Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 36

AV 4 36.1

तान्त् सत्यौजाः प्र दहत्व् अग्निर् वैश्वानरो वृषा । यो नो दुरस्याद् दिप्साच् चाथो यो नो अरातियात्

tānt satyaujāḥ pra dahatv agnir vaiśvānaro vṛṣā | yo no durasyād dipsāc cātho yo no arātiyāt

Let Agni Vaiśvānara, the bull, of true strength, burn them up — whoever would do us ill, whoever would seek to harm (us), and whoever would show us enmity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.2

यो नो दिप्साद् अदिप्सतो दिप्सतो यश् च दिप्सति । वैश्वानरस्य दंष्ट्रयोर् अग्नेर् अपि दधामि तम्

yo no dipsād adipsato dipsato yaś ca dipsati | vaiśvānarasya daṃṣṭrayor agner api dadhāmi tam

Whoever would seek to harm us who do not seek to harm, and whoever seeks to harm those who do seek to harm — him I place in the two fangs of Agni Vaiśvānara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.3

य आगरे मृगयन्ते प्रतिक्रोशे ऽमावास्ये । क्रव्यादो अन्यान् दिप्सतः सर्वांस् तान्त् सहसा सहे

ya āgare mṛgayante pratikrośe 'māvāsye | kravyādo anyān dipsataḥ sarvāṃs tānt sahasā sahe

Those flesh-eaters who go hunting at the calling (of night?), at the answering cry, on the new-moon night, who seek to harm others — all of them I overpower with force.

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

AV 4 36.4

सहे पिशाचान्त् सहसैषां द्रविणं ददे । सर्वान् दुरस्यतो हन्मि सं म आकूतिर् ऋध्यताम्

sahe piśācānt sahasaiṣāṃ draviṇaṃ dade | sarvān durasyato hanmi saṃ ma ākūtir ṛdhyatām

I overpower the piśācas; by force I take away their wealth. I slay all who act malignantly; let my intention be fulfilled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.5

ये देवास् तेन हासन्ते सूर्येण मिमते जवम् । नदीषु पर्वतेषु ये सं तैः पशुभिर् विदे

ye devās tena hāsante sūryeṇa mimate javam | nadīṣu parvateṣu ye saṃ taiḥ paśubhir vide

The gods who race along with that sun (and) measure out its speed, and those who are in the rivers, in the mountains — with them I am joined in cattle.

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

AV 4 36.6

तपनो अस्मि पिशाचानां व्याघ्रो गोमताम् इव । श्वानः सिंहम् इव दृष्ट्वा ते न विन्दन्ते न्यञ्चनम्

tapano asmi piśācānāṃ vyāghro gomatām iva | śvānaḥ siṃham iva dṛṣṭvā te na vindante nyañcanam

I am a scorcher of the piśācas, as a tiger is of the owners of cattle; having seen (me), as dogs (having seen) a lion, they find no lurking-place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.7

न पिशाचैः सं शक्नोमि न स्तेनैः न वनर्गुभिः । पिशाचास् तस्मान् नश्यन्ति यम् अहं ग्रामम् आविशे

na piśācaiḥ saṃ śaknomi na stenaiḥ na vanargubhiḥ | piśācās tasmān naśyanti yam ahaṃ grāmam āviśe

I do not come to terms with piśācas, nor with thieves, nor with forest-rangers; the piśācas vanish from whatever village I enter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.8

यं ग्रामम् आविशत इदम् उग्रं सहो मम । पिशाचास् तस्मान् नश्यन्ति न पापम् उप जानते

yaṃ grāmam āviśata idam ugraṃ saho mama | piśācās tasmān naśyanti na pāpam upa jānate

Into whatever village this fierce force of mine enters, from it the piśācas vanish; they plot no evil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 36.9

ये मा क्रोधयन्ति लपिता हस्तिनं मशका इव । तान् अहं मन्ये दुर्हितान् जने अल्पशयून् इव

ye mā krodhayanti lapitā hastinaṃ maśakā iva | tān ahaṃ manye durhitān jane alpaśayūn iva

Those who anger me with prattle, as gnats (anger) an elephant — those I consider ill-placed among men, like petty creatures.

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

AV 4 36.10

अभि तं निरृतिर् धत्ताम् अश्वम् इव अश्वाभिधान्या । मल्वो यो मह्यं क्रुध्यति स उ पाशान् न मुच्यते

abhi taṃ nirṛtir dhattām aśvam iva aśvābhidhānyā | malvo yo mahyaṃ krudhyati sa u pāśān na mucyate

Let Nirṛti bind him down, as a horse with a horse-halter; the fool who is angry at me — he is not released from the fetters.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition