Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.14
सुपर्णस् त्वान्व् अविन्दत् सूकरस् त्वाखनन् नसा । दिप्सौषधे त्वं दिप्सन्तम् अव कृत्याकृतं जहि ॥१॥
suparṇas tvānv avindat sūkaras tvākhanan nasā | dipsauṣadhe tvaṃ dipsantam ava kṛtyākṛtaṃ jahi ||1||
An eagle (suparṇá) discovered thee; a hog dug thee with his snout; seek thou to injure, O herb, him that seeks to injure; smite down the witchcraft-maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अव जहि यातुधानान् अव कृत्याकृतं जहि । अथो यो अस्मान् दिप्सति तम् उ त्वं जह्य् ओषधे ॥२॥
ava jahi yātudhānān ava kṛtyākṛtaṃ jahi | atho yo asmān dipsati tam u tvaṃ jahy oṣadhe ||2||
Smite down the sorcerers, smite down the witchcraft-maker; then, whoever seeks to injure us, him do thou smite, O herb.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
रिश्यस्येव परीशासं परिकृत्य परि त्वचः । कृत्यां कृत्याकृते देवा निष्कम् इव प्रति मुञ्चत ॥३॥
riśyasyeva parīśāsaṃ parikṛtya pari tvacaḥ | kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte devā niṣkam iva prati muñcata ||3||
Having cut around out of [his] skin a strip (pariçāsá), as it were of a stag, fasten, O gods, upon the witchcraft-maker the witchcraft, like a necklace.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते हस्तगृह्य परा णय । समक्षम् अस्मा आ धेहि यथा कृत्याकृतम् हनत् ॥४॥
punaḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte hastagṛhya parā ṇaya | samakṣam asmā ā dhehi yathā kṛtyākṛtam hanat ||4||
Lead thou away the witchcraft back to the witchcraft-maker, grasping its hand; set it straight before (samakṣám) him, that it may smite the witchcraft-maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कृत्याः सन्तु कृत्याकृते शपथः शपथीयते । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः ॥५॥
kṛtyāḥ santu kṛtyākṛte śapathaḥ śapathīyate | sukho ratha iva vartatāṃ kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ ||5||
Be the witchcrafts for the witchcraft-maker, the curse for him that curses; like an easy chariot let the witchcraft roll back to the witchcraft-maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यदि स्त्री यदि वा पुमान् कृत्यां चकार पाप्मने । ताम् उ तस्मै नयामस्य् अश्वम् इवाश्वाभिधान्या ॥६॥
yadi strī yadi vā pumān kṛtyāṃ cakāra pāpmane | tām u tasmai nayāmasy aśvam ivāśvābhidhānyā ||6||
If woman, or if man, hath made witchcraft in order to evil, it we conduct unto him, like a horse by a horse-halter.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यदि वासि देवकृता यदि वा पुरुषैः कृता । तां त्वा पुनर् णयामसीन्द्रेण सयुजा वयम् ॥७॥
yadi vāsi devakṛtā yadi vā puruṣaiḥ kṛtā | tāṃ tvā punar ṇayāmasīndreṇa sayujā vayam ||7||
If either thou art god-made, or if made by man, thee, being such, do we lead back, with Indra as ally.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्ने पृतनाषाट् पृतनाः सहस्व । पुनः कृत्यां कृत्याकृते प्रतिहरणेन हरामसि ॥८॥
agne pṛtanāṣāṭ pṛtanāḥ sahasva | punaḥ kṛtyāṃ kṛtyākṛte pratiharaṇena harāmasi ||8||
O Agni, overpowerer of fighters, overpower the fighters; we take the witchcraft back to the witchcraft-maker by a returner.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कृतव्यधनि विध्य तं यश् चकार तम् इज् जहि । न त्वाम् अचक्रुषे वयं वधाय सं शिशीमहि ॥९॥
kṛtavyadhani vidhya taṃ yaś cakāra tam ij jahi | na tvām acakruṣe vayaṃ vadhāya saṃ śiśīmahi ||9||
O practiced piercer (?), pierce him; whoever made [it], him do thou smite; we do not sharpen thee up to slay (vadhá) him who has not made [it].
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
पुत्र इव पितरं गछ स्वज इवाभिष्ठितो दश । बन्धम् इवावक्रामी गछ कृत्ये कृत्याकृतं पुनः ॥१०॥
putra iva pitaraṃ gacha svaja ivābhiṣṭhito daśa | bandham ivāvakrāmī gacha kṛtye kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ ||10||
Go as a son to a father; like a constrictor trampled on, bite; go, O witchcraft, back to the witchcraft-maker, as it were treading down [thy] bond.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
उद् एणीव वारण्य् अभिस्कन्दं मृगीव । कृत्या कर्तारम् ऋछतु ॥११॥
ud eṇīva vāraṇy abhiskandaṃ mṛgīva | kṛtyā kartāram ṛchatu ||11||
Up, like a she-antelope (eṇī́), a she-elephant (? vāraṇī́), with leaping on, like a hind, let the witchcraft go to its maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
इष्वा ऋजीयः पततु द्यावापृथिवी तं प्रति । सा तं मृगम् इव गृह्णातु कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः ॥१२॥
iṣvā ṛjīyaḥ patatu dyāvāpṛthivī taṃ prati | sā taṃ mṛgam iva gṛhṇātu kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ ||12||
Straighter than an arrow let it fly, O heaven-and-earth, to meet him; let it, the witchcraft, seize again him, the witchcraft-maker, like a deer.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अग्निर् इवैतु प्रतिकूलम् अनुकूलम् इवोदकम् । सुखो रथ इव वर्ततां कृत्या कृत्याकृतं पुनः ॥१३॥
agnir ivaitu pratikūlam anukūlam ivodakam | sukho ratha iva vartatāṃ kṛtyā kṛtyākṛtaṃ punaḥ ||13||
Let it go like fire up-stream, like water down-stream; like an easyc hariot let the witchcraft roll back to the witchcraft-maker.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)