Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 3

AV 4 3.1

उद् इतस् त्रयो अक्रमन् व्याघ्रः पुरुषो वृकः । हिरुग् घि यन्ति सिन्धवो हिरुग् देवो वनस्पतिर् हिरुङ् नमन्तु शत्रवः

ud itas trayo akraman vyāghraḥ puruṣo vṛkaḥ | hirug ghi yanti sindhavo hirug devo vanaspatir hiruṅ namantu śatravaḥ

Up from here three have strode forth: the tiger, the man, the wolf. For the rivers go aside, aside the god the forest-tree; let the enemies bow aside.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 3.2

परेणैतु पथा वृकः परमेणोत तस्करः । परेण दत्वती रज्जुः परेणाघायुर् अर्षतु

pareṇaitu pathā vṛkaḥ parameṇota taskaraḥ | pareṇa datvatī rajjuḥ pareṇāghāyur arṣatu

Let the wolf go by the farther path, and the thief by the farthest; let the toothed rope go by the farther (path), let the malevolent one rush by the farther.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 3.3

अक्ष्यौ च ते मुखं च ते व्याघ्र जम्भयामसि । आत् सर्वान् विंशतिं नखान्

akṣyau ca te mukhaṃ ca te vyāghra jambhayāmasi | āt sarvān viṃśatiṃ nakhān

Both your eyes and your mouth, O tiger, we crush; then all your twenty claws.

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AV 4 3.4

व्याघ्रं दत्वतां वयं प्रथमं जम्भयामसि । आद् उ ष्टेनम् अथो अहिं यातुधानम् अथो वृकम्

vyāghraṃ datvatāṃ vayaṃ prathamaṃ jambhayāmasi | ād u ṣṭenam atho ahiṃ yātudhānam atho vṛkam

The tiger, first of the toothed ones, we crush; then the thief, and also the snake, the sorcerer, and also the wolf.

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AV 4 3.5

यो अद्य स्तेन आयति स संपिष्टो अपायति । पथाम् अपध्वंसेनैत्व् इन्द्रो वज्रेण हन्तु तम्

yo adya stena āyati sa saṃpiṣṭo apāyati | pathām apadhvaṃsenaitv indro vajreṇa hantu tam

Whatever thief comes here today, he goes off crushed. Let him go by the caving-in of the roads; let Indra slay him with the vajra.

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AV 4 3.6

मूर्णा मृगस्य दन्ता अपिशीर्णा उ पृष्टयः । निम्रुक् ते गोधा भवतु नीचायच् छशयुर् मृगः

mūrṇā mṛgasya dantā apiśīrṇā u pṛṣṭayaḥ | nimruk te godhā bhavatu nīcāyac chaśayur mṛgaḥ

Crushed are the beast's teeth, and shattered too its ribs. Let the lizard be your sunset; downward (goes) the lurking beast.

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

AV 4 3.7

यत् संयमो न वि यमो वि यमो यन् न संयमः । इन्द्रजाः सोमजा आथर्वणम् असि व्याघ्रजम्भनम्

yat saṃyamo na vi yamo vi yamo yan na saṃyamaḥ | indrajāḥ somajā ātharvaṇam asi vyāghrajambhanam

What is a holding-together is not a letting-loose; what is a letting-loose is not a holding-together. Born of Indra, born of Soma, you are Atharvan's, the crusher of the tiger.

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