Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 3 — Chapter 9

AV 3 9.1

कर्शफस्य विशफस्य द्यौः पिता पृथिवी माता । यथाभिचक्र देवास् तथाप कृणुता पुनः

karśaphasya viśaphasya dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā | yathābhicakra devās tathāpa kṛṇutā punaḥ

Of karśapha, of viśapha, heaven is the father, the earth the mother. As you, O gods, have done (this) upon (us), so undo it again.

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AV 3 9.2

अश्रेष्माणो अधारयन् तथा तन् मनुना कृतम् । कृणोमि वध्रि विष्कन्धं मुष्काबर्हो गवाम् इव

aśreṣmāṇo adhārayan tathā tan manunā kṛtam | kṛṇomi vadhri viṣkandhaṃ muṣkābarho gavām iva

Without clinging they held it fast; so was it done by Manu. I make the viṣkandha impotent, like one who tears out the testicles of cattle.

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AV 3 9.3

पिशङ्गे सूत्रे खृगलं तद् आ बध्नन्ति वेधसः । श्रवस्युं शुष्मं काबवं वध्रिं कृण्वन्तु बन्धुरः

piśaṅge sūtre khṛgalaṃ tad ā badhnanti vedhasaḥ | śravasyuṃ śuṣmaṃ kābavaṃ vadhriṃ kṛṇvantu bandhuraḥ

On a tawny thread the ordainers bind on that khṛgala (amulet). Let the binders make the fame-seeking, blustering kābava impotent.

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AV 3 9.4

येना श्रवस्यवश् चरथ देवा इवासुरमायया । शुनां कपिर् इव दूषणो बन्धुरा काबवस्य च

yenā śravasyavaś caratha devā ivāsuramāyayā | śunāṃ kapir iva dūṣaṇo bandhurā kābavasya ca

You by which (means) you, seeking fame, go about like gods with asura-magic — like the ape, spoiler of dogs, (so are you) a spoiler of the harness and of the kābava.

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AV 3 9.5

दुष्ट्यै हि त्वा भत्स्यामि दूषयिष्यामि काबवम् । उद् आशवो रथा इव शपथेभिः सरिष्यथ

duṣṭyai hi tvā bhatsyāmi dūṣayiṣyāmi kābavam | ud āśavo rathā iva śapathebhiḥ sariṣyatha

For I will bind you to ill-luck, I will spoil the kābava; you shall rush up with curses like swift chariots.

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AV 3 9.6

एकशतं विष्कन्धानि विष्ठिता पृथिवीम् अनु । तेषां त्वाम् अग्रे उज् जहरुर् मणिं विष्कन्धदूषणम्

ekaśataṃ viṣkandhāni viṣṭhitā pṛthivīm anu | teṣāṃ tvām agre uj jaharur maṇiṃ viṣkandhadūṣaṇam

A hundred and one viṣkandhas are spread out over the earth. In the beginning (the gods) drew you up out of them, the amulet that spoils viṣkandha.

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