Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·5·5.31
यां ते चक्रुर् आमे पात्रे यां चक्रुर् मिश्रधान्ये । आमे मांसे कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥१॥
yāṃ te cakrur āme pātre yāṃ cakrur miśradhānye | āme māṃse kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||1||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a raw vessel, what they have made in one of mixed grains; in raw flesh what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुः कृकवाकाव् अजे वा यां कुरीरिणि । अव्यां ते कृत्यां याम् चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥२॥
yāṃ te cakruḥ kṛkavākāv aje vā yāṃ kurīriṇi | avyāṃ te kṛtyāṃ yām cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||2||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a cock, or what in a kurī́ra -wearing goat; in a ewe what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुर् एकशफे पशूनाम् उभयादति । गर्दभे कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥३॥
yāṃ te cakrur ekaśaphe paśūnām ubhayādati | gardabhe kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||3||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the one-hoofed, in the one with teeth in both jaws, among cattle; in a donkey what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुर् अमूलायां वलगं वा नराच्याम् । क्षेत्रे ते कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥४॥
yāṃ te cakrur amūlāyāṃ valagaṃ vā narācyām | kṣetre te kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||4||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in a rootless [plant], or [what] secret spell (? valagá) in a narācī́; in thy field what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुर् गार्हपत्ये पूर्वाग्नाव् उत दुश्चितः । शालायां कृत्यां याम् चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥५॥
yāṃ te cakrur gārhapatye pūrvāgnāv uta duścitaḥ | śālāyāṃ kṛtyāṃ yām cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||5||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the householder's fire, also, malevolent (duçcít), in the eastern fire; in the dwelling what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुः सभायां याम् चक्रुर् अधिदेवने । अक्षेषु कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥६॥
yāṃ te cakruḥ sabhāyāṃ yām cakrur adhidevane | akṣeṣu kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||6||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the assembly (sabhá), what they have made at the gambling-board; in the dice what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुः सेनायां यां चक्रुर् इष्वायुधे । दुन्दुभौ कृत्यां यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥७॥
yāṃ te cakruḥ senāyāṃ yāṃ cakrur iṣvāyudhe | dundubhau kṛtyāṃ yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||7||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the army (sénā), what they have made in arrow-and-weapon; in the drum what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते कृत्याम् कूपे ऽवदधुः श्मशाने वा निचख्नुः । सद्मनि कृत्याम् यां चक्रुः पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥८॥
yāṃ te kṛtyām kūpe 'vadadhuḥ śmaśāne vā nicakhnuḥ | sadmani kṛtyām yāṃ cakruḥ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||8||
What witchcraft they have put down for thee in the well, or have dug in at the cemetery; in the seat (sádman) what witchcraft they have made—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यां ते चक्रुः पुरुषास्थे अग्नौ संकसुके च याम् । म्रोकं निर्दाहं क्रव्यादं पुनः प्रति हरामि ताम् ॥९॥
yāṃ te cakruḥ puruṣāsthe agnau saṃkasuke ca yām | mrokaṃ nirdāhaṃ kravyādaṃ punaḥ prati harāmi tām ||9||
What [witchcraft] they have made for thee in the human-bone, and what in the destroying (? sáṁkasuka) fire, [what] dimming, out-burning, flesh-eating one—I take that back again.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
अपथेना जभारैनां तां पथेतः प्र हिण्मसि । अधीरो मर्याधीरेभ्यः सं जभाराचित्त्या ॥१०॥
apathenā jabhāraināṃ tāṃ pathetaḥ pra hiṇmasi | adhīro maryādhīrebhyaḥ saṃ jabhārācittyā ||10||
He hath brought it by what was not the road; we send it forth from here by the road; he unwise, O men, hath brought [it] together, out of thoughtlessness, for the wise (dhī́ra).
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
यश् चकार न शशाक कर्तुं शश्रे पादम् अङ्गुरिम् । चकार भद्रम् अस्मभ्यम् अभगो भगवद्भ्यः ॥११॥
yaś cakāra na śaśāka kartuṃ śaśre pādam aṅgurim | cakāra bhadram asmabhyam abhago bhagavadbhyaḥ ||11||
He who hath made hath not been able to make; he hath crushed a foot, a finger; he, fortuneless, hath made what is excellent for us [who are] fortunate ones.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
कृत्याकृतं वलगिनं मूलिनं शपथेय्यम् । इन्द्रस् तं हन्तु महता वधेनाग्निर् विध्यत्व् अस्तया ॥१२॥
kṛtyākṛtaṃ valaginaṃ mūlinaṃ śapatheyyam | indras taṃ hantu mahatā vadhenāgnir vidhyatv astayā ||12||
The witchcraft-maker, spell-hider, root-possessor, worthy of cursing—let Indra smite him with his great deadly weapon; let Agni pierce him with a hurled [arrow].
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)