Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·4·4.37
त्वया पूर्वम् अथर्वाणो जघ्नू रक्षांस्य् ओषधे । त्वया जघान कश्यपस् त्वया कण्वो अगस्त्यः ॥१॥
tvayā pūrvam atharvāṇo jaghnū rakṣāṃsy oṣadhe | tvayā jaghāna kaśyapas tvayā kaṇvo agastyaḥ ||1||
By thee of old the Atharvans slew the demons, O herb; by thee did Kaçyapa slay; by thee Kaṇva, Agastya.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
त्वया वयम् अप्सरसो गन्धर्वांस् चातयामहे । अजशृङ्ग्य् अज रक्षः सर्वान् गन्धेन नाशय ॥२॥
tvayā vayam apsaraso gandharvāṃs cātayāmahe | ajaśṛṅgy aja rakṣaḥ sarvān gandhena nāśaya ||2||
By thee do we expel (cat) the Apsarases, the Gandharvas; O goat-horned one, drive the demon; make all disappear by [thy] smell.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
नदीं यन्त्व् अप्सरसो ऽपां तारम् अवश्वसम् । गुल्गुलूः पीला नलद्य् औक्षगन्धिः प्रमन्दनी । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥३॥
nadīṃ yantv apsaraso 'pāṃ tāram avaśvasam | gulgulūḥ pīlā nalady aukṣagandhiḥ pramandanī | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||3||
Let the Apsarases go to the stream, to the loud (?) down-blowing of the waters: Guggulū, Pīlā, Naladī, Āukṣagandhi, Pramandanī: so go away, ye Apsarases; ye have been recognized.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत्राश्वत्था न्यग्रोधा महावृक्षाः शिखण्डिनः । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥४॥
yatrāśvatthā nyagrodhā mahāvṛkṣāḥ śikhaṇḍinaḥ | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||4||
Where [are] the açvatthás, the nyagródhas, great trees, with crests: thither go away, ye Apsarases; ye have been recognized.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यत्र वः प्रेङ्खा हरिता अर्जुना उत यत्राघाताः कर्कर्यः संवदन्ति । तत् परेताप्सरसः प्रतिबुद्धा अभूतन ॥५॥
yatra vaḥ preṅkhā haritā arjunā uta yatrāghātāḥ karkaryaḥ saṃvadanti | tat paretāpsarasaḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana ||5||
Where [are] your swings, green and whitish; where cymbals [and] lutes sound together—thither go away, ye Apsarases; ye have been recognized.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
एयम् अगन्न् ओषधीनां वीरुधाम् वीर्यावती । अजशृङ्ग्य् अराटकी तीक्ष्णशृङ्गी व्यृषतु ॥६॥
eyam agann oṣadhīnāṃ vīrudhām vīryāvatī | ajaśṛṅgy arāṭakī tīkṣṇaśṛṅgī vyṛṣatu ||6||
Hither hath come this mighty one (vīryàvant) of the herbs, of the plants; let the goat-horned arāṭakī́, the sharp-horned, push out.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
आनृत्यतः शिखण्डिनो गन्धर्वस्याप्सरापतेः । भिनद्मि मुष्काव् अपि यामि शेपः ॥७॥
ānṛtyataḥ śikhaṇḍino gandharvasyāpsarāpateḥ | bhinadmi muṣkāv api yāmi śepaḥ ||7||
Of the hither-dancing, crested Gandharva, Apsaras-lord, I split the testicles, I bind fast (?) the member.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् अयस्मयीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु ॥८॥
bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr ayasmayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu ||8||
Terrible are Indra's missiles (hetí), a hundred spears of iron; with them let him push out the oblation-eating, ávakā -eating Gandharvas.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
भीमा इन्द्रस्य हेतयः शतं ऋष्टीर् हिरण्ययीः । ताभिर् हविरदान् गन्धर्वान् अवकादान् व्यृषतु ॥९॥
bhīmā indrasya hetayaḥ śataṃ ṛṣṭīr hiraṇyayīḥ | tābhir haviradān gandharvān avakādān vyṛṣatu ||9||
Terrible are Indra's missiles, a hundred spears of gold; with them let him push out the oblation-eating, ávakā -eating Gandharvas.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अवकादान् अभिशोचान् अप्सु ज्योतय मामकान् । पिशाचान्त् सर्वान् ओषधे प्र मृणीहि सहस्व च ॥१०॥
avakādān abhiśocān apsu jyotaya māmakān | piśācānt sarvān oṣadhe pra mṛṇīhi sahasva ca ||10||
The ávakā -eating ones, scorching, making light (?) in the waters—all the piçācás, O herb, do thou slaughter and overpower.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
श्वेवैकः कपिर् इवैकः कुमारः सर्वकेशकः । प्रियो दृश इव भूत्वा गन्धर्वः सचते स्त्रियस् । तम् इतो नाशयामसि ब्रह्मणा वीर्यावता ॥११॥
śvevaikaḥ kapir ivaikaḥ kumāraḥ sarvakeśakaḥ | priyo dṛśa iva bhūtvā gandharvaḥ sacate striyas | tam ito nāśayāmasi brahmaṇā vīryāvatā ||11||
One as it were a dog, one as it were an ape, a boy all hairy—having become as it were dear to see, the Gandharva fastens upon (sac) women; him we make disappear from here by [our] mighty (vīryàvant) incantation (bráhman).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
जाया इद् वो अप्सरसो गन्धर्वाः पतयो युयम् । अप धावतामर्त्या मर्त्यान् मा सचध्वम् ॥१२॥
jāyā id vo apsaraso gandharvāḥ patayo yuyam | apa dhāvatāmartyā martyān mā sacadhvam ||12||
Your wives, verily, are the Apsarases; O Gandharvas, ye are [their] husbands; run away, O immortal ones; fasten not on mortals.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)