Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 8 — Chapter 6

AV 8 6.1

यौ ते मातोन्ममार्ज जातायाः पतिवेदनौ । दुर्णामा तत्र मा गृधद् अलिंश उत वत्सपः

yau te mātonmamārja jātāyāḥ pativedanau | durṇāmā tatra mā gṛdhad aliṃśa uta vatsapaḥ

The two husband-finders that your mother rubbed off you when you were born — let not the ill-named one be greedy for them there, nor the aliṃśa, nor the vatsapa.

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AV 8 6.2

पलालानुपलालौ शर्कुं कोकं मलिम्लुचं पलीजकम् । आश्रेषं वव्रिवाससम् ऋक्षग्रीवं प्रमीलिनम्

palālānupalālau śarkuṃ kokaṃ malimlucaṃ palījakam | āśreṣaṃ vavrivāsasam ṛkṣagrīvaṃ pramīlinam

Palāla and Anupalāla, Śarku, Koka, Malimluca, Palījaka, Āśreṣa, Vavrivāsas, Ṛkṣagrīva, Pramīlin —

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AV 8 6.3

मा सं वृतो मोप सृप ऊरू माव सृपो ऽन्तरा । कृणोम्य् अस्यै भेषजं बजं दुर्णामचातनम्

mā saṃ vṛto mopa sṛpa ūrū māva sṛpo 'ntarā | kṛṇomy asyai bheṣajaṃ bajaṃ durṇāmacātanam

Do not (approach her) covered up, do not creep up to her thighs, do not creep down between. I make a remedy for her, the baja, the expeller of the ill-named one.

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AV 8 6.4

दुर्णामा च सुनामा चोभा सम्वृतम् इछतः । अरायान् अप हन्मः सुनामा स्त्रैणम् इछताम्

durṇāmā ca sunāmā cobhā samvṛtam ichataḥ | arāyān apa hanmaḥ sunāmā straiṇam ichatām

Both the ill-named and the well-named seek union. We smite away the arāyas; let the well-named seek what belongs to women.

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AV 8 6.5

यः कृष्णः केश्य् असुर स्तम्बज उत तुण्डिकः । अरायान् अस्या मुष्काभ्यां भंससो ऽप हन्मसि

yaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ keśy asura stambaja uta tuṇḍikaḥ | arāyān asyā muṣkābhyāṃ bhaṃsaso 'pa hanmasi

He who is black, hairy, an asura, clump-born, and snouted — the arāyas we smite away from her labia, from her genitals.

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AV 8 6.6

अनुजिघ्रं प्रमृशन्तं क्रव्यादम् उत रेरिहम् । अरायां छ्वकिष्किणो बजः पिङ्गो अनीनशत्

anujighraṃ pramṛśantaṃ kravyādam uta reriham | arāyāṃ chvakiṣkiṇo bajaḥ piṅgo anīnaśat

The sniffer, the groper, the flesh-eater and the licker — the tawny baja has made the arāyas of the śvakiṣkin perish.

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AV 8 6.7

यस् त्वा स्वप्ने निपद्यते भ्राता भूत्वा पितेव च । बजस् तान्त् सहताम् इतः क्लीबरूपांस् तिरीटिनः

yas tvā svapne nipadyate bhrātā bhūtvā piteva ca | bajas tānt sahatām itaḥ klībarūpāṃs tirīṭinaḥ

He who lies down on you in a dream, having become a brother or like a father — let the baja overpower them from here, those of eunuch form, those wearing crests.

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AV 8 6.8

यस् त्वा स्वपन्तीं त्सरति यस् त्वा दिप्सति जाग्रतीम् । छायाम् इव प्र तान्त् सूर्यः परिक्रामन्न् अनीनशत्

yas tvā svapantīṃ tsarati yas tvā dipsati jāgratīm | chāyām iva pra tānt sūryaḥ parikrāmann anīnaśat

Whoever steals upon you asleep, whoever seeks to harm you awake — them the Sun, circling about, has made to vanish like a shadow.

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AV 8 6.9

यः कृणोति मृतवत्साम् अवतोकाम् इमां स्त्रियम् । तम् ओषधे त्वं नाशयास्याः कमलम् अञ्जिवम्

yaḥ kṛṇoti mṛtavatsām avatokām imāṃ striyam | tam oṣadhe tvaṃ nāśayāsyāḥ kamalam añjivam

Whoever makes this woman one whose children die, one bereft of offspring — him, O herb, do you destroy, (and) her kamala and añjiva.

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AV 8 6.10

ये शालाः परिनृत्यन्ति सायं गर्दभनादिनः । कुसूला ये च कुक्षिलाः ककुभाः करुमाः स्रिमाः । तान् ओषधे त्वं गन्धेन विषूचीनान् वि नाशय

ye śālāḥ parinṛtyanti sāyaṃ gardabhanādinaḥ | kusūlā ye ca kukṣilāḥ kakubhāḥ karumāḥ srimāḥ | tān oṣadhe tvaṃ gandhena viṣūcīnān vi nāśaya

Those who dance about the houses in the evening, braying like donkeys; and those who are kusūlas, kukṣilas, kakubhas, karumas, srimas — them, O herb, destroy with your scent, driven apart in all directions.

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AV 8 6.11

ये कुकुन्धाः कुकिरभाः कृत्तीर् दूर्शानि बिभ्रति । क्लीबा इव प्रनृत्यन्तो वने ये कुर्वते घोषं तान् इतो नाशयामसि

ye kukundhāḥ kukirabhāḥ kṛttīr dūrśāni bibhrati | klībā iva pranṛtyanto vane ye kurvate ghoṣaṃ tān ito nāśayāmasi

The kukundhas and kukirabhas, who wear hides and coarse garments, who, dancing about like eunuchs, make an uproar in the forest — them we destroy from here.

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AV 8 6.12

ये सूर्यं न तितिक्षन्त आतपन्तम् अमुं दिवः । अरायान् बस्तवासिनो दुर्गन्धींल् लोहितास्यान् मककान् नाशयामसि

ye sūryaṃ na titikṣanta ātapantam amuṃ divaḥ | arāyān bastavāsino durgandhīṃl lohitāsyān makakān nāśayāmasi

Those who do not endure the sun as it burns down there from heaven — the arāyas, clothed in goatskin, foul-smelling, red-mouthed, the makakas — we destroy.

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AV 8 6.13

य आत्मानम् अतिमात्रम् अंस आधाय बिभ्रति । स्त्रीणां श्रोणिप्रतोदिन इन्द्र रक्षांसि नाशय

ya ātmānam atimātram aṃsa ādhāya bibhrati | strīṇāṃ śroṇipratodina indra rakṣāṃsi nāśaya

Those who carry their own body oversized, having set it upon the shoulder, the goaders of women's hips — O Indra, destroy the rakṣases.

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AV 8 6.14

ये पूर्वे बध्वो यन्ति हस्ते शृङ्गानि बिभ्रतः । आपाकेस्थाः प्रहासिन स्तम्बे ये कुर्वते ज्योतिस् तान् इतो नाशयामसि

ye pūrve badhvo yanti haste śṛṅgāni bibhrataḥ | āpākesthāḥ prahāsina stambe ye kurvate jyotis tān ito nāśayāmasi

Those who go in front of the bride, bearing horns in their hands, who stand by the cooking-fire, laughing loudly, who make a light in the grass-clump — them we destroy from here.

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AV 8 6.15

येषाम् पश्चात् प्रपदानि पुरः पार्ष्णीः पुरो मुखा । खलजाः शकधूमजा उरुण्डा ये च मट्मटाः कुम्भमुष्का अयाशवः । तान् अस्या ब्रह्मणस् पते प्रतीबोधेन नाशय

yeṣām paścāt prapadāni puraḥ pārṣṇīḥ puro mukhā | khalajāḥ śakadhūmajā uruṇḍā ye ca maṭmaṭāḥ kumbhamuṣkā ayāśavaḥ | tān asyā brahmaṇas pate pratībodhena nāśaya

Those whose forefeet are behind and heels in front, whose faces are in front; the threshing-floor-born, the dung-smoke-born, the uruṇḍas and the maṭmaṭas, the pot-testicled, the ayāśus — them, O Brahmaṇaspati, destroy by her awakening.

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AV 8 6.16

पर्यस्ताक्षा अप्रचङ्कशा अस्त्रैणाः सन्तु पण्डगाः । अव भेषज पादय य इमां संविवृत्सत्य् अपतिः स्वपतिं स्त्रियम्

paryastākṣā apracaṅkaśā astraiṇāḥ santu paṇḍagāḥ | ava bheṣaja pādaya ya imāṃ saṃvivṛtsaty apatiḥ svapatiṃ striyam

Let them be with eyes turned aside, not looking about, deprived of women, impotent. Cast down, O remedy, whoever, being no husband, seeks to lie with this woman who has a husband.

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AV 8 6.17

उद्धर्षिणं मुनिकेशं जम्भयन्तं मरीमृशम् । उपेषन्तम् उदुम्बलं तुण्डेलम् उत शालुडम् । पदा प्र विध्य पार्ष्ण्या स्थालीं गौर् इव स्पन्दना

uddharṣiṇaṃ munikeśaṃ jambhayantaṃ marīmṛśam | upeṣantam udumbalaṃ tuṇḍelam uta śāluḍam | padā pra vidhya pārṣṇyā sthālīṃ gaur iva spandanā

Uddharṣin, the sage-haired one, Jambhayant, Marīmṛśa, Upeṣant, Udumbala, Tuṇḍela and Śāluḍa — pierce (them) with the foot, with the heel, as a kicking cow (kicks) a pot.

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AV 8 6.18

यस् ते गर्भं प्रतिमृशाज् जातं वा मारयाति ते । पिङ्गस् तम् उग्रधन्वा कृणोतु हृदयाविधम्

yas te garbhaṃ pratimṛśāj jātaṃ vā mārayāti te | piṅgas tam ugradhanvā kṛṇotu hṛdayāvidham

Whoever should touch your embryo, or would kill your child once born — let Piṅga, of the terrible bow, make him one pierced through the heart.

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AV 8 6.19

ये अम्नो जतान् मारयन्ति सूतिका अनुशेरते । स्त्रीभागान् पिङ्गो गन्धर्वान् वातो अभ्रम् इवाजतु

ye amno jatān mārayanti sūtikā anuśerate | strībhāgān piṅgo gandharvān vāto abhram ivājatu

Those who kill the newborn, (who) lie beside the woman in childbed — let Piṅga drive off hence the Gandharvas who take women as their portion, as the wind (drives) a cloud.

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AV 8 6.20

परिसृष्टं धरयतु यद् धितं माव पादि तत् । गर्भं त उग्रौ रक्षताम् भेषजौ नीविभार्यौ

parisṛṣṭaṃ dharayatu yad dhitaṃ māva pādi tat | garbhaṃ ta ugrau rakṣatām bheṣajau nīvibhāryau

Let (her) hold fast what has been set loose within; let that which is placed (there) not fall away. Let the two fierce remedies, to be worn at the waistband, guard your embryo.

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AV 8 6.21

पवीनसात् तङ्गल्वाच् छायकाद् उत नग्नकात् । प्रजायै पत्ये त्वा पिङ्गः परि पातु किमीदिनः

pavīnasāt taṅgalvāc chāyakād uta nagnakāt | prajāyai patye tvā piṅgaḥ pari pātu kimīdinaḥ

From the pavīnasa, from the taṅgalva, from the śāyaka and from the nagnaka, from the kimīdin let Piṅga guard you round about, for offspring, for a husband.

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AV 8 6.22

द्व्यास्याच् चतुरक्षात् पञ्चपदाद् अनङ्गुरेः । वृन्ताद् अभि प्रसर्पतः परि पाहि वरीवृतात्

dvyāsyāc caturakṣāt pañcapadād anaṅgureḥ | vṛntād abhi prasarpataḥ pari pāhi varīvṛtāt

From the two-mouthed, the four-eyed, the five-footed, the fingerless one, from the one creeping up from the stalk, from the one turning about again and again — guard (her) round about.

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AV 8 6.23

य आमं मांसम् अदन्ति पौरुषेयं च ये क्रविः । गर्भान् खादन्ति केशवास् तान् इतो नाशयामसि

ya āmaṃ māṃsam adanti pauruṣeyaṃ ca ye kraviḥ | garbhān khādanti keśavās tān ito nāśayāmasi

Those who eat raw flesh, and those (who eat) human bloody flesh, the hairy ones who devour embryos — those we make vanish from here.

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AV 8 6.24

ये सूर्यात् परिसर्पन्ति स्नुषेव श्वशुराद् अधि । बजश् च तेषां पिङ्गश् च हृदये ऽधि नि विध्यताम्

ye sūryāt parisarpanti snuṣeva śvaśurād adhi | bajaś ca teṣāṃ piṅgaś ca hṛdaye 'dhi ni vidhyatām

Those who creep away from the sun, as a daughter-in-law (shrinks) from her father-in-law — let both the baja(-plant) and Piṅga pierce them down into the heart.

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AV 8 6.25

पिङ्ग रक्ष जायमानं मा पुमांसं स्त्रियं क्रन् । आण्डादो गर्भान् मा दभन् बाधस्वेतः किमीदिनः

piṅga rakṣa jāyamānaṃ mā pumāṃsaṃ striyaṃ kran | āṇḍādo garbhān mā dabhan bādhasvetaḥ kimīdinaḥ

Piṅga, protect the one being born; let them not make the male into a female; let the egg-eaters not harm the embryos; drive the kimīdins away from here.

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AV 8 6.26

अप्रजास्त्वं मार्तवत्सम् आद् रोदम् अघम् आवयम् । वृक्षाद् इव स्रजम् कृत्वाप्रिये प्रति मुञ्च तत्

aprajāstvaṃ mārtavatsam ād rodam agham āvayam | vṛkṣād iva srajam kṛtvāpriye prati muñca tat

Childlessness, the state of having dead children, then weeping, evil, harm — having made (it) like a garland from a tree, fasten that upon the unloved (woman).

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