Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 18

AV 5 18.1

नैतां ते देवा अददुस् तुभ्यं नृपते अत्तवे । मा ब्राह्मणस्य राजन्य गां जिघत्सो अनाद्याम्

naitāṃ te devā adadus tubhyaṃ nṛpate attave | mā brāhmaṇasya rājanya gāṃ jighatso anādyām

The gods did not give her to you to eat, O lord of men; do not, O rājanya, seek to devour the brahmin's cow, which is not to be eaten.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.2

अक्षद्रुग्धो राजन्यः पाप आत्मपराजितः । स ब्राह्मणस्य गाम् अद्याद् अद्य जीवानि मा श्वः

akṣadrugdho rājanyaḥ pāpa ātmaparājitaḥ | sa brāhmaṇasya gām adyād adya jīvāni mā śvaḥ

The rājanya ruined by dice, wretched, having gambled away himself — let him eat the brahmin's cow (thinking) 'let me live today, not tomorrow'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.3

आविष्टिताघविषा पृदाकूर् इव चर्मणा । सा ब्राह्मणस्य राजन्य तृष्टैषा गौर् अनाद्या

āviṣṭitāghaviṣā pṛdākūr iva carmaṇā | sā brāhmaṇasya rājanya tṛṣṭaiṣā gaur anādyā

She is wrapped about with evil poison, like an adder with its skin; that cow of the brahmin, O rājanya, is bitter and not to be eaten.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.4

निर् वै क्षत्रं नयति हन्ति वर्चो ऽग्निर् इवारब्धो वि दुनोति सर्वम् । यो ब्राह्मणं मन्यते अन्नम् एव स विषस्य पिबति तैमातस्य

nir vai kṣatraṃ nayati hanti varco 'gnir ivārabdho vi dunoti sarvam | yo brāhmaṇaṃ manyate annam eva sa viṣasya pibati taimātasya

Verily it drives out the lordly power, it destroys the splendour; like a fire that has caught hold it burns up everything. He who thinks the brahmin is merely food drinks the poison of the taimāta (serpent).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.5

य एनं हन्ति मृदुं मन्यमानो देवपीयुर् धनकामो न चित्तात् । सं तस्येन्द्रो हृदये ऽग्निम् इन्धे उभे एनं द्विष्टो नभसी चरन्तम्

ya enaṃ hanti mṛduṃ manyamāno devapīyur dhanakāmo na cittāt | saṃ tasyendro hṛdaye 'gnim indhe ubhe enaṃ dviṣṭo nabhasī carantam

Whoever strikes him, thinking him soft, a reviler of the gods, greedy for wealth and without thought — in that man's heart Indra kindles the fire; both the heavens hate him as he goes about.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.6

न ब्राह्मणो हिंसितव्यो ऽग्निः प्रियतनोर् इव । सोमो ह्य् अस्य दायाद इन्द्रो अस्याभिशस्तिपाः

na brāhmaṇo hiṃsitavyo 'gniḥ priyatanor iva | somo hy asya dāyāda indro asyābhiśastipāḥ

A brahmin is not to be injured, (any more than) fire by one who holds his body dear; for Soma is his heir, Indra the guardian of him against accusation.

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

AV 5 18.7

शतापाष्ठां नि गिरति तां न शक्नोति निःखिदम् । अन्नं यो ब्रह्मणाम् मल्वः स्वाद्व् अद्मीति मन्यते

śatāpāṣṭhāṃ ni girati tāṃ na śaknoti niḥkhidam | annaṃ yo brahmaṇām malvaḥ svādv admīti manyate

He swallows down (an arrow) with a hundred barbs; he is not able to pull it out — the fool who thinks of the brahmins' food, 'I am eating something sweet'.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.8

जिह्वा ज्या भवति कुल्मलं वाङ् नाडीका दन्तास् तपसाभिदिग्धाः । तेभिर् ब्रह्मा विध्यति देवपीयून् हृद्बलैर् धनुर्भिर् देवजूतैः

jihvā jyā bhavati kulmalaṃ vāṅ nāḍīkā dantās tapasābhidigdhāḥ | tebhir brahmā vidhyati devapīyūn hṛdbalair dhanurbhir devajūtaiḥ

The tongue becomes the bowstring, the voice the arrow-socket, the teeth the reed-shafts smeared with fervour; with these the brahmán pierces the revilers of the gods, with bows strong from the heart and sped by the gods.

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

AV 5 18.9

तीक्ष्णेषवो ब्राह्मणा हेतिमन्तो याम् अस्यन्ति शरव्यां न सा मृषा । अनुहाय तपसा मन्युना चोत दुराद् अव भिन्दन्त्य् एनम्

tīkṣṇeṣavo brāhmaṇā hetimanto yām asyanti śaravyāṃ na sā mṛṣā | anuhāya tapasā manyunā cota durād ava bhindanty enam

Brahmins are sharp-arrowed, armed with missiles; the shaft they shoot is not in vain. Pursuing (him) with fervour and with wrath, they strike him down even from afar.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.10

ये सहस्रम् अराजन्न् आसन् दशशता उत । ते ब्राह्मणस्य गां जग्ध्वा वैतहव्याः पराभवन्

ye sahasram arājann āsan daśaśatā uta | te brāhmaṇasya gāṃ jagdhvā vaitahavyāḥ parābhavan

Those who were a thousand, and ten hundred, and held sway — those Vaitahavyas, having devoured the brahmin's cow, perished.

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

AV 5 18.11

गौर् एव तान् हन्यमाना वैतहव्याꣳ अवातिरत् । ये केसरप्राबन्धायाश् चरमाजाम् अपेचिरन्

gaur eva tān hanyamānā vaitahavyāṁ avātirat | ye kesaraprābandhāyāś caramājām apeciran

The cow herself, as she was being slain, brought the Vaitahavyas down, who cooked the last she-goat of Keśaraprābandhā.

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

AV 5 18.12

एकशतं ता जनता या भूमिर् व्यधूनुत । प्रजां हिंसित्वा ब्राह्मणीम् असंभव्यं पराभवन्

ekaśataṃ tā janatā yā bhūmir vyadhūnuta | prajāṃ hiṃsitvā brāhmaṇīm asaṃbhavyaṃ parābhavan

Those hundred and one peoples whom the earth shook off — having harmed the brahmin's offspring, they perished beyond recovery.

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

AV 5 18.13

देवपीयुश् चरति मर्त्येषु गरगीर्णो भवत्य् अस्थिभूयान् । यो ब्राह्मणं देवबन्धुं हिनस्ति न स पितृयाणम् अप्य् एति लोकम्

devapīyuś carati martyeṣu garagīrṇo bhavaty asthibhūyān | yo brāhmaṇaṃ devabandhuṃ hinasti na sa pitṛyāṇam apy eti lokam

The reviler of the gods walks about among mortals; he becomes one who has swallowed poison, he becomes all bones. He who injures a Brahman, the kinsman of the gods, does not go even to the world along the fathers' road.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 18.14

अग्निर् वै नः पदवायः सोमो दायाद उच्यते । हन्ताभिशस्तेन्द्रस् तथा तद् वेधसो विदुः

agnir vai naḥ padavāyaḥ somo dāyāda ucyate | hantābhiśastendras tathā tad vedhaso viduḥ

Agni indeed is our tracker (of the offender's footsteps); Soma is called the claimer of the inheritance; Indra is the smiter of the accursed — so do the ordainers know it.

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

AV 5 18.15

इषुर् इव दिग्धा नृपते पृदाकूर् इव गोपते । सा ब्राह्मणस्येषुर् घोरा तया विध्यति पीयतः

iṣur iva digdhā nṛpate pṛdākūr iva gopate | sā brāhmaṇasyeṣur ghorā tayā vidhyati pīyataḥ

Like a poisoned arrow, O lord of men; like an adder, O lord of cattle — such is the Brahman's dreadful arrow; with it he pierces those who revile.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition