Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 6 — Chapter 50

AV 6 50.1

हतं तर्दं समङ्कम् आखुम् अश्विना छिन्तं शिरो अपि पृष्टीः शृणीतम् । यवान् नेद् अदान् अपि नह्यतं मुखम् अथाभयं कृणुतं धान्याय

hataṃ tardaṃ samaṅkam ākhum aśvinā chintaṃ śiro api pṛṣṭīḥ śṛṇītam | yavān ned adān api nahyataṃ mukham athābhayaṃ kṛṇutaṃ dhānyāya

Slay the borer, the samaṅka, the mole, O Aśvins; cut off the head, crush also the ribs. Tie up the mouth, that they may not eat the barley; then make safety for the grain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 6 50.2

तर्द है पतङ्ग है जभ्य हा उपक्वस । ब्रह्मेवासंस्थितं हविर् अनदन्त इमान् यवान् अहिंसन्तो अपोदित

tarda hai pataṅga hai jabhya hā upakvasa | brahmevāsaṃsthitaṃ havir anadanta imān yavān ahiṃsanto apodita

Ho borer! Ho locust! Ho jabhya! Ho upakvasa! Like a brahman (leaving) an unfinished oblation, go away, not eating these barley grains, not harming them.

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

AV 6 50.3

तर्दापते वघापते तृष्टजम्भा आ शृणोत मे । य आरण्या व्यद्वरा ये के च स्थ व्यद्वरास् तान्त् सर्वान् जम्भयामसि

tardāpate vaghāpate tṛṣṭajambhā ā śṛṇota me | ya āraṇyā vyadvarā ye ke ca stha vyadvarās tānt sarvān jambhayāmasi

O lord of the borers, O lord of the vaghas, you with the sharp jaws, listen to me: whatever devourers there are of the forest, and whatever devourers you are, all of them we crush with our jaws.

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