Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 37

AV 4 37.1

त्वया पूर्वम् अथर्वाणो जघ्नू रक्षांस्य् ओषधे । त्वया जघान कश्यपस् त्वया कण्वो अगस्त्यः

tvayā pūrvam atharvāṇo jaghnū rakṣāṃsy oṣadhe | tvayā jaghāna kaśyapas tvayā kaṇvo agastyaḥ

By thee, O plant, the Atharvans formerly slew the rakṣases; by thee Kaśyapa slew, by thee Kaṇva, Agastya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.2

त्वया वयम् अप्सरसो गन्धर्वांस् चातयामहे । अजशृङ्ग्य् अज रक्षः सर्वान् गन्धेन नाशय

tvayā vayam apsaraso gandharvāṃs cātayāmahe | ajaśṛṅgy aja rakṣaḥ sarvān gandhena nāśaya

By thee we drive away the apsarases and the gandharvas. O goat-horn (plant), drive off the rakṣas; make them all vanish by thy smell.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.3

नदीं यन्त्व् अप्सरसो ऽपां तारम् अवश्वसम् । गुल्गुलूः पीला नलद्य् औक्षगन्धिः प्रमन्दनी । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन

nadīṃ yantv apsaraso 'pāṃ tāram avaśvasam | gulgulūḥ pīlā nalady aukṣagandhiḥ pramandanī | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana

Let the apsarases go to the river, to the crossing of the waters, to the place of blowing. Gulgulu, pīlā, naladī, ox-scented (plant), pramandanī: go away there, apsarases — you have been detected!

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

AV 4 37.4

यत्राश्वत्था न्यग्रोधा महावृक्षाः शिखण्डिनः । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन

yatrāśvatthā nyagrodhā mahāvṛkṣāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana

Where the aśvattha and nyagrodha trees are, the great crested trees — go away there, apsarases; you have been detected.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.5

यत्र वः प्रेङ्खा हरिता अर्जुना उत यत्राघाताः कर्कर्यः संवदन्ति । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन

yatra vaḥ preṅkhā haritā arjunā uta yatrāghātāḥ karkaryaḥ saṃvadanti | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana

Where your swings are, green and white, and where the cymbals and lutes sound together — go away there, apsarases; you have been detected.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.6

एयम् अगन्न् ओषधीनां वीरुधाम् वीर्यावती । अजशृङ्ग्य् अराटकी तीक्ष्णशृङ्गी व्यृषतु

eyam agann oṣadhīnāṃ vīrudhām vīryāvatī | ajaśṛṅgy arāṭakī tīkṣṇaśṛṅgī vyṛṣatu

Hither has come this mighty one of the plants, of the herbs: let the goat-horned, arāṭakī, sharp-horned (plant) thrust (them) apart.

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

AV 4 37.7

आनृत्यतः शिखण्डिनो गन्धर्वस्याप्सरापतेः । भिनद्मि मुष्काव् अपि यामि शेपः

ānṛtyataḥ śikhaṇḍino gandharvasyāpsarāpateḥ | bhinadmi muṣkāv api yāmi śepaḥ

Of the dancing crested gandharva, lord of the apsarases, I split the testicles, and I pierce the penis.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.8

भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् अयस्मयीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु

bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr ayasmayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu

Fearsome are Indra's missiles, a hundred spears of iron; with them let it thrust apart the gandharvas that eat the oblation, that eat the avakā-plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.9

भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् हिरण्ययीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु

bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr hiraṇyayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu

Fearsome are Indra's missiles, a hundred spears of gold; with them let it thrust apart the gandharvas that eat the oblation, that eat the avakā-plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.10

अवकादान् अभिशोचान् अप्सु ज्योतय मामकान् । पिशाचान्त् सर्वान् ओषधे प्र मृणीहि सहस्व च

avakādān abhiśocān apsu jyotaya māmakān | piśācānt sarvān oṣadhe pra mṛṇīhi sahasva ca

The avakā-eaters, the scorchers — set them ablaze in the waters, (and) my own people (protect); crush all the piśācas, O plant, and overpower (them).

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

AV 4 37.11

श्वेवैकः कपिर् इवैकः कुमारः सर्वकेशकः । प्रियो दृश इव भूत्वा गन्धर्वः सचते स्त्रियस् । तम् इतो नाशयामसि ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता

śvevaikaḥ kapir ivaikaḥ kumāraḥ sarvakeśakaḥ | priyo dṛśa iva bhūtvā gandharvaḥ sacate striyas | tam ito nāśayāmasi brahmaṇā vīryāvatā

One like a dog, one like a monkey, (one) a youth with full hair — having become as it were pleasant to look at, the gandharva attends upon women; him we make vanish from here with potent formula.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 37.12

जाया इद् वो अप्सरसो गन्धर्वाः पतयो युयम् । अप धावतामर्त्या मर्त्यान् मा सचध्वम्

jāyā id vo apsaraso gandharvāḥ patayo yuyam | apa dhāvatāmartyā martyān mā sacadhvam

The apsarases indeed are your wives; you, gandharvas, are the husbands. Run away, you immortals; do not consort with mortals.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition