Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 5 — Chapter 29

AV 5 29.1

पुरस्ताद् युक्तो वह जातवेदो ऽग्ने विद्धि क्रियमाणम् यथेदम् । त्वं भिषग् भेषजस्यासि कर्ता त्वया गाम् अश्वं पुरुषं सनेम

purastād yukto vaha jātavedo 'gne viddhi kriyamāṇam yathedam | tvaṃ bhiṣag bheṣajasyāsi kartā tvayā gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ sanema

Yoked in front, convey (it), O Jātavedas; O Agni, know how this is being done. You are the healer, the maker of remedy; through you may we win cow, horse, man.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 5 29.2

तथा तद् अग्ने कृणु जातवेदो विश्वेभिर् देवैः सह संविदानः । यो नो दिदेव यतमो जघास यथा सो अस्य परिधिष् पताति

tathā tad agne kṛṇu jātavedo viśvebhir devaiḥ saha saṃvidānaḥ | yo no dideva yatamo jaghāsa yathā so asya paridhiṣ patāti

So do that, O Agni Jātavedas, acting in concord with all the gods: whoever has played against us, whichever one has devoured (us) — so that he may fall into the enclosure of this (fire).

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

AV 5 29.3

यथा सो अस्य परिधिष् पताति तथा तद् अग्ने कृणु जातवेदः । विश्वेभिर् देवैर् सह संविदानः

yathā so asya paridhiṣ patāti tathā tad agne kṛṇu jātavedaḥ | viśvebhir devair saha saṃvidānaḥ

That he may fall into the enclosure of this (fire) — so do that, O Agni Jātavedas, acting in concord with all the gods.

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

AV 5 29.4

अक्ष्यौ नि विध्य हृदयं नि विध्य जिह्वां नि तृन्द्धि प्र दतो मृणीहि । पिशाचो अस्य यतमो जघासाग्ने यविष्ठ प्रति शृणीहि

akṣyau ni vidhya hṛdayaṃ ni vidhya jihvāṃ ni tṛnddhi pra dato mṛṇīhi | piśāco asya yatamo jaghāsāgne yaviṣṭha prati śṛṇīhi

Pierce the two eyes, pierce the heart, split the tongue, crush the teeth forward. Whichever Piśāca has devoured (the flesh) of this one — O Agni, youngest, crush him in return.

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AV 5 29.5

यद् अस्य हृतं विहृतं यत् पराभृतम् आत्मनो जग्धं यतमत् पिशाचैः । तद् अग्ने विद्वान् पुनर् आ भर त्वं शरीरे मांसम् असुम् एरयामः

yad asya hṛtaṃ vihṛtaṃ yat parābhṛtam ātmano jagdhaṃ yatamat piśācaiḥ | tad agne vidvān punar ā bhara tvaṃ śarīre māṃsam asum erayāmaḥ

What of his has been carried off, torn away, what has been borne away, whatever of his own self has been eaten by the Piśācas — that, O Agni, knowing, bring back again; we make flesh and life-breath rise up in (his) body.

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AV 5 29.6

आमे सुपक्वे शबले विपक्वे यो मा पिशाचो अशने ददम्भ । तद् आत्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्ताम् अगदो ऽयम् अस्तु

āme supakve śabale vipakve yo mā piśāco aśane dadambha | tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

The Piśāca who has deceived me in raw, well-cooked, mottled, or over-cooked food — for that let the Piśācas pay with their own selves and their offspring; let this man be free of disease.

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AV 5 29.7

क्षिरे मा मन्थे यतमो ददम्भाकृष्टपच्ये अशने धान्ये यः । तद् आत्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्ताम् अगदो ऽयम् अस्तु

kṣire mā manthe yatamo dadambhākṛṣṭapacye aśane dhānye yaḥ | tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

Whichever has deceived me in milk, in the stirred drink, in unploughed-ripened food, or in grain — for that let the Piśācas pay with their own selves and their offspring; let this man be free of disease.

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AV 5 29.8

अपां मा पाने यतमो ददम्भ क्रव्याद् यातूनाम् शयने शयानम् । तद् आत्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्ताम् अगदो ऽयम् अस्तु

apāṃ mā pāne yatamo dadambha kravyād yātūnām śayane śayānam | tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

Whichever has deceived me in the drinking of waters — the flesh-eater (deceiving me) as I lay in the lair of the sorcerers — for that let the Piśācas pay with their own selves and their offspring; let this man be free of disease.

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AV 5 29.9

दिवा मा नक्तं यतमो ददम्भ क्रव्याद् यातूनाम् शयने शयानम् । तद् आत्मना प्रजया पिशाचा वि यातयन्ताम् अगदो ऽयम् अस्तु

divā mā naktaṃ yatamo dadambha kravyād yātūnām śayane śayānam | tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

Whichever has deceived me by day or by night — the flesh-eater (deceiving me) as I lay in the lair of the sorcerers — for that let the Piśācas pay with their own selves and their offspring; let this man be free of disease.

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AV 5 29.10

क्रव्यादम् अग्ने रुधिरं पिशाचं मनोहनं जहि जातवेदः । तम् इन्द्रो वाजी वज्रेण हन्तु छिनत्तु सोमः शिरो अस्य धृष्णुः

kravyādam agne rudhiraṃ piśācaṃ manohanaṃ jahi jātavedaḥ | tam indro vājī vajreṇa hantu chinattu somaḥ śiro asya dhṛṣṇuḥ

Slay, O Agni, the flesh-eating, blood(-drinking) Piśāca, the mind-destroyer, O Jātavedas. Let Indra the prize-winner smite him with the thunderbolt; let bold Soma cut off his head.

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AV 5 29.11

सनाद् अग्ने मृणसि यातुधानान् न त्वा रक्षांसि पृतनासु जिग्युः । सहमूरान् अनु दह क्रव्यादो मा ते हेत्या मुक्षत दैव्यायाः

sanād agne mṛṇasi yātudhānān na tvā rakṣāṃsi pṛtanāsu jigyuḥ | sahamūrān anu daha kravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣata daivyāyāḥ

From of old, Agni, you crush the sorcerers; the demons have not conquered you in battles. Burn up the flesh-eaters together with their roots; let them not escape your divine missile.

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AV 5 29.12

समाहर जातवेदो यद् धृतं यत् पराभृतम् । गात्राण्य् अस्य वर्धन्ताम् अंशुर् इवा प्यायताम् अयम्

samāhara jātavedo yad dhṛtaṃ yat parābhṛtam | gātrāṇy asya vardhantām aṃśur ivā pyāyatām ayam

Bring together, O Jātavedas, what has been carried off, what has been borne away. Let his limbs grow; let this man swell up like a Soma-stalk.

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AV 5 29.13

सोमस्येव जातवेदो अंशुर् आ प्यायताम् अयम् । अग्ने विरप्शिनं मेध्यम् अयक्ष्मं कृणु जीवतु

somasyeva jātavedo aṃśur ā pyāyatām ayam | agne virapśinaṃ medhyam ayakṣmaṃ kṛṇu jīvatu

Like a stalk of Soma, O Jātavedas, let this man swell up. O Agni, make him overflowing, fit for the sacrifice, free of consumption; let him live.

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AV 5 29.14

एतास् ते अग्ने समिधः पिशाचजम्भनीः । तास् त्वं जुषस्व प्रति चैना गृहाण जातवेदः

etās te agne samidhaḥ piśācajambhanīḥ | tās tvaṃ juṣasva prati cainā gṛhāṇa jātavedaḥ

These are your kindling-sticks, Agni, crushers of Piśācas. Take pleasure in them and receive them, O Jātavedas.

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AV 5 29.15

तार्ष्टाघीर् अग्ने समिधः प्रति गृह्णाह्य् अर्चिषा । जहातु क्रव्याद् रूपं यो अस्य मांसं जिहीर्षति

tārṣṭāghīr agne samidhaḥ prati gṛhṇāhy arciṣā | jahātu kravyād rūpaṃ yo asya māṃsaṃ jihīrṣati

Receive with your flame, Agni, the kindling-sticks of tārṣṭāgha. Let the flesh-eater who wishes to carry off this man's flesh abandon (his) form.

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