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1izard, as soon as he comes, shall proclaim himself, saying, ' I am he ' ! 5. We would see thy might, O Catavedas ; dis- close to us the wizards, O thou that beholdest men ! May they all, driven forth by thy fire, disclosing themselves, come to this spot ! 6. Seize hold, O (^atavedas : for our good thou wast born ! Become our messenger, O Agni, and make the sorcerers howl ! 7. Do thou, O Agni, drag hither the sorcerers, bound in shackles-; then Indra with his thunderbolt shall cut off their heads ! Til. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 65 I, 8. Against sorcerers and demons. 1. May this oblation carry hither the sorcerers, as a river (carries) foam ! The man or the woman who has performed this (sorcery), that person shall here proclaim himself! 2. This vaunting (sorcerer) has come hither : receive him with alacrity ! O Brzhaspati, put him into subjection ; O Agni and Soma, pierce him through ! 3. Slay the offspring of the sorcerer, O soma- drinking (Indra), and subject (him) ! Make drop out the farther and the nearer eye of the braggart (demon) ! 4. Wherever, O Agni Gatavedas, thou perceivest the brood of these hidden devourers (atrin), do thou, mightily strengthened by our charm, slay them : slay their (brood), O Agni, piercing them a hundredfold! I, 16. Charm with lead, against demons and sorcerers. 1. Against the devouring demons who, in the night of the full-moon, have arisen in throngs, may Agni, the strong, the slayer of the sorcerers, give us courage ! 2. To the lead Varu^a gives blessing, to the lead Agni gives help. Indra gave me the lead : unfail- ingly it dispels sorcery. 3. This (lead) overcomes the vishkandha, this smites the devouring demons (atrin) ; with this I have overwhelmed all the brood of the Pua^as. 4. If thou slayest our cow, if our horse or our [42] F 66 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. domestic, we pierce thee with the lead, so that thou shalt not slay our heroes. VI, 2. The soma-oblation directed against demons (rakshas). i. Press the soma, ye priests, and rinse it (for renewed pressing), in behalf of Indra who shall listen to the song of the worshipper, and to my call ! 2. Do thou, O doughty (Indra), whom the drops of soma enter as birds a tree, beat off the hostile brood of the Rakshas ! 3. Press ye the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker, who wields the thunderbolt ! A youthful victor and ruler is he, praised by many men. II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons, conceived as hostile to men, cattle, and home. 1.
2od of the Rakshas ! 3. Press ye the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker, who wields the thunderbolt ! A youthful victor and ruler is he, praised by many men. II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons, conceived as hostile to men, cattle, and home. 1. Niss&li, the bold, the greedy demon (?dhi- sha/za), and (the female demon) with long-drawn howl, the bloodthirsty ; all the daughters of A'a^a, the Sadanvas do we destroy. 2. We drive you out of the stable, out of the axle (of the wagon), and the body of the wagon ; we chase you, O ye daughters of Magundi, from the house. 3. In yonder house below, there the grudging demons (arayl) shall exist ; there ruin shall prevail, and all the witches ! 4. May (Rudra), the lord of beings, and Indra, drive forth from here the Sadanvas ; those that are seated on the foundation of the house Indra shall overcome with his thunderbolt ! Ill, IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 6j 5. Whether ye belong to (the demons) of inherited disease, whether ye have been dispatched by men, or whether ye have originated from the Dasyus (demon-like aborigines), vanish from here, O ye Sad&nv&s ! 6. About their dwelling-places I did swiftly course, as if on a race-course. I have won all contests with you : vanish from here, O ye Sa- danv&s ! Ill, 9. Against vishkandha and kabava (hostile demons). 1. Of karcapha and visapha heaven is the father and earth the mother. As, ye gods, ye have brought on (the trouble), thus do ye again re- move it! 2. Without fastening they (the protecting plants ?) held fast, thus it has been arranged by Manu. The vishkandha do I render impotent, like one who gelds cattle. 3. A talisman tied to a reddish thread the active (seers) then do fasten on : may the fastenings render impotent the eager, fiery k&bava ! 4. And since, O ye eager (demons), ye walk like gods by the wile of the Asuras, the fastening (of the amulet) is destructive to the kabava, as the ape to the dog. 5. I revile thee, the kabava, unto misfortune, (and) shall work harm for thee. Accompanied with curses ye shall go out like swift chariots ! 6. A hundred and one vishkandha are spread out along the earth ; for these at the beginning they brought out thee, the amulet, that destroys vi- shkandha. f 2 68 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadawpushpd) which exposes demons and enemies. 1. He sees here, he sees yonder, he sees in the distance, he sees — the sky, the atmosphere as well as the earth, all that, O goddess, he sees. 2.
3OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadawpushpd) which exposes demons and enemies. 1. He sees here, he sees yonder, he sees in the distance, he sees — the sky, the atmosphere as well as the earth, all that, O goddess, he sees. 2. The three heavens, the three earths, and these six directions severally ; all creatures may I see through thee, O divine plant ! 3. Thou art verily the eyeball of the divine eagle ; thou didst ascend the earth as a weary woman a palanquin. 4. The thousand-eyed god shall put this plant into my right hand : with that do I see every one, the 6udra as well as the Arya. 5. Reveal (all) forms, do not hide thy own self; moreover, do thou, O thousand-eyed (plant), look the Kimidins in the face ! 6. Reveal to me the wizards, and reveal the witches, reveal all the Pi^a^as : for this purpose do I take hold of thee, O plant ! 7. Thou art the eye of Ka^yapa, and the eye of the four-eyed bitch. Like the sun, moving in the bright day, make thou the Pua^a evident to me ! 8. I have dragged out from his retreat the sor- cerer and the Kimidin. Through this (charm) do I see every one, the .Sudra as well as the Arya. 9. Him that flies in the air, him that moves across the sky, him that regards the earth as his resort, that Pisa/£a do thou reveal (to me) ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 69 IV, 17. Charm with the aparnarga-plant, against sorcery, demons, and enemies. 1. We take hold, O victorious one, of thee, the mistress of remedies. I have made thee a thing of thousandfold strength for every one, O plant ! 2. Her, the unfailingly victorious one, that wards off curses, that is powerful and defensive ; (her and) all the plants have I assembled, intending that she shall save us from this (trouble) ! 3. The woman who has cursed us with a curse, who has arranged dire misfortune (for us), who has taken hold of our children, to rob them of their strength — may she eat (her own) offspring ! 4. The magic spell which they have put into the unburned vessel, that which they have put into the blue and red thread, that which they have put into raw flesh, with these slay thou those that have prepared the spell ! 5. Evil dreams, troubled life, Rakshas, gruesome- ness, and grudging demons (arayi), all the evil- named, evil-speaking (powers), these do we drive out from us. 6. Death from hunger, and death from thirst, poverty in cattle, and failure of offspring, all that, O apamarga, do we wipe out (apa mr^'mahe) with thee. 7.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1izard, as soon as he comes, shall proclaim himself, saying, ' I am he ' ! 5. We would see thy might, O Catavedas ; dis- close to us the wizards, O thou that beholdest men ! May they all, driven forth by thy fire, disclosing themselves, come to this spot ! 6. Seize hold, O (^atavedas : for our good thou wast born ! Become our messenger, O Agni, and make the sorcerers howl ! 7. Do thou, O Agni, drag hither the sorcerers, bound in shackles-; then Indra with his thunderbolt shall cut off their heads ! Til. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 65 I, 8. Against sorcerers and demons. 1. May this oblation carry hither the sorcerers, as a river (carries) foam ! The man or the woman who has performed this (sorcery), that person shall here proclaim himself! 2. This vaunting (sorcerer) has come hither : receive him with alacrity ! O Brzhaspati, put him into subjection ; O Agni and Soma, pierce him through ! 3. Slay the offspring of the sorcerer, O soma- drinking (Indra), and subject (him) ! Make drop out the farther and the nearer eye of the braggart (demon) ! 4. Wherever, O Agni Gatavedas, thou perceivest the brood of these hidden devourers (atrin), do thou, mightily strengthened by our charm, slay them : slay their (brood), O Agni, piercing them a hundredfold! I, 16. Charm with lead, against demons and sorcerers. 1. Against the devouring demons who, in the night of the full-moon, have arisen in throngs, may Agni, the strong, the slayer of the sorcerers, give us courage ! 2. To the lead Varu^a gives blessing, to the lead Agni gives help. Indra gave me the lead : unfail- ingly it dispels sorcery. 3. This (lead) overcomes the vishkandha, this smites the devouring demons (atrin) ; with this I have overwhelmed all the brood of the Pua^as. 4. If thou slayest our cow, if our horse or our [42] F 66 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. domestic, we pierce thee with the lead, so that thou shalt not slay our heroes. VI, 2. The soma-oblation directed against demons (rakshas). i. Press the soma, ye priests, and rinse it (for renewed pressing), in behalf of Indra who shall listen to the song of the worshipper, and to my call ! 2. Do thou, O doughty (Indra), whom the drops of soma enter as birds a tree, beat off the hostile brood of the Rakshas ! 3. Press ye the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker, who wields the thunderbolt ! A youthful victor and ruler is he, praised by many men. II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons, conceived as hostile to men, cattle, and home. 1.
2od of the Rakshas ! 3. Press ye the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker, who wields the thunderbolt ! A youthful victor and ruler is he, praised by many men. II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons, conceived as hostile to men, cattle, and home. 1. Niss&li, the bold, the greedy demon (?dhi- sha/za), and (the female demon) with long-drawn howl, the bloodthirsty ; all the daughters of A'a^a, the Sadanvas do we destroy. 2. We drive you out of the stable, out of the axle (of the wagon), and the body of the wagon ; we chase you, O ye daughters of Magundi, from the house. 3. In yonder house below, there the grudging demons (arayl) shall exist ; there ruin shall prevail, and all the witches ! 4. May (Rudra), the lord of beings, and Indra, drive forth from here the Sadanvas ; those that are seated on the foundation of the house Indra shall overcome with his thunderbolt ! Ill, IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 6j 5. Whether ye belong to (the demons) of inherited disease, whether ye have been dispatched by men, or whether ye have originated from the Dasyus (demon-like aborigines), vanish from here, O ye Sad&nv&s ! 6. About their dwelling-places I did swiftly course, as if on a race-course. I have won all contests with you : vanish from here, O ye Sa- danv&s ! Ill, 9. Against vishkandha and kabava (hostile demons). 1. Of karcapha and visapha heaven is the father and earth the mother. As, ye gods, ye have brought on (the trouble), thus do ye again re- move it! 2. Without fastening they (the protecting plants ?) held fast, thus it has been arranged by Manu. The vishkandha do I render impotent, like one who gelds cattle. 3. A talisman tied to a reddish thread the active (seers) then do fasten on : may the fastenings render impotent the eager, fiery k&bava ! 4. And since, O ye eager (demons), ye walk like gods by the wile of the Asuras, the fastening (of the amulet) is destructive to the kabava, as the ape to the dog. 5. I revile thee, the kabava, unto misfortune, (and) shall work harm for thee. Accompanied with curses ye shall go out like swift chariots ! 6. A hundred and one vishkandha are spread out along the earth ; for these at the beginning they brought out thee, the amulet, that destroys vi- shkandha. f 2 68 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadawpushpd) which exposes demons and enemies. 1. He sees here, he sees yonder, he sees in the distance, he sees — the sky, the atmosphere as well as the earth, all that, O goddess, he sees. 2.
3OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadawpushpd) which exposes demons and enemies. 1. He sees here, he sees yonder, he sees in the distance, he sees — the sky, the atmosphere as well as the earth, all that, O goddess, he sees. 2. The three heavens, the three earths, and these six directions severally ; all creatures may I see through thee, O divine plant ! 3. Thou art verily the eyeball of the divine eagle ; thou didst ascend the earth as a weary woman a palanquin. 4. The thousand-eyed god shall put this plant into my right hand : with that do I see every one, the 6udra as well as the Arya. 5. Reveal (all) forms, do not hide thy own self; moreover, do thou, O thousand-eyed (plant), look the Kimidins in the face ! 6. Reveal to me the wizards, and reveal the witches, reveal all the Pi^a^as : for this purpose do I take hold of thee, O plant ! 7. Thou art the eye of Ka^yapa, and the eye of the four-eyed bitch. Like the sun, moving in the bright day, make thou the Pua^a evident to me ! 8. I have dragged out from his retreat the sor- cerer and the Kimidin. Through this (charm) do I see every one, the .Sudra as well as the Arya. 9. Him that flies in the air, him that moves across the sky, him that regards the earth as his resort, that Pisa/£a do thou reveal (to me) ! III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC. 69 IV, 17. Charm with the aparnarga-plant, against sorcery, demons, and enemies. 1. We take hold, O victorious one, of thee, the mistress of remedies. I have made thee a thing of thousandfold strength for every one, O plant ! 2. Her, the unfailingly victorious one, that wards off curses, that is powerful and defensive ; (her and) all the plants have I assembled, intending that she shall save us from this (trouble) ! 3. The woman who has cursed us with a curse, who has arranged dire misfortune (for us), who has taken hold of our children, to rob them of their strength — may she eat (her own) offspring ! 4. The magic spell which they have put into the unburned vessel, that which they have put into the blue and red thread, that which they have put into raw flesh, with these slay thou those that have prepared the spell ! 5. Evil dreams, troubled life, Rakshas, gruesome- ness, and grudging demons (arayi), all the evil- named, evil-speaking (powers), these do we drive out from us. 6. Death from hunger, and death from thirst, poverty in cattle, and failure of offspring, all that, O apamarga, do we wipe out (apa mr^'mahe) with thee. 7.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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