣadhānaḥ
I break off your two horns with which you thrust; I split open that pouch of yours which is your poison-container.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
Compare with Ralph T.H. Griffith
I break in pieces both thy horns wherewith thou pushest here and there: I cleave and rend the bag which holds the venom which is• stored in thee.
— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)