Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 19

AV 5 19.1

अतिमात्रम् अवर्धन्त नोद् इव दिवम् अस्पृशन् । भृगुं हिंसित्वा सृञ्जया वैतहव्याः पराभवन्

atimātram avardhanta nod iva divam aspṛśan | bhṛguṃ hiṃsitvā sṛñjayā vaitahavyāḥ parābhavan

Beyond measure they grew, yet they did not quite touch heaven; having injured Bhṛgu, the Sṛñjaya Vaitahavyas perished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 19.2

ये बृहत्सामानम् आङ्गिरसम् आर्पयन् ब्राह्मणं जनाः । पेत्वस् तेषाम् उभयादम् अविस् तोकान्य् आवयत्

ye bṛhatsāmānam āṅgirasam ārpayan brāhmaṇaṃ janāḥ | petvas teṣām ubhayādam avis tokāny āvayat

Those people who did harm to the Āṅgirasa Brahman, the man of the Bṛhat-sāman — the ram ate up their double-toothed beast, the sheep ate up their young.

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

AV 5 19.3

ये ब्राह्मणं प्रत्यष्ठीवन् ये वास्मिञ् छुल्कम् ईषिरे । अस्नस् ते मध्ये कुल्यायाः केशान् खादन्त आसते

ye brāhmaṇaṃ pratyaṣṭhīvan ye vāsmiñ chulkam īṣire | asnas te madhye kulyāyāḥ keśān khādanta āsate

Those who spat upon a Brahman, or who demanded a toll of him, sit eating hair in the middle of a stream of blood.

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

AV 5 19.4

ब्रह्मगवी पच्यमाना यावत् साभि विजङ्गहे । तेजो राष्ट्रस्य निर् हन्ति न वीरो जायते वृषा

brahmagavī pacyamānā yāvat sābhi vijaṅgahe | tejo rāṣṭrasya nir hanti na vīro jāyate vṛṣā

The Brahman's cow, while being cooked, for as long as she goes on struggling (in the fire), strikes away the splendour of the kingdom; no bull-like hero is born (there).

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

AV 5 19.5

क्रूरम् अस्या आशसनं तृष्टं पिशितम् अस्यते । क्षीरं यद् अस्याः पीयते तद् वै पितृषु किल्बिषम्

krūram asyā āśasanaṃ tṛṣṭaṃ piśitam asyate | kṣīraṃ yad asyāḥ pīyate tad vai pitṛṣu kilbiṣam

Cruel is the butchering of her; harsh is the flesh of her that is eaten; the milk of hers that is drunk — that indeed is an offence against the fathers.

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AV 5 19.6

उग्रो राजा मन्यमानो ब्राह्मणं यो जिघत्सति । परा तत् सिच्यते राष्ट्रं ब्राह्मणो यत्र जीयते

ugro rājā manyamāno brāhmaṇaṃ yo jighatsati | parā tat sicyate rāṣṭraṃ brāhmaṇo yatra jīyate

A king who, thinking himself mighty, wishes to devour a Brahman — that kingdom is poured away, where the Brahman is overpowered.

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AV 5 19.7

अष्टापदी चतुरक्षी चतुःश्रोत्रा चतुर्हनुः । द्व्यास्या द्विजिह्वा भूत्वा सा राष्ट्रम् अव धूनुते ब्रह्मज्यस्य

aṣṭāpadī caturakṣī catuḥśrotrā caturhanuḥ | dvyāsyā dvijihvā bhūtvā sā rāṣṭram ava dhūnute brahmajyasya

Becoming eight-footed, four-eyed, four-eared, four-jawed, two-mouthed, two-tongued, she shakes down the kingdom of the oppressor of Brahmans.

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AV 5 19.8

तद् वै राष्ट्रम् आ स्रवति नावं भिन्नाम् इवोदकम् । ब्रह्माणं यत्र हिंसन्ति तद् राष्ट्रं हन्ति दुछुना

tad vai rāṣṭram ā sravati nāvaṃ bhinnām ivodakam | brahmāṇaṃ yatra hiṃsanti tad rāṣṭraṃ hanti duchunā

That kingdom indeed leaks away, as water into a broken boat; where they injure the Brahman, calamity smites that kingdom.

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AV 5 19.9

तं वृक्षा अप सेधन्ति छायां नो मोप गा इति । यो ब्राह्मणस्य सद् धनम् अभि नारद मन्यते

taṃ vṛkṣā apa sedhanti chāyāṃ no mopa gā iti | yo brāhmaṇasya sad dhanam abhi nārada manyate

The trees drive him off, saying: "Do not come into our shade!" — him who, O Nārada, covets the property that belongs to a Brahman.

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AV 5 19.10

विषम् एतद् देवकृतं राजा वरुणो ऽब्रवीत् । न ब्राह्मणस्य गां जग्ध्वा रास्त्रे जागार कश् चन

viṣam etad devakṛtaṃ rājā varuṇo 'bravīt | na brāhmaṇasya gāṃ jagdhvā rāstre jāgāra kaś cana

This is poison made by the gods, said King Varuṇa: no one in the kingdom has stayed awake after eating the cow of a Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 19.11

नवैव ता नवतयो या भूमिर् व्यधूनुत । प्रजां हिंसित्वा ब्राह्मणीम् असंभव्यं पराभवन्

navaiva tā navatayo yā bhūmir vyadhūnuta | prajāṃ hiṃsitvā brāhmaṇīm asaṃbhavyaṃ parābhavan

Just nine were those nineties whom the earth shook off; having injured the offspring of a Brahman, they perished beyond recovery.

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AV 5 19.12

याम् मृतायानुबध्नन्ति कूद्यं पदयोपनीम् । तद् वै ब्रह्मज्य ते देवा उपस्तरणम् अब्रुवन्

yām mṛtāyānubadhnanti kūdyaṃ padayopanīm | tad vai brahmajya te devā upastaraṇam abruvan

The kūdī-plant, the effacer of footprints, which they bind on behind a dead man — that indeed, O oppressor of Brahmans, the gods declared to be your bedding.

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

AV 5 19.13

अश्रूणि कृपमानस्य यानि जीतस्य वावृतुः । तं वै ब्रह्मज्य ते देवा अपां भागम् अधारयन्

aśrūṇi kṛpamānasya yāni jītasya vāvṛtuḥ | taṃ vai brahmajya te devā apāṃ bhāgam adhārayan

The tears of one lamenting, which rolled down when he was despoiled — that indeed, O oppressor of Brahmans, the gods have fixed as your share of the waters.

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AV 5 19.14

येन मृतं स्नपयन्ति श्मश्रूणि येनोन्दते । तं वै ब्रह्मज्य ते देवा अपां भागम् अधारयन्

yena mṛtaṃ snapayanti śmaśrūṇi yenondate | taṃ vai brahmajya te devā apāṃ bhāgam adhārayan

That with which they wash a dead man, with which they wet the beard — that indeed, O oppressor of Brahmans, the gods have fixed as your share of the waters.

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AV 5 19.15

न वर्षं मैत्रावरुणं ब्रह्मज्यम् अभि वर्षति । नास्मै समितिः कल्पते न मित्रं नयते वशम्

na varṣaṃ maitrāvaruṇaṃ brahmajyam abhi varṣati | nāsmai samitiḥ kalpate na mitraṃ nayate vaśam

The rain of Mitra and Varuṇa does not rain upon the oppressor of Brahmans; the assembly does not turn out well for him; he does not lead a friend to his will.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition