{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02031.htm","path":"hin/av/av02031.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02031.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1With Indra's mighty millstone, that which crushes worms of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0every sort,\n \u00a0\u00a0I bray and bruise the worms to bits like vetches on the grinding\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stone.\n 2The Seen and the Invisible, and the Kur\u016bru have I crushed:\n \u00a0\u00a0Al\u0101ndus, and all Chhalunas, we bruise to pieces with our spell.\n 3I kill Al\u0101ndus with a mighty weapon: burnt or not burnt they\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0now have lost their vigour .\n \u00a0\u00a0Left or not left, I with the spell subdue them: let not a single\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0worm remain uninjured.\n 4The worm that lives within the ribs, within the bowels, in the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0head.\n \u00a0\u00a0Avaskava and Borer, these we bruise to pieces with the spell.\n 5Worms that are found on mountains, in the forests, that live in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0plants, in cattle, in the waters,\n \u00a0\u00a0Those that have made their way within our bodies,\u2014these I\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0destroy, the worms' whole generation.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 31: A charm against all sorts of worms","type":"page"}