Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 14

AV 5 14.1

सुपर्णस् त्वान्व् अविन्दत् सूकरस् त्वाखनन् नसा । दिप्सौषधे त्वं दिप्सन्तम् अव कृत्याकृतं जहि

suparṇas tvānv avindat sūkaras tvākhanan nasā | dipsauṣadhe tvaṃ dipsantam ava kṛtyākṛtaṃ jahi

The eagle found thee out; the boar dug thee up with his snout. Seek to harm, O plant, him that seeks to harm; strike down the maker of witchcraft.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.2

अव जहि यातुधानान् अव कृत्याकृतं जहि । अथो यो अस्मान् दिप्सति तम् उ त्वं जह्य् ओषधे

ava jahi yātudhānān ava kṛtyākṛtaṃ jahi | atho yo asmān dipsati tam u tvaṃ jahy oṣadhe

Strike down the sorcerers, strike down the maker of witchcraft; and moreover, whoever seeks to harm us, him too do thou strike, O plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.3

रिश्यस्येव परीशासं परिकृत्य परि त्वचः । कृत्यां कृत्याकृते देवा निष्कम् इव प्रति मुञ्चत

riśyasyeva parīśāsaṃ parikṛtya pari tvacaḥ | kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte devā niṣkam iva prati muñcata

Having cut around, as the (strip) of an antelope, around off the skins — O gods, fasten the witchcraft back onto the maker of witchcraft, like an ornament.

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

AV 5 14.4

पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते हस्तगृह्य परा णय । समक्षम् अस्मा आ धेहि यथा कृत्याकृतम् हनत्

punaḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte hastagṛhya parā ṇaya | samakṣam asmā ā dhehi yathā kṛtyākṛtam hanat

Taking it by the hand, lead the witchcraft back away to the maker of witchcraft; set it right before his eyes, so that it may slay the maker of witchcraft.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.5

कृत्याः सन्तु कृत्याकृते शपथः शपथीयते । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः

kṛtyāḥ santu kṛtyākṛte śapathaḥ śapathīyate | sukho ratha iva vartatāṃ kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ

Let the witchcrafts be for the maker of witchcraft, the curse for him that curses; like an easy-rolling chariot, let the witchcraft roll back to the maker of witchcraft.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.6

यदि स्त्री यदि वा पुमान् कृत्यां चकार पाप्मने । ताम् उ तस्मै नयामस्य् अश्वम् इवाश्वाभिधान्या

yadi strī yadi vā pumān kṛtyāṃ cakāra pāpmane | tām u tasmai nayāmasy aśvam ivāśvābhidhānyā

If a woman, or if a man, has made a spell for harm, that very (spell) we lead to him, as a horse (is led) by a horse-halter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.7

यदि वासि देवकृता यदि वा पुरुषैः कृता । तां त्वा पुनर् णयामसीन्द्रेण सयुजा वयम्

yadi vāsi devakṛtā yadi vā puruṣaiḥ kṛtā | tāṃ tvā punar ṇayāmasīndreṇa sayujā vayam

Whether you are god-made, or made by men, you, that (spell), we lead back, we (being) allied with Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.8

अग्ने पृतनाषाट् पृतनाः सहस्व । पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते प्रतिहरणेन हरामसि

agne pṛtanāṣāṭ pṛtanāḥ sahasva | punaḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte pratiharaṇena harāmasi

O Agni, conqueror of armies, overcome the armies; we carry the spell back to the spell-maker with a counter-carrying (charm).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.9

कृतव्यधनि विध्य तं यश् चकार तम् इज् जहि । न त्वाम् अचक्रुषे वयं वधाय सं शिशीमहि

kṛtavyadhani vidhya taṃ yaś cakāra tam ij jahi | na tvām acakruṣe vayaṃ vadhāya saṃ śiśīmahi

O you that pierce with the spell, pierce him who has made (it); slay just him. We do not whet you for the slaying of one who has not made (it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 14.10

पुत्र इव पितरं गछ स्वज इवाभिष्ठितो दश । बन्धम् इवावक्रामी गछ कृत्ये कृत्याकृतं पुनः

putra iva pitaraṃ gacha svaja ivābhiṣṭhito daśa | bandham ivāvakrāmī gacha kṛtye kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ

Go as a son (goes) to his father; bite like a snake that is trodden upon; go back, O spell, to the spell-maker, like one stepping out of a bond.

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

AV 5 14.11

उद् एणीव वारण्य् अभिस्कन्दं मृगीव । कृत्या कर्तारम् ऋछतु

ud eṇīva vāraṇy abhiskandaṃ mṛgīva | kṛtyā kartāram ṛchatu

Like a wild doe leaping up, like a deer bounding—let the spell reach its maker.

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

AV 5 14.12

इष्वा ऋजीयः पततु द्यावापृथिवी तं प्रति । सा तं मृगम् इव गृह्णातु कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः

iṣvā ṛjīyaḥ patatu dyāvāpṛthivī taṃ prati | sā taṃ mṛgam iva gṛhṇātu kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ

Let it fly straighter than an arrow—heaven and earth, (be) against him!—let it seize him like a wild beast: the spell back to the spell-maker.

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

AV 5 14.13

अग्निर् इवैतु प्रतिकूलम् अनुकूलम् इवोदकम् । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः

agnir ivaitu pratikūlam anukūlam ivodakam | sukho ratha iva vartatāṃ kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ

Let it go like fire against the slope, like water down the slope; let it roll like an easy-running chariot: the spell back to the spell-maker.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition