Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 6

AV 3 6.1

पुमान् पुंसः परिजातो ऽश्वत्थः खदिराद् अधि । स हन्तु शत्रून् मामकान् यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम्

pumān puṃsaḥ parijāto 'śvatthaḥ khadirād adhi | sa hantu śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

A male born from a male, the aśvattha (grown) upon the khadira—let him slay my enemies, those whom I hate and those who (hate) me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 6.2

तान् अश्वत्थ निः शृणीहि शत्रून् वैबाधदोधतः । इन्द्रेण वृत्रघ्ना मेदी मित्रेण वरुणेन च

tān aśvattha niḥ śṛṇīhi śatrūn vaibādhadodhataḥ | indreṇa vṛtraghnā medī mitreṇa varuṇena ca

Crush them out, O aśvattha, the raging enemies—(you) allied with Indra the Vṛtra-slayer, with Mitra and with Varuṇa.

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

AV 3 6.3

यथाश्वत्थ निरभनो ऽन्तर् महत्य् अर्णवे । एवा तान्त् सर्वान् निर् भङ्ग्धि यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम्

yathāśvattha nirabhano 'ntar mahaty arṇave | evā tānt sarvān nir bhaṅgdhi yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

As, O aśvattha, you broke (them) apart within the great flood, so break apart all those whom I hate and those who (hate) me.

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

AV 3 6.4

यः सहमानश् चरसि सासहान इव ऋषभः । तेनाश्वत्थ त्वया वयं सपत्नान्त् सहिषीमहि

yaḥ sahamānaś carasi sāsahāna iva ṛṣabhaḥ | tenāśvattha tvayā vayaṃ sapatnānt sahiṣīmahi

You who move about overpowering, like a bull that has overpowered—by that (power) of yours, O aśvattha, may we overpower our rivals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 6.5

सिनात्व् एनान् निरृतिर् मृत्योः पाशैर् अमोक्यैः । अश्वत्थ शत्रून् मामकान् यान् अहं द्वेष्मि ये च माम्

sinātv enān nirṛtir mṛtyoḥ pāśair amokyaiḥ | aśvattha śatrūn māmakān yān ahaṃ dveṣmi ye ca mām

Let Nirṛti bind them with the unloosable fetters of death—my enemies, O aśvattha, those whom I hate and those who (hate) me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 6.6

यथाश्वत्थ वानस्पत्यान् आरोहन् कृणुषे ऽधरान् । एवा मे शत्रोर् मूर्धानं विष्वग् भिन्द्धि सहस्व च

yathāśvattha vānaspatyān ārohan kṛṇuṣe 'dharān | evā me śatror mūrdhānaṃ viṣvag bhinddhi sahasva ca

As, O aśvattha, climbing up you make the trees of the forest lower (than you), so split apart the head of my enemy and overpower him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 6.7

ते ऽधराञ्चः प्र प्लवन्तां छिन्ना नौर् इव बन्धनात् । न वैबाधप्रणुत्तानां पुनर् अस्ति निवर्तनम्

te 'dharāñcaḥ pra plavantāṃ chinnā naur iva bandhanāt | na vaibādhapraṇuttānāṃ punar asti nivartanam

Let them float away downward, like a boat cut loose from its mooring; for those driven off by the expeller there is no returning again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 3 6.8

प्रैणान् नुदे मनसा प्र चित्तेनोत ब्रह्मणा । प्रैणान् वृक्षस्य शाखयाश्वत्थस्य नुदामहे

praiṇān nude manasā pra cittenota brahmaṇā | praiṇān vṛkṣasya śākhayāśvatthasya nudāmahe

I drive them forth with my mind, forth with my thought and with the spell; we drive them forth with a branch of the tree, of the aśvattha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition