Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 2

AV 3 2.1

अग्निर् नो दूतः प्रत्येतु विद्वान् प्रतिदहन्न् अभिशस्तिम् अरातिम् । स चित्तानि मोहयतु परेषां निर्हस्तांश् च कृणवज् जातवेदाः

agnir no dūtaḥ pratyetu vidvān pratidahann abhiśastim arātim | sa cittāni mohayatu pareṣāṃ nirhastāṃś ca kṛṇavaj jātavedāḥ

Let Agni, our knowing messenger, go against (them), burning back the curse and the hostility; let him confuse the thoughts of the foes, and let Jātavedas make them handless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 2.2

अयम् अग्निर् अमूमुहद् यानि चित्तानि वो हृदि । वि वो धमत्व् ओकसः प्र वो धमतु सर्वतः

ayam agnir amūmuhad yāni cittāni vo hṛdi | vi vo dhamatv okasaḥ pra vo dhamatu sarvataḥ

This Agni has confused whatever thoughts are in your heart; let him blow you out of your dwelling, let him blow you away in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 2.3

इन्द्र चित्तानि मोहयन्न् अर्वाङ् आकूत्या चर । अग्नेर् वातस्य ध्राज्या तान् विषूचो वि नाशय

indra cittāni mohayann arvāṅ ākūtyā cara | agner vātasya dhrājyā tān viṣūco vi nāśaya

O Indra, confusing (their) thoughts, come hither with (our) intent; with the onrush of Agni and of Vāta make them vanish in all directions.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 2.4

व्य् आकूतय एषाम् इताथो चित्तानि मुह्यत । अथो यद् अद्यैषां हृदि तद् एषां परि निर् जहि

vy ākūtaya eṣām itātho cittāni muhyata | atho yad adyaiṣāṃ hṛdi tad eṣāṃ pari nir jahi

Go apart, you intentions of theirs; and you, their thoughts, be bewildered. And whatever is today in their heart, strike that out of them.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 2.5

अमीषां चित्तानि प्रतिमोहयन्ती गृहाणाङ्गान्य् अप्वे परेहि । अभि प्रेहि निर् दह हृत्सु शोकैर् ग्राह्यामित्रांस् तमसा विध्य शत्रून्

amīṣāṃ cittāni pratimohayantī gṛhāṇāṅgāny apve parehi | abhi prehi nir daha hṛtsu śokair grāhyāmitrāṃs tamasā vidhya śatrūn

Bewildering the minds of those yonder, seize their limbs, O Apvā, go forth! Advance, burn (them) out with pains in their hearts; pierce the unfriendly with darkness, the enemies with seizure.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 2.6

असौ या सेना मरुतः परेषाम् अस्मान् ऐत्य् अभ्य् ओजसा स्पर्धमाना । ताम् विध्यत तमसापव्रतेन यथैषाम् अन्यो अन्यं न जानात्

asau yā senā marutaḥ pareṣām asmān aity abhy ojasā spardhamānā | tām vidhyata tamasāpavratena yathaiṣām anyo anyaṃ na jānāt

That army yonder of the strangers, O Maruts, which comes at us contending with force — pierce it with lawless darkness, so that one of them may not know another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition