Atharvaveda 2.31
Atharvavedasaṃhitā 2.31
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.31.1
índrasya yā́ mahī́ dr̥ṣát krímer víśvasya tárhaṇī |
táyā pinaṣmi sáṃ krímīn dr̥ṣádā khálvām̐ iva ||1||
The great mill-stone that is Indra's, bruiser (tárhaṇa) of every worm—with that I mash (piṣ) together the worms, as khálva-grains with a mill-stone.
2.31.2
dr̥ṣṭám adŕ̥ṣṭam atr̥ham átho kurū́rum atr̥ham |
algáṇḍūnt sárvān chalúnān krímīn vácasā jambhayāmasi ||2||
The seen, the unseen one have I bruised, also the kurū́ru have I bruised; all the algáṇḍus, the çalúnas, the worms we grind up with our spell (vácas).
2.31.3
algáṇḍūn hanmi mahatā́ vadhéna dūnā́ ádūnā arasā́ abhūvan |
śiṣṭā́n áśiṣṭān ní tirāmi vācā́ yáthā krímīṇāṃ nákir uchíṣātai ||3||
I smite the algáṇḍus with a great deadly weapon; burnt [or] unburnt, they have become sapless; those left [or] not left I draw down by my spell (vā́c), that no one of the worms be left.
2.31.4
ánvāntryaṃ śī́rṣaṇyàm átho pā́rṣṭeyaṃ krímīn |
avaskaváṃ vyadhvaráṃ krímīn vácasā jambhayāmasi ||4||
The one along the entrails, the one in the head, likewise the worm in the ribs, the avaskavá, the vyadhvará—the worms we grind up with our spell (vácas).
2.31.5
yé krímayaḥ párvateśu váneṣv óṣadhīṣu paśúṣv apsv àntáḥ |
yé asmā́kaṃ tanvàm āviviśúḥ sárvaṃ tád dhanmi jánima krímīṇām ||5||
The worms that are in the mountains, in the woods, in the herbs, in the cattle, within the waters, that have entered our selves (tanū́)—that whole generation (jåniman) of worms I smite.
Translations (3)
- Atharva-Veda Saṃhitā (HOS 7–8) — William Dwight Whitney 1905, English
- The Hymns of the Atharvaveda — Ralph T. H. Griffith 1895, English
- Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (SBE 42) — Maurice Bloomfield 1897, English
Commentaries (2)
- Atharvavedabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitābhāṣya — Mādhavācārya, Sanskrit
Linked texts (6)
- Atharvaveda — Sanskrit
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Aṅgirasī — Sanskrit
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- A History of Indian Philosophy — Surendranath Dasgupta, English