Atharva Veda · 62 of 724

HYMN XXXI

A charm against all sorts of worms 1. With Indra's mighty millstone, that which crushes worms of    every sort,   I bray and bruise the worms to bits like vetches on the grinding    stone. 2. The Seen and the Invisible, and the Kurūru have I crushed:   Alāndus, and all Chhalunas, we bruise to pieces with our spell. 3. I kill Alāndus with a mighty weapon: burnt or not burnt they    now have lost their vigour .   Left or not left, I with the spell subdue them: let not a single    worm remain uninjured. 4. The worm that lives within the ribs, within the bowels, in the    head.   Avaskava and Borer, these we bruise to pieces with the spell. 5. Worms that are found on mountains, in the forests, that live in    plants, in cattle, in the waters,   Those that have made their way within our bodies,—these I    destroy, the worms' whole generation.