Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·10·10.1
यां कल्पयन्ति वहतौ वधूम् इव विश्वरूपां हस्तकृतां चिकित्सवः । साराद् एत्व् अप नुदाम एनाम् ॥१॥
yāṃ kalpayanti vahatau vadhūm iva viśvarūpāṃ hastakṛtāṃ cikitsavaḥ | sārād etv apa nudāma enām ||1||
She whom the adepts { cikitsú) prepare, all-formed, hand-made, like a bride at a wedding—let her go far off; we push her away.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शीर्षण्वती नस्वती कर्णिणी कृत्याकृता संभृता विश्वरूपा । साराद् एत्व् अप नुदाम एनाम् ॥२॥
śīrṣaṇvatī nasvatī karṇiṇī kṛtyākṛtā saṃbhṛtā viśvarūpā | sārād etv apa nudāma enām ||2||
Having a head, having a nose, having ears, put together, all-formed, by the witchcraft-maker—let her go far off; we push her away.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
शूद्रकृता राजकृता स्त्रीकृता ब्रह्मभिः कृता । जाया पत्या नुत्तेव कर्तारं बन्ध्व् ऋछतु ॥३॥
śūdrakṛtā rājakṛtā strīkṛtā brahmabhiḥ kṛtā | jāyā patyā nutteva kartāraṃ bandhv ṛchatu ||3||
Çūdra-made, king-made, woman-made, made by Brahmans (brahmán), like a wife expelled (nuttá) by her husband, let her go to her maker, as connection.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अनयाहम् ओषध्या सर्वाः कृत्या अदूदुषम् । यां क्षेत्रे चक्रुर् यां गोषु यां वा ते पुरुषेषु ॥४॥
anayāham oṣadhyā sarvāḥ kṛtyā adūduṣam | yāṃ kṣetre cakrur yāṃ goṣu yāṃ vā te puruṣeṣu ||4||
With this herb have I spoiled all witchcrafts—what one they have made in the field, what in the kine, or what in thy men.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अघम् अस्त्व् अघकृते शपथः शपथीयते । प्रत्यक् प्रतिप्रहिण्मो यथा कृत्याकृतं हनत् ॥५॥
agham astv aghakṛte śapathaḥ śapathīyate | pratyak pratiprahiṇmo yathā kṛtyākṛtaṃ hanat ||5||
Let evil be to the evil-doer, a curse to the curser; backward we send [her] forth back, that she may slay the witchcraft-maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रतीचीन आङ्गिरसो ऽध्यक्षो नः पुरोहितः । प्रतीचीः कृत्या आकृत्यामून् कृत्याकृतो जहि ॥६॥
pratīcīna āṅgiraso 'dhyakṣo naḥ purohitaḥ | pratīcīḥ kṛtyā ākṛtyāmūn kṛtyākṛto jahi ||6||
Opposed [is] the Ān̄girasa, our appointed (puróhita) overseer; do thou, having turned the witchcrafts in the opposite direction, slay yonder witchcraft-makers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस् त्वोवाच परेहीति प्रतिकूलम् उदाय्यम् । तं कृत्ये ऽभिनिवर्तस्व मास्मान् इछो अनागसः ॥७॥
yas tvovāca parehīti pratikūlam udāyyam | taṃ kṛtye 'bhinivartasva māsmān icho anāgasaḥ ||7||
He who said to thee "go forth," against the current, up-stream, him, O witchcraft, do thou return against; seek not us who are innocent.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यस् ते परूंषि संदधौ रथस्येव र्भुर् धिया । तं गछ तत्र ते ऽयनम् अज्ञातस् ते ऽयं जनः ॥८॥
yas te parūṃṣi saṃdadhau rathasyeva rbhur dhiyā | taṃ gacha tatra te 'yanam ajñātas te 'yaṃ janaḥ ||8||
He who put together thy joints, as an ṛbhú [those] of a chariot with skill (dhī́), unto him go thou; there is thy going; this person is unknown to thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ये त्वा कृत्वालेभिरे विद्वला अभिचारिणः । शंभ्व् इदं कृत्यादूषणं प्रतिवर्त्म पुनःसरं तेन त्वा स्नपयामसि ॥९॥
ye tvā kṛtvālebhire vidvalā abhicāriṇaḥ | śaṃbhv idaṃ kṛtyādūṣaṇaṃ prativartma punaḥsaraṃ tena tvā snapayāmasi ||9||
They who, having made, took hold of thee, cunning sorcerers—this is a healthful (çambhú) spoiler of witchcraft, counteracting, reverting; therewith do we bathe thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद् दुर्भगां प्रस्नपितां मृतवत्साम् उपेयिम । अपैतु सर्वं मत् पापं द्रविणं मोप तिष्ठतु ॥१०॥ १
yad durbhagāṃ prasnapitāṃ mṛtavatsām upeyima | apaitu sarvaṃ mat pāpaṃ draviṇaṃ mopa tiṣṭhatu ||10|| 1
In that we have come upon the ill-portioned one (fem.), bathed forth, whose young (-vatsá) is dead—let all ill (pāpá) go away from me; let property come unto (upa-sthā) me.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत् ते पितृभ्यो ददतो यज्ञे वा नाम जगृहुः । संदेश्यात् सर्वस्मात् पापाद् इमा मुञ्चन्तु त्वौषधीः ॥११॥
yat te pitṛbhyo dadato yajñe vā nāma jagṛhuḥ | saṃdeśyāt sarvasmāt pāpād imā muñcantu tvauṣadhīḥ ||11||
In that they have taken (grah) the name of thee giving to the Fathers, or at the sacrifice—let these plants free thee from all ill that is designed (? saṁdeçyà).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
देवैनसात् पित्र्यान् नामग्राहात् संदेश्याद् अभिनिष्कृतात् । मुञ्चन्तु त्वा वीरुधो वीर्येण ब्रह्मणा ऋग्भिः पयसा ऋषीणाम् ॥१२॥
devainasāt pitryān nāmagrāhāt saṃdeśyād abhiniṣkṛtāt | muñcantu tvā vīrudho vīryeṇa brahmaṇā ṛgbhiḥ payasā ṛṣīṇām ||12||
From sin against the gods, against the Fathers, from name-taking, that is designed, that is devised against [any one], let the plants free thee by their energy (vīryà), with spell (bráhman), with verses, with milk of the seers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यथा वातश् च्यावयति भूम्या रेणुम् अन्तरिक्षाच् चाभ्रम् । एवा मत् सर्वं दुर्भूतं ब्रह्मनुत्तम् अपायति ॥१३॥
yathā vātaś cyāvayati bhūmyā reṇum antarikṣāc cābhram | evā mat sarvaṃ durbhūtaṃ brahmanuttam apāyati ||13||
As the wind sets in motion the dust from the earth and the cloud (abhrá) from the atmosphere, so from me may everything of evil nature go away, pushed by the spell (bráhman).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अप क्राम नानदती विनद्धा गर्दभीव । कर्तॄन् नक्षस्वेतो नुत्ता ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता ॥१४॥
apa krāma nānadatī vinaddhā gardabhīva | kartṝn nakṣasveto nuttā brahmaṇā vīryāvatā ||14||
Step away, making much noise, like an unfastened she-ass; attain thy makers, pushed hence by an energetic spell.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अयं पन्थाः कृत्येति त्वा नयामो ऽभिप्रहितां प्रति त्वा प्र हिण्मः । तेनाभि याहि भञ्जत्य् अनस्वतीव वाहिनी विश्वरूपा कुरूतिनी ॥१५॥
ayaṃ panthāḥ kṛtyeti tvā nayāmo 'bhiprahitāṃ prati tvā pra hiṇmaḥ | tenābhi yāhi bhañjaty anasvatīva vāhinī viśvarūpā kurūtinī ||15||
Saying "this is the road, O witchcraft," we conduct thee; thee that wast sent forth against [us] we send forth back again; by that [road] go against [them], breaking, like a draft-cow with a cart, all-formed, wearing a wreath (? kurūṭín).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पराक् ते ज्योतिर् अपथं ते अर्वाग् अन्यत्रास्मद् अयना कृणुष्व । परेणेहि नवतिं नाव्या अति दुर्गाः स्रोत्या मा क्षणिष्ठाः परेहि ॥१६॥
parāk te jyotir apathaṃ te arvāg anyatrāsmad ayanā kṛṇuṣva | pareṇehi navatiṃ nāvyā ati durgāḥ srotyā mā kṣaṇiṣṭhāḥ parehi ||16||
Offward is light for thee, hitherward is no road for thee; make thy goings elsewhere than [toward] us; go thou by a distant [road] beyond ninety difficult navigable streams; do not wound thyself; go away.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
वात इव वृक्षान् नि मृणीहि पादय मा गाम् अश्वं पुरुषम् उच् छिष एषाम् । कर्तॄन् निवृत्येतः कृत्ये ऽप्रजास्त्वाय बोधय ॥१७॥
vāta iva vṛkṣān ni mṛṇīhi pādaya mā gām aśvaṃ puruṣam uc chiṣa eṣām | kartṝn nivṛtyetaḥ kṛtye 'prajāstvāya bodhaya ||17||
As the wind the trees, do thou crush (mṛ) down, cause to fall; do not leave of them cow, horse, man; turning back, O witchcraft, from here to thy makers, awaken them unto childlessness.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते बर्हिषि यां श्मशाने क्षेत्रे कृत्यां वलगं वा निचख्नुः । अग्नौ वा त्वा गार्हपत्ये ऽभिचेरुः पाकं सन्तं धीरतरा अनागसम् ॥१८॥
yāṃ te barhiṣi yāṃ śmaśāne kṣetre kṛtyāṃ valagaṃ vā nicakhnuḥ | agnau vā tvā gārhapatye 'bhiceruḥ pākaṃ santaṃ dhīratarā anāgasam ||18||
What [witchcraft] they buried for thee in the barhís, what in the cemetery, [what] witchcraft or secret spell (valagá) in the field, or practised against thee in the householders' fire—they, being wiser, [against thee] who art simple, innocent.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उपाहृतम् अनुबुद्धं निखातं वैरं त्सार्य् अन्व् अविदाम कर्त्रम् । तद् एतु यत आभृतं तत्राश्व इव वि वर्ततां हन्तु कृत्याकृतः प्रजाम् ॥१९॥
upāhṛtam anubuddhaṃ nikhātaṃ vairaṃ tsāry anv avidāma kartram | tad etu yata ābhṛtaṃ tatrāśva iva vi vartatāṃ hantu kṛtyākṛtaḥ prajām ||19||
We have found out (anu-vid) the hostile sneaking magic (? kártra) that was applied, perceived (? anu-budh), buried: let that go whence it was brought; there let it roll about like a horse; let it slay the progeny of the witchcraft -maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
स्वायसा असयः सन्ति नो गृहे विद्मा ते कृत्ये यतिधा परूंषि । उत् तिष्ठैव परेहीतो ऽज्ञाते किम् इहेछसि ॥२०॥ २
svāyasā asayaḥ santi no gṛhe vidmā te kṛtye yatidhā parūṃṣi | ut tiṣṭhaiva parehīto 'jñāte kim ihechasi ||20|| 2
There are knives of good metal in our house; we know thy joints, O witchcraft, how many they are; just stand up; go away from here; unknown one, what seekest thou here?
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
ग्रीवास् ते कृत्ये पादौ चापि कर्त्स्यामि निर् द्रव । इन्द्राग्नी अस्मान् रक्षतां यौ प्रजानां प्रजावती ॥२१॥
grīvās te kṛtye pādau cāpi kartsyāmi nir drava | indrāgnī asmān rakṣatāṃ yau prajānāṃ prajāvatī ||21||
Thy neck-bones (grīvā́), O witchcraft, and thy (two) feet I will cut up; run thou out; let Indra-and-Agni defend us, they who are of progeny rich in progeny.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
सोमो राजाधिपा मृडिता च भूतस्य नः पतयो मृडयन्तु ॥२२॥
somo rājādhipā mṛḍitā ca bhūtasya naḥ patayo mṛḍayantu ||22||
King Soma [is] our over-ruler and favorer (mṛḍitṛ́); let the lords of being favor us.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भवाशर्वाव् अस्यतां पापकृते कृत्याकृते । दुष्कृते विद्युतं देवहेतिम् ॥२३॥
bhavāśarvāv asyatāṃ pāpakṛte kṛtyākṛte | duṣkṛte vidyutaṃ devahetim ||23||
Let Bhava-and-Çarva hurl (as) at the evil-doer, the witchcraft-maker, the ill-doer, the missile of the gods, the lightning.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यद्य् एयथ द्विपदी चतुष्पदी कृत्याकृता संभृता विश्वरूपा । सेतो ऽष्टापदी भूत्वा पुनः परेहि दुछुने ॥२४॥
yady eyatha dvipadī catuṣpadī kṛtyākṛtā saṃbhṛtā viśvarūpā | seto 'ṣṭāpadī bhūtvā punaḥ parehi duchune ||24||
If thou camest [as] biped, as quadruped, put together by the witchcraft-maker, all-formed, do thou, becoming octoped, go away again from here, O misfortune!
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अभ्यक्ताक्ता स्वरंकृता सर्वं भरन्ती दुरितं परेहि । जानीहि कृत्ये कर्तारं दुहितेव पितरं स्वम् ॥२५॥
abhyaktāktā svaraṃkṛtā sarvaṃ bharantī duritaṃ parehi | jānīhi kṛtye kartāraṃ duhiteva pitaraṃ svam ||25||
Anointed, smeared, well-adorned, bearing all difficulty, go thou away; recognize (jñā), O witchcraft, thy maker, as a daughter her own father.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
परेहि कृत्ये मा तिष्ठो विद्धस्येव पदं नय । मृगः स मृगयुस् त्वं न त्वा निकर्तुम् अर्हति ॥२६॥
parehi kṛtye mā tiṣṭho viddhasyeva padaṃ naya | mṛgaḥ sa mṛgayus tvaṃ na tvā nikartum arhati ||26||
Go away, O witchcraft; stand not; lead, as it were, the track of one pierced; it is a deer, thou a deer-hunter; it is unable to put thee down.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उत हन्ति पूर्वासिनं प्रत्यादायापर इष्वा । उत पूर्वस्य निघ्नतो नि हन्त्य् अपरः प्रति ॥२७॥
uta hanti pūrvāsinaṃ pratyādāyāpara iṣvā | uta pūrvasya nighnato ni hanty aparaḥ prati ||27||
Also the after one (ápara) slays with an arrow, fitting it (?), the one shooting (-āsin) in front; also of the front one, smiting down, the after one smites down in return.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एतद् धि शृणु मे वचो ऽथेहि यत एयथ । यस् त्वा चकार तं प्रति ॥२८॥
etad dhi śṛṇu me vaco 'thehi yata eyatha | yas tvā cakāra taṃ prati ||28||
Hear thou, verily, these words of mine; then go whence thou camest, to meet him who made thee.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अनागोहत्या वै भीमा कृत्ये मा नो गाम् अश्वं पुरुषं वधीः । यत्रयत्रासि निहिता ततस् त्वोत् थापयामसि पर्णाल् लघीयसी भव ॥२९॥
anāgohatyā vai bhīmā kṛtye mā no gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ vadhīḥ | yatrayatrāsi nihitā tatas tvot thāpayāmasi parṇāl laghīyasī bhava ||29||
The slaying of an innocent person is indeed fearful, O witchcraft; slay thou not our cow, horse, man; wheresoever thou art set down, from there we make thee stand up; become thou lighter than a leaf.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यदि स्थ तमसावृता जालेनभिहिता इव । सर्वाः संलुप्येतः कृत्याः पुनः कर्त्रे प्र हिण्मसि ॥३०॥
yadi stha tamasāvṛtā jālenabhihitā iva | sarvāḥ saṃlupyetaḥ kṛtyāḥ punaḥ kartre pra hiṇmasi ||30||
If ye are covered (ā-vṛ) with darkness, like those who are girt (abhi-dhā) with a net—having torn up (sam-lup) all witchcrafts from here, we send them forth again to the maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कृत्याकृतो वलगिनो ऽभिनिष्कारिणः प्रजाम् । मृणीहि कृत्ये मोच् छिषो ऽमून् कृत्याकृतो जहि ॥३१॥
kṛtyākṛto valagino 'bhiniṣkāriṇaḥ prajām | mṛṇīhi kṛtye moc chiṣo 'mūn kṛtyākṛto jahi ||31||
The progeny of the witchcraft-maker, of him of secret spells, of him that devises against [others], O witchcraft, do thou kill; do not leave [them alive]; slay yonder witchcraft-makers.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यथा सूर्यो मुच्यते तमसस् परि रात्रिं जहात्य् उषसश्च केतून् । एवाहं सर्वं दुर्भूतं कर्त्रं कृत्याकृता कृतं हस्तीव रजो दुरितं जहामि ॥३२॥ ३
yathā sūryo mucyate tamasas pari rātriṃ jahāty uṣasaśca ketūn | evāhaṃ sarvaṃ durbhūtaṃ kartraṃ kṛtyākṛtā kṛtaṃ hastīva rajo duritaṃ jahāmi ||32|| 3
As the sun is freed out of darkness, [and] quits the night and the ensigns of the dawn, so do I quit all evil-natured magic made by the witchcraft-maker, as an elephant the difficult haze (? rájas).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)