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Atharvaveda - II 31 Charm against worms
Identifier
015852
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
The Atharvaveda - translated by Maurice Bloomfield
With Indra's great millstone, that crushes allvermin
do I grind to pieces the worms,
as lentils with a millstine
I have crushed the visible and the invisible worm
and the kururu too I have crushed
All the algandu and the saluna, the worms
we grind to pieces with our charm
The algandu do I smite with a mighty weapon
those that have been burned
and tose that have not been burned
have become devoid of strength
THos ethat are left and those that are not left do I destroy with my song
so that not one of the worms be left.
The worm whic is in the entrails
The worm that is in the head
The worm that is inthe ribs and heart and lungs
Avaskava and vyadhvara
The worms do we crush with this charm
The worms that are within the mountains, forests, plants, cattle and the waters
those that have settled in our bodies
all that harm of the worms do I smite