Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 4

AV 8 4.1

इन्द्रासोमा तपतं रक्ष उब्जतं न्य् अर्पयतं वृषणा तमोवृधः । परा शृणीतम् अचितो न्य् ओषतं हतं नुदेथां नि शिशीतम् अत्त्रिणः

indrāsomā tapataṃ rakṣa ubjataṃ ny arpayataṃ vṛṣaṇā tamovṛdhaḥ | parā śṛṇītam acito ny oṣataṃ hataṃ nudethāṃ ni śiśītam attriṇaḥ

O Indra and Soma, burn the demon, press him down; ye two bulls, cast down those who thrive in darkness. Shatter away the mindless ones, burn them down, slay, thrust away, gore the devourers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.2

इन्द्रासोमा सम् अघशंसम् अभ्य् अघं तपुर् ययस्तु चरुर् अग्निमाꣳ इव । ब्रह्मद्विषे क्रव्यादे घोरचक्षसे द्वेषो धत्तम् अनवायं किमीदिने

indrāsomā sam aghaśaṃsam abhy aghaṃ tapur yayastu carur agnimāṁ iva | brahmadviṣe kravyāde ghoracakṣase dveṣo dhattam anavāyaṃ kimīdine

O Indra and Soma, let burning heat go against the evil-speaker, against the evil one, like a pot over fire. Upon the hater of the sacred word, the flesh-eater, the one of dread eye, upon the kimīdin, lay unremitting hatred.

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

AV 8 4.3

इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृतो वव्रे अन्तर् अनारम्भणे तमसि प्र विध्यतम् । यतो नैषां पुनर् एकश् चनोदयत् तद् वाम् अस्तु सहसे मन्युमच् छवः

indrāsomā duṣkṛto vavre antar anārambhaṇe tamasi pra vidhyatam | yato naiṣāṃ punar ekaś canodayat tad vām astu sahase manyumac chavaḥ

O Indra and Soma, pierce the evil-doers into the pit, into darkness that has no support, whence not even one of them shall come up again: let that wrathful might of yours be for overpowering.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.4

इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवो वधं सं पृथिव्या अघशंसाय तर्हणम् । उत् तक्षतं स्वर्यं१ पर्वतेभ्यो येन रक्षो वावृधानं निजूर्वथः

indrāsomā vartayataṃ divo vadhaṃ saṃ pṛthivyā aghaśaṃsāya tarhaṇam | ut takṣataṃ svaryaṃ1 parvatebhyo yena rakṣo vāvṛdhānaṃ nijūrvathaḥ

O Indra and Soma, roll the deadly weapon from heaven and from earth, the crushing (weapon) for the evil-speaker. Fashion forth from the mountains the roaring (bolt) with which ye burn down the demon that has grown strong.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.5

इन्द्रासोमा वर्तयतं दिवस् पर्य् अग्नितप्तेभिर् युवम् अश्महन्मभिः । तपुर्वधेभिर् अजरेभिर् अत्त्रिणो नि पर्शाने विध्यतं यन्तु निस्वरम्

indrāsomā vartayataṃ divas pary agnitaptebhir yuvam aśmahanmabhiḥ | tapurvadhebhir ajarebhir attriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṃ yantu nisvaram

Indra and Soma, roll (it) down from heaven — you two, with the fire-heated, stone-striking (weapons), with the scorching, unaging weapons pierce the devourers down into the chasm; let them go without a sound.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.6

इन्द्रासोमा परि वां भूतु विश्वत इयं मतिः कक्ष्याश्वेव वाजिना । यां वां होत्रां परिहिनोमि मेधयेमा ब्रह्माणि नृपती इव जिन्वतम्

indrāsomā pari vāṃ bhūtu viśvata iyaṃ matiḥ kakṣyāśveva vājinā | yāṃ vāṃ hotrāṃ parihinomi medhayemā brahmāṇi nṛpatī iva jinvatam

Indra and Soma, may this thought encompass you two from every side, as a girth (encompasses) two prize-winning horses. The hotṛ's office which I send around to you two with wisdom — quicken these formulas, like two lords of men.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.7

प्रति स्मरेथां तुजयद्भिर् एवैर् हतं द्रुहो रक्षसो भङ्गुरावतः । इन्द्रासोमा दुष्कृते मा सुगं भूद् यो मा कदा चिद् अभिदासति द्रुहुः

prati smarethāṃ tujayadbhir evair hataṃ druho rakṣaso bhaṅgurāvataḥ | indrāsomā duṣkṛte mā sugaṃ bhūd yo mā kadā cid abhidāsati druhuḥ

Remember (this), you two; with impelling courses slay the deceits, the rakṣas, the treacherous ones. Indra and Soma, let there be no easy way for the evildoer, (for) the deceiver who at any time assails me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.8

यो मा पाकेन मनसा चरन्तम् अभिचष्टे अनृतेभिर् वचोभिः । आप इव काशिना सम्गृभीता असन्न् अस्त्व् असतः इन्द्र वक्ता

yo mā pākena manasā carantam abhicaṣṭe anṛtebhir vacobhiḥ | āpa iva kāśinā samgṛbhītā asann astv asataḥ indra vaktā

He who, as I walk with simple mind, looks upon me with untrue words — like waters grasped up in the hollow (of the hand), let the speaker of what is not be himself not, O Indra.

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

AV 8 4.9

ये पाकशंसं विहरन्त एवैर् ये वा भद्रं दूषयन्ति स्वधाभिः । अहये वा तान् प्रददातु सोम आ वा दधातु निरृतेर् उपष्ठे

ye pākaśaṃsaṃ viharanta evair ye vā bhadraṃ dūṣayanti svadhābhiḥ | ahaye vā tān pradadātu soma ā vā dadhātu nirṛter upaṣṭhe

Those who with their courses tear apart the man of simple speech, or who by their own powers befoul what is good — let Soma hand them over to the serpent, or set them in the lap of Nirṛti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.10

यो नो रसं दिप्सति पित्वो अग्ने अश्वानां गवां यस् तनूनाम् । रिपु स्तेन स्तेयकृद् दभ्रम् एतु नि ष हीयतां तन्वा तना च

yo no rasaṃ dipsati pitvo agne aśvānāṃ gavāṃ yas tanūnām | ripu stena steyakṛd dabhram etu ni ṣa hīyatāṃ tanvā tanā ca

Whoever seeks to spoil our sap, our food, O Agni, (the sap) of our horses, of our cattle, of our bodies — that cheat, that thief, that doer of theft, let him come to little; let him be left behind, with body and offspring.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.11

परः सो अस्तु तन्वा तना च तिस्रः पृथिवीर् अधो अस्तु विश्वाः । प्रति शुष्यतु यशो अस्य देवा यो मा दिवा दिप्सति यश् च नक्तम्

paraḥ so astu tanvā tanā ca tisraḥ pṛthivīr adho astu viśvāḥ | prati śuṣyatu yaśo asya devā yo mā divā dipsati yaś ca naktam

Let him be far away, with body and offspring; let him be below all the three earths. Let his renown wither away, O gods — he who seeks to harm me by day and he who by night.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.12

सुविज्ञानं चिकितुषे जनाय सच् चासच् च वचसी पस्पृधाते । तस्योर् यत् सत्यं यतरद् ऋजीयस् तद् इत् सोमो ऽवति हन्त्य् असत्

suvijñānaṃ cikituṣe janāya sac cāsac ca vacasī paspṛdhāte | tasyor yat satyaṃ yatarad ṛjīyas tad it somo 'vati hanty asat

It is easy to discern for the man who takes note: the true and the untrue speech contend with each other. Of those two, whichever is true, whichever is the straighter — that one Soma favors; he slays the untrue.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.13

न वा उ सोमो वृजिनं हिनोति न क्षत्रियम् मिथुया धारयन्तम् । हन्ति रक्षो हन्त्य् आसद् वदन्तम् उभाव् इन्द्रस्य प्रसितौ शयाते

na vā u somo vṛjinaṃ hinoti na kṣatriyam mithuyā dhārayantam | hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte

Soma surely does not further the crooked man, nor the kṣatriya who holds (his power) falsely; he slays the rakṣas, he slays the one who speaks what is not; both lie in Indra's snare.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.14

यदि वाहम् अनृतदेवो अस्मि मोघं वा देवाꣳ अप्यूहे अग्ने । किम् अस्मभ्यं जातवेदो हृणीषे द्रोघवाचस् ते निरृथं सचन्ताम्

yadi vāham anṛtadevo asmi moghaṃ vā devāṁ apyūhe agne | kim asmabhyaṃ jātavedo hṛṇīṣe droghavācas te nirṛthaṃ sacantām

If I am one whose gods are false, or if I have called upon the gods in vain, O Agni — why are you angry at us, O Jātavedas? Let the speakers of deceit meet destruction from you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.15

अद्या मुरीय यदि यातुधानो अस्मि यदि वायुस् ततप पुरुषस्य । अधा स वीरैर् दशभिर् वि यूया यो मा मोघं यातुधानेत्य् आह

adyā murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi yadi vāyus tatapa puruṣasya | adhā sa vīrair daśabhir vi yūyā yo mā moghaṃ yātudhānety āha

Let me die this very day if I am a sorcerer, or if I have scorched the life of a man. And then let him be parted from his ten heroes, whoever falsely says of me, "Sorcerer!"

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

AV 8 4.16

यो मायातुं यातुधानेत्य् आह यो वा रक्षाः शिचिर् अस्मीत्य् आह । इन्द्रस् तं हन्तु महता वधेन विश्वस्य जन्तोर् अधमस् पदीष्ट

yo māyātuṃ yātudhānety āha yo vā rakṣāḥ śicir asmīty āha | indras taṃ hantu mahatā vadhena viśvasya jantor adhamas padīṣṭa

He who says "Sorcerer!" to me who am no sorcerer, or who, being a rakṣas, says "I am pure" — let Indra slay him with the great weapon; let him fall lowest of every creature.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.17

प्र या जिगाति खर्गलेव नक्तम् अप द्रुहुस् तन्वं१ गूहमाना । वव्रम् अनन्तम् अव सा पदीष्टिअ ग्रावाणो घ्नन्तु रक्षस उपब्दैः

pra yā jigāti khargaleva naktam apa druhus tanvaṃ1 gūhamānā | vavram anantam ava sā padīṣṭia grāvāṇo ghnantu rakṣasa upabdaiḥ

She who goes forth by night like an owl, hiding her body away in deceit — let her fall down into the endless pit; let the pressing-stones slay the rakṣas with their clatter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.18

वि तिष्ठध्वम् मरुतो विक्ष्व् इछत गृभायत रक्षसः सं पिनष्टन् । वयो ये भूत्वा पतयन्ति नक्तभिर् ये वा रिपो दधिरे देवे अध्वरे

vi tiṣṭhadhvam maruto vikṣv ichata gṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ saṃ pinaṣṭan | vayo ye bhūtvā patayanti naktabhir ye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare

Spread out, Maruts; search among the settlements; seize the rakṣas, crush them together — those who, having become birds, fly about by nights, or who have laid defilement upon the divine rite.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.19

प्र वर्तय दिवो ऽश्मानम् इन्द्र सोमशितं मघवन्त् सं शिशाधि । प्राक्तो अपाक्तो अधराद् उदक्तो ऽभि जहि रक्षसः पर्वतेन

pra vartaya divo 'śmānam indra somaśitaṃ maghavant saṃ śiśādhi | prākto apākto adharād udakto 'bhi jahi rakṣasaḥ parvatena

Roll down the stone from heaven, Indra; whetted by soma, O bounteous one, sharpen it. From in front, from behind, from below, from above, smite down the rakṣas with the mountain(-stone).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.20

एत उ त्ये पतयन्ति श्वयातव इन्द्रं दिप्सन्ति दिप्सवो ऽदाभ्यम् । शिशीते शक्रः पिशुनेभ्यो वधं नुनं सृजद् अशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः

eta u tye patayanti śvayātava indraṃ dipsanti dipsavo 'dābhyam | śiśīte śakraḥ piśunebhyo vadhaṃ nunaṃ sṛjad aśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ

There they fly, those dog-sorcerers; seeking to deceive, they seek to deceive Indra, who is not to be deceived. Śakra whets the weapon for the slanderers; now let him loose the bolt at those who practice sorcery.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.21

इन्द्रो यातूनाम् अभवत् पराशरो हविर्मथीनाम् अभ्य् आविवासताम् । अभीद् उ शक्रः परशुर् यथा वनं पात्रेव भिन्दन्त् सत एतु रक्षसः

indro yātūnām abhavat parāśaro havirmathīnām abhy āvivāsatām | abhīd u śakraḥ paraśur yathā vanaṃ pātreva bhindant sata etu rakṣasaḥ

Indra became the shatterer of the sorcerers, of the oblation-stealers who pressed near. Yes, let Śakra go against the rakṣas that are (there), as an axe against a tree, splitting them like pots.

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

AV 8 4.22

उलूकयातुं शुशुलूकयातुं जहि श्वयातुम् उत कोकयातुम् । सुपर्णयातुम् उत गृध्रयातुं दृषदेव प्र मृण रक्ष इन्द्र

ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātum uta kokayātum | suparṇayātum uta gṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra

Slay the owl-sorcerer, the screech-owl-sorcerer, the dog-sorcerer and the cuckoo-sorcerer, the eagle-sorcerer and the vulture-sorcerer; grind down the rakṣas as with a millstone, Indra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.23

मा नो रक्षो अभि नड् यातुमावद् अपोछन्तु मिथुना ये किमीदिनः । पृथिवी नः पार्थिवात् पात्व् अंहसो ऽन्तरिक्षं दिव्यात् पात्व् अस्मान्

mā no rakṣo abhi naḍ yātumāvad apochantu mithunā ye kimīdinaḥ | pṛthivī naḥ pārthivāt pātv aṃhaso 'ntarikṣaṃ divyāt pātv asmān

Let no sorcerous rakṣas reach us; let the kimīdins who go in pairs vanish away. Let the earth protect us from earthly distress, let the midspace protect us from the heavenly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.24

इन्द्र जहि पुमांसं यातुधानम् उत स्त्रियं मायया शाशदानाम् । विग्रीवासो मूरदेवा ऋदन्तु मा ते दृशन्त् सूर्यम् उच्चरन्तम्

indra jahi pumāṃsaṃ yātudhānam uta striyaṃ māyayā śāśadānām | vigrīvāso mūradevā ṛdantu mā te dṛśant sūryam uccarantam

Indra, slay the male sorcerer, and the woman who exults in her magic. Let the worshippers of fools perish with their necks broken; let them not see the sun as it rises.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 8 4.25

प्रति चक्ष्व वि चक्ष्वेन्द्रश् च सोम जागृतम् । रक्षोभ्यो वधम् अस्यतम् अशनिं यातुमद्भ्यः

prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraś ca soma jāgṛtam | rakṣobhyo vadham asyatam aśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ

Look toward (them), look out (for them); O Indra and Soma, be watchful both of you. Hurl the deadly weapon at the rakṣas, the thunderbolt at the sorcerers.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition