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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Krimi hymns; specific ṛṣi per anukramaṇī)
Devata: Dyāvā-Pṛthivī, Sarasvatī, Indra, Agni (as protectors and destroyers of krimi)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (mixed with Atharvanic cadence; tri-pāda structure in recitation practice)
Yeh ek ilaj wala mantra hai jo krimi aur parjeevi bimari ko khatam karta hai. Pehle bimari ko pakad ke ek suraksha kawach mein band kar diya jata hai. Phir us krimi ko todkar har jagah se mita diya jata hai - sharir ke andar, bahar, chhote se chhote roop mein. Dyava-Prithivi, Sarasvati, Indra aur Agni ko bulaya jata hai ye kaam karne ke liye. Ye log hi bimari ko gher ke uska naash karte hain. Bolne wale shabd hi bimari ko kuchalne ka hathiyar ban jate hain.
Mantra 1
क्रिमिघ्नम्। ओते॑ मे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ओता॑ दे॒वी सर॑स्वती । ओतौ॑ म॒ इन्द्र॑श्चा॒ग्निश्च॒ क्रिमिं॑ जम्भयता॒मिति॑
Yeh mantra keede maarne ke liye hai. Aasmaan aur Dharti mere aas-paas bani hui hain. Devi Saraswati bhi mere aas-paas bani hui hain. Indra aur Agni bhi mere aas-paas hain. Yeh sab mil ke keede ko kuchal den.
Mantra 2
अ॒स्येन्द्र॑ कुमा॒रस्य॒ क्रिमी॑न् धनपते जहि । ह॒ता विश्वा॒ अरा॑तय उ॒ग्रेण॒ वच॑सा॒ मम॑
Hey Indra, dhan ke swami, is ladke ke andar ke keede maar daal. Meri baat mein jo shakti hai, usse saare bade dushman mar jaayein.
Mantra 3
यो अ॒क्ष्यौऽपरि॒सर्प॑ति॒ यो नासे॑ परि॒सर्प॑ति । द॒तां यो मध्यं॒ गच्छ॑ति॒ तं क्रिमिं॑ जम्भयामसि
Jo keeda aankhon mein ghusta hai, jo naak mein ghusta hai, jo daanton ke beech mein jaata hai, us keede ko hum kuchal denge.
Mantra 4
सरू॑पौ॒ द्वौ विरू॑पौ॒ द्वौ कृ॒ष्णौ द्वौ रोहि॑तौ॒ द्वौ। ब॒भ्रुश्च॑ ब॒भ्रुक॑र्णश्च॒ गृध्रः॒ कोक॑श्च॒ ते ह॒ताः
Do ke chehre ek jaise hain, do alag-alag. Do kaale hain, do laal rang ke. Bhura wala aur jiska kaan bhura hai, gidh aur ullu, yeh sab mar gaye hain.
Mantra 5
ये क्रिम॑यः शिति॒कक्षा॒ ये कृ॒ष्णाः शि॑ति॒बाह॑वः । ये के च॑ वि॒श्वरू॑पा॒स्तान् क्रिमी॑न् जम्भयामसि
Jo keede safed pet wale hain, jo kaale hain aur unke haath safed hain, aur jo bhi keede alag-alag rang ke hain, un sab keedo ko hum kuchal denge.
Mantra 6
उत् पु॒रस्ता॒त् सूर्य॑ एति वि॒श्वदृ॑ष्टो अदृष्ट॒हा। दृ॒ष्टांश्च॒ घ्नन्न॒दॄष्टां॑श्च॒ सर्वां॑श्च प्रमृ॒णन् क्रिमी॑न्
Surya purab se uthta hai aur sab kuch dekhta hai. Woh dikhne wali cheezein maarta hai aur jo nahi dikhti woh bhi. Saare keedo ko woh kuchal deta hai.
Mantra 7
येवा॑षासः॒ कष्क॑षास एज॒त्काः शि॑पवित्नु॒काः । दृ॒ष्टांश्च॑ ह॒न्यतां॑ क्रिमि॑रु॒तादृष्ट॑श्च हन्यताम्
Yevash naam ke keede, kashkash wale keede, jo hilte rehte hain, jo chipke rehte hain, jo dikhte hain unko maaro aur jo nahi dikhte unko bhi maaro.
Mantra 8
ह॒तो येवा॑षः॒ क्रिमी॑णां ह॒तो न॑दनि॒मोत। सर्वा॒न् नि म॑ष्म॒षाक॑रं दृ॒षदा॒ खल्वाँ॑ इव
Yevash keeda mar gaya aur nadani bhi mar gayi. Main sab keedo ko aise pis deta hoon jaise okhli mein pathar se daal pisi jaati hai.
Mantra 9
त्रि॒शी॒र्षाणं॑ त्रिक॒कुदं॒ क्रिमिं॑ सा॒रङ्ग॒मर्जु॑नम्। शृ॒णाम्य॑स्य पृ॒ष्टीरपि॑ वृश्चामि॒ यच्छिरः॑
Is keede ka teen sar hai aur teen ubhaar hai. Iske dhabbe bhi hai aur chamak bhi hai. Main isko tod deta hoon. Iski pasliyaan todti hoon aur sar kaat deti hoon.
Mantra 10
अ॒त्रि॒वद् वः॑ क्रिमयो हन्मि कण्व॒वज्ज॑मदग्नि॒वत्। अ॒गस्त्य॑स्य॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ सं पि॑नष्म्य॒हं क्रिमी॑न्
Atri rishi ki tarah main tumhe maarta hoon, keede. Kanva aur Jamadagni ki tarah bhi. Agastya rishi ke shabd se main in keedo ko kuchal deta hoon, khud apne haath se.
Mantra 11
ह॒तो राजा॒ क्रिमी॑णामु॒तैषां॑ स्थ॒पति॑र्ह॒तः । ह॒तो ह॒तमा॑ता॒ क्रिमि॑र्ह॒तभ्रा॑ता ह॒तस्व॑सा
Keedo ka raja mar gaya, unka malik bhi mar gaya. Woh keeda jiska maa mar gayi, bhai mar gaya, behen mar gayi, woh bhi mar gaya.
Mantra 12
ह॒तासो॑ अस्य वे॒शसो॑ ह॒तासः॒ परि॑वेशसः । अथो॒ ये क्षु॑ल्ल॒का इ॑व॒ सर्वे॒ ते क्रिम॑यो ह॒ताः
Jo andar rehte the woh mar gaye, jo ghar ke aas-paas the woh bhi. Aur jo chhote the, jaise bacche, woh saare keede bhi mar gaye.
Mantra 13
सर्वे॑षां च॒ क्रिमी॑णां॒ सर्वा॑सां च क्रि॒मीना॑म्। भि॒नद्म्यश्म॑ना॒ शिरो॒ दहा॑म्य॒ग्निना॒ मुख॑म्
Saare keedo ka, har ek keede ka, sabka main patthar se sar phaad deta hoon. Aag se unka munh jala deta hoon.
Krimi refers to worms/parasites and, more broadly, a disease force imagined as a living, hiding, multiplying enemy that must be exposed and destroyed.
They form a complete therapeutic ecology: cosmic enclosure (Heaven–Earth), purifying order and speech/waters (Sarasvatī), crushing force (Indra), and burning purification/expulsion (Agni).
The hymn’s core operation is mantric—protection plus extermination through speech. In practice, it may be paired with water sprinkling or a protective thread, but no specific herb is mandated by the cited verses.
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