Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 18

AV 4 18.1

समं ज्योतिः सूर्येणाह्ना रात्री समावती । कृणोमि सत्यम् ऊतये ऽरसाः सन्तु कृत्वरीः

samaṃ jyotiḥ sūryeṇāhnā rātrī samāvatī | kṛṇomi satyam ūtaye 'rasāḥ santu kṛtvarīḥ

The light is equal with the sun, the night is of equal measure with the day; I make truth (my) help — let the spell-working women be sapless.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 18.2

यो देवाः कृत्यां कृत्वा हराद् अविदुषो गृहम् । वत्सो धारुर् इव मातरं तं प्रत्यग् उप पद्यताम्

yo devāḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtvā harād aviduṣo gṛham | vatso dhārur iva mātaraṃ taṃ pratyag upa padyatām

Whoever, O gods, having made a spell, carries it to the house of one who does not know — like a suckling calf to its mother, let it come back upon him.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 18.3

अमा कृत्वा पाप्मानं यस् तेनान्यं जिघांसति । अश्मानस् तस्यां दग्धायां बहुलाः फट् करिक्रति

amā kṛtvā pāpmānaṃ yas tenānyaṃ jighāṃsati | aśmānas tasyāṃ dagdhāyāṃ bahulāḥ phaṭ karikrati

He who, having made the evil thing at home, seeks with it to slay another — when she (the spell) has been burnt, many stones there crackle 'phaṭ'.

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

AV 4 18.4

सहस्रधामन् विशिखान् विग्रीवां छायया त्वम् । प्रति स्म चक्रुषे कृत्यां प्रियां प्रियावते हर

sahasradhāman viśikhān vigrīvāṃ chāyayā tvam | prati sma cakruṣe kṛtyāṃ priyāṃ priyāvate hara

O you of a thousand seats, (render them) crestless, neck-broken by your shadow; turn the spell back upon the one who has made it — carry off what is dear from the one who has what is dear.

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

AV 4 18.5

अनयाहम् ओषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम् । यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर् यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु

anayāham oṣadhyā sarvāḥ kṛtyā adūduṣam | yāṃ kṣetre cakrur yāṃ goṣu yāṃ vā te puruṣeṣu

With this plant I have spoiled all the spells — the one they made in the field, the one among the cattle, or the one among your men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 18.6

यश् चकार न शशाक कर्तुं शश्रे पादम् अङ्गुरिम् । चकार भद्रम् अस्मभ्यम् आत्मने तपनम् तु सः

yaś cakāra na śaśāka kartuṃ śaśre pādam aṅgurim | cakāra bhadram asmabhyam ātmane tapanam tu saḥ

He who made (it) was not able to carry it through; he broke his foot, his finger. He made good fortune for us, but for himself burning.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 18.7

अपामार्गो ऽप मार्ष्टु क्षेत्रियं शपथश् च यः । अपाह यातुधानीर् अप सर्वा अराय्यः

apāmārgo 'pa mārṣṭu kṣetriyaṃ śapathaś ca yaḥ | apāha yātudhānīr apa sarvā arāyyaḥ

Let Apāmārga wipe away the kṣetriya disease and whatever curse there is; away indeed the sorceresses, away all the arāyī demonesses.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 18.8

अपमृज्य यातुधानान् अप सर्वा अराय्यः । अपामार्ग त्वया वयं सर्वं तद् अप मृज्महे

apamṛjya yātudhānān apa sarvā arāyyaḥ | apāmārga tvayā vayaṃ sarvaṃ tad apa mṛjmahe

Having wiped away the sorcerers, away all the arāyī demonesses — O Apāmārga, with you we wipe all that away.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition