{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02032.htm","path":"hin/av/av02032.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02032.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Uprising let the Sun destroy, and when he sinketh, with his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0beams.\n \u00a0\u00a0The Worms that live within the cow.\n 2The four-eyed worm, of every shape, the variegated, and the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0white\n \u00a0\u00a0I break and crush the creature's ribs, and tear away its head\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0besides.\n 3Like Atri I destroy you, Worms! in Kanva's, Jamadagni's way:\n \u00a0\u00a0I bray and bruise the creeping things to pieces with Agastya's\u2022\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0spell.\n 4Slain is the sovran of these Worms, yea, their controlling lord\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is slain:\n \u00a0\u00a0Slain is the Worm, his mother slain, brother and sister both are\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0slain.\n 5Slain are his ministers, and slain his followers and retinue:\n \u00a0\u00a0Yes, those that seemed the tiniest things, the Worms have all\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0been put to death.\n 6I break in pieces both thy horns wherewith thou pushest here\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and there:\n \u00a0\u00a0I cleave and rend the bag which holds the venom which is\u2022\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0stored in thee.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 32: A charm against worms or b...","type":"page"}