Atharvaveda · Sūkta 12.7
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12.7.12
सैषा भीमा ब्रह्मगव्यघविषा साक्षात्कृत्या कूल्बजमावृता ॥ १२.७.१२ ॥
She is this terrible Brahmagavī, with deadly poison, the sorceress Sākṣātkṛtyā, born of the reed-bed and enveloped.
12.7.13
सर्वाण्यस्यां घोराणि सर्वे च मृत्यवः ॥ १२.७.१३ ॥
In her are all terrible things, and all deaths.
12.7.14
सर्वाण्यस्यां क्रूराणि सर्वे पुरुषवधाः ॥ १२.७.१४ ॥
In her are all cruel things, and all killings of men.
12.7.15
सा ब्रह्मज्यं देवपीयुं ब्रह्मगव्यादीयमाना मृत्योः पड्वीश आ द्यति ॥ १२.७.१५ ॥
She, when seized by the Brahmagavī, burns the oppressor of Brahman and the enemy of the gods with death's six-fold noose.
12.7.16
मेनिः शतवधा हि सा ब्रह्मज्यस्य क्षितिर्हि सा ॥ १२.७.१६ ॥
She is the meni, the hundred-slaying weapon; indeed she is the dwelling of the oppressor of Brahman.
12.7.17
तस्माद्वै ब्राह्मणानां गौर्दुराधर्षा विजानता ॥ १२.७.१७ ॥
Therefore, for one who knows, the cow of the brahmins is hard to assail.
12.7.18
वज्रो धावन्ती वैश्वानर उद्वीता ॥ १२.७.१८ ॥
The thunderbolt, running; Vaiśvānara, driven forth.
12.7.19
हेतिः शफान् उत्खिदन्ती महादेवोऽपेक्षमाणा ॥ १२.७.१९ ॥
The weapon tearing up the hooves; Mahādeva, looking back.
12.7.20
क्षुरपविरीक्षमाणा वाश्यमानाभि स्फूर्जति ॥ १२.७.२० ॥
The razor-edged thunderbolt looking on; the bellowing one thunders toward it.
12.7.21
मृत्युर्हिङ्कृण्वत्युग्रो देवः पुच्छं पर्यस्यन्ती ॥ १२.७.२१ ॥
Death lowing, the fierce god swinging its tail around.
12.7.22
सर्वज्यानिः कर्णौ वरीवर्जयन्ती राजयक्ष्मो मेहन्ती ॥ १२.७.२२ ॥
All-wasting turning its ears; royal consumption urinating.
12.7.23
मेनिर्दुह्यमाना शीर्षक्तिर्दुग्धा ॥ १२.७.२३ ॥
Meni being milked; Śīrṣakti milked.
12.7.24
सेदिरुपतिष्ठन्ती मिथोयोधः परामृष्टा ॥ १२.७.२४ ॥
Sedi, standing near, was seized by warriors fighting one another.
12.7.25
शरव्या मुखेऽपिनह्यमान ऋतिर्हन्यमाना ॥ १२.७.२५ ॥
Like an arrow, bound upon the mouth, struck by distress (ṛti).
12.7.26
अघविषा निपतन्ती तमो निपतिता ॥ १२.७.२६ ॥
With the venom of evil, falling down, fallen into darkness.
12.7.27
अनुगच्छन्ती प्राणान् उप दासयति ब्रह्मगवी ब्रह्मज्यस्य ॥ १२.७.२७ ॥
Following after, the brahman-cow ruins the vital breaths of the one who oppresses brahman.