Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 23

AV 5 23.1

ओते मे द्यावापृथिवी ओता देवी सरस्वती । ओतौ म इन्द्रश् चाग्निश् च क्रिमिं जम्भयताम् इति

ote me dyāvāpṛthivī otā devī sarasvatī | otau ma indraś cāgniś ca krimiṃ jambhayatām iti

Woven in for me are heaven and earth, woven in is the goddess Sarasvatī, woven in for me are both Indra and Agni — may they crush the worm, (we say).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.2

अस्येन्द्र कुमारस्य क्रिमीन् धनपते जहि । हता विश्वा अरातय उग्रेण वचसा मम

asyendra kumārasya krimīn dhanapate jahi | hatā viśvā arātaya ugreṇa vacasā mama

Slay the worms of this boy, O Indra, lord of wealth; all the hostile powers have been slain by my fierce speech.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.3

यो अक्ष्यौ परिसर्पति यो नासे परिसर्पति । दतां यो मध्यं गछति तं क्रिमिं जम्भयामसि

yo akṣyau parisarpati yo nāse parisarpati | datāṃ yo madhyaṃ gachati taṃ krimiṃ jambhayāmasi

The one that creeps about the two eyes, that creeps about in the nose, that goes into the middle of the teeth — that worm we crush.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.4

सरूपौ द्वौ विरूपौ द्वौ कृष्णौ द्वौ रोहितौ द्वौ । बभ्रुश् च बभ्रुकर्णश् च गृध्रः कोकश् च ते हताः

sarūpau dvau virūpau dvau kṛṣṇau dvau rohitau dvau | babhruś ca babhrukarṇaś ca gṛdhraḥ kokaś ca te hatāḥ

Two of the same form, two of different form, two black, two red, the brown one and the brown-eared one, the vulture and the koka — these of yours are slain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.5

ये क्रिमयः शितिकक्षा ये कृष्णाः शितिबाहवः । ये के च विश्वरूपास् तान् क्रिमीन् जम्भयामसि

ye krimayaḥ śitikakṣā ye kṛṣṇāḥ śitibāhavaḥ | ye ke ca viśvarūpās tān krimīn jambhayāmasi

The worms that are white-flanked, those that are black with white forelegs, and whatever ones are of every shape — those worms we crush.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.6

उत् पुरस्तात् सूर्य एति विश्वदृष्टो अदृष्टहा । दृष्टांश् च घ्नन्न् अदृष्टांश् च सर्वांश् च प्रमृणन् क्रिमीन्

ut purastāt sūrya eti viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā | dṛṣṭāṃś ca ghnann adṛṣṭāṃś ca sarvāṃś ca pramṛṇan krimīn

In the east the sun rises up, seen by all, slayer of the unseen, killing both the seen and the unseen, and grinding down all the worms.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.7

येवाषासः कष्कषास एजत्काः शिपवित्नुकाः । दृष्टश् च हन्यतां क्रिमिर् उतादृष्टश् च हन्यताम्

yevāṣāsaḥ kaṣkaṣāsa ejatkāḥ śipavitnukāḥ | dṛṣṭaś ca hanyatāṃ krimir utādṛṣṭaś ca hanyatām

The yevāṣas, the kaṣkaṣas, the ejatkas, the śipavitnukas — let the worm that is seen be slain, and let the one unseen be slain too.

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

AV 5 23.8

हतो येवाषः क्रिमीणां हतो नदनिमोत । सर्वान् नि मष्मषाकरं दृषदा खल्वाꣳ इव

hato yevāṣaḥ krimīṇāṃ hato nadanimota | sarvān ni maṣmaṣākaraṃ dṛṣadā khalvāṁ iva

Slain is the yevāṣa of the worms, and slain the nadanimān; I have made them all into mush, as (one crushes) khalva-grains with a millstone.

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

AV 5 23.9

त्रिशीर्षाणं त्रिककुदं क्रिमिं सारङ्गम् अर्जुनम् । शृणाम्य् अस्य पृष्टीर् अपि वृश्चामि यच् छिरः

triśīrṣāṇaṃ trikakudaṃ krimiṃ sāraṅgam arjunam | śṛṇāmy asya pṛṣṭīr api vṛścāmi yac chiraḥ

The three-headed, three-humped worm, the spotted, the white one — I break its ribs, I also cut off what is its head.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.10

अत्रिवद् वः क्रिमयो हन्मि कण्ववज् जमदग्निवत् । अगस्त्यस्य ब्रह्मणा सं पिनष्म्य् अहं क्रिमीन्

atrivad vaḥ krimayo hanmi kaṇvavaj jamadagnivat | agastyasya brahmaṇā saṃ pinaṣmy ahaṃ krimīn

Like Atri I slay you, O worms, like Kaṇva, like Jamadagni; with the spell of Agastya I crush the worms together.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.11

हतो राजा क्रिमीणाम् उतैषां स्थपतिर् हतः । हतो हतमाता क्रिमिर् हतभ्राता हतस्वसा

hato rājā krimīṇām utaiṣāṃ sthapatir hataḥ | hato hatamātā krimir hatabhrātā hatasvasā

Slain is the king of the worms, and slain too is their chief; slain is the worm with its mother slain, with its brother slain, with its sister slain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 23.12

हतासो अस्य वेशसो हतासः परिवेशसः । अथो ये क्षुल्लका इव सर्वे ते क्रिमयो हताः

hatāso asya veśaso hatāsaḥ pariveśasaḥ | atho ye kṣullakā iva sarve te krimayo hatāḥ

Slain are its dependents, slain its attendants round about; and those that are, as it were, tiny — all those worms are slain.

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

AV 5 23.13

सर्वेषां च क्रिमीणां सर्वासां च क्रिमीनाम् । भिनद्म्य् अश्मना शिरो दहाम्य् अग्निना मुखम्

sarveṣāṃ ca krimīṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ ca krimīnām | bhinadmy aśmanā śiro dahāmy agninā mukham

Of all the male worms and of all the female worms I split the head with a stone, I burn the mouth with fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition