Atharva Veda 2.31.2: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 2

Sukta 31

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

दृ॒ष्टम॒दृष्ट॑मतृह॒मथो॑ कु॒रूरु॑मतृहम्। अ॒ल्गण्डू॒न्त्सर्वा॑न् छ॒लुना॒न् क्रिमी॒न् वच॑सा जम्भयामसि

IAST Transliteration

dṛṣṭám adŕ̥ṣṭam atṛhám átho kurū́rum atṛhám | algaṇḍū́nt sárvān chalúnān krimī́n vácasā jambhayāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The seen, the unseen—these we tear away; yea, the Kurūru too we tear away. All Algaṇḍus, all Chalunā-worms, the Krimís—by our uttered word we make them gape and crush them down.

Translation

Les visibles et les invisibles — nous les arrachons; et le Kurūru aussi, nous l’arrachons. Tous les Algaṇḍu, tous les vers Chalunā, les Krimí — par la parole proférée nous les faisons béer et nous les écrasons.

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Word by Word

• दृष्टम्: seen (visible)
• दृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट (√दृश्) [कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक]

• अदृष्टम्: unseen (invisible)
• अदृष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृष्ट (√दृश्) [कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक]

• अतृहम्: (a kind of) harmful being/affliction (atṛha)
• अतृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतृह (प्रातिपदिक; निघण्टु/अथर्वणीय-प्रयोगः)

• अथो: and also
• अथो: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथो (अव्यय)

• कुरूरुम्: Kurūru (a named worm/disease-agent)
• कुरूरुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरूरु (प्रातिपदिक; अथर्वणीय-रोग/कृमि-नाम)

• अतृहम्: atṛha (harmful being/affliction)
• अतृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतृह (प्रातिपदिक)

• अल्गण्डून्: Algaṇḍus (swellings/boils; disease-agents)
• अल्गण्डून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अल्गण्डु (प्रातिपदिक; रोग/ग्रन्थि-नाम)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• छलुनान्: Chalunās (named worms/parasites)
• छलुनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छलुन (प्रातिपदिक; कृमि/दोष-नाम)

• क्रीमीन्: worms, parasites
• क्रीमीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वचसा: with (our) utterance/word
• वचसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• जम्भयामसि: we crush/disable (make powerless)
• जम्भयामसि: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जम्भ् (जम्भयति)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed generically to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi assignment depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Krimi-nāśana (the mantra’s operative power; sometimes treated as directed against personified Krimi-demons rather than invoking a single deva).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; standard for many Atharvanic healing verses—confirmable by full metrical scan in a padapāṭha-accented edition).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra