Atharva Veda 2.31.5: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 31, Mantra 5
Sukta 31
ये क्रिम॑यः॒ पर्व॑तेशु॒ वने॒ष्वोष॑धीषु प॒शुष्व॒प्स्व॑१न्तः । ये अ॒स्माकं॑ त॒न्वऽमाविवि॒शुः सर्वं॒ तद्ध॑न्मि॒ जनि॑म॒ क्रिमी॑णाम्
yé krímayaḥ párvateṣu vanéṣv óṣadhīṣu paśúṣv apsv àntaḥ | yé asmā́kaṃ tanvàm ám āvivíśuḥ sárvaṃ tád hanmi jánima krímīṇām ||
What worms there be in mountains, in the forests, in the herbs, in cattle, in the waters—within; and what have entered into our body: all that do I smite, even the birth and breed of the worms.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgiras lineages for bhaiṣajya hymns; exact r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition).
Devata: Krimi (as the adversary) and the Atharvanic killing-power of the mantra (han-śakti); implicitly supported by healing potency of oṣadhi.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (edition-dependent accentuation and pāda division; often treated as a longer meter rather than strict anuṣṭubh).
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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