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Atharva Veda 5.29A charm for the destruction of malignant goblins
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Hinduism · Vedas · Atharva Veda
Atharva Veda 5.29
A charm for the destruction of malignant goblins
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Made ready in the east drive forth, take notice of what is happening here, omniscient Agni! Thou bringest medicine and healest sickness: through thee may we win horses, kine, and people.
Accordant with all Gods, O Jātavedas Agni, perform this work as we beseech thee, That this defence of his may fall, whoever hath caused us pain, whoever hath consumed us.
Unanimous, with all the Gods together, so do this thing O Agni Jātavedas, that this defence of his may fall and fail him.
Pierce both his eyes, pierce thou the heart within him, crush thou his teeth and cleave his tongue asunder. Rend thou, most youthful Agni, that Pisācha whoso amid them all of this hath eaten.
Whatever of his body hath been taken, plundered, borne off, or eaten by Pisāchas, This, Agni, knowing it, again bring hither! We give back flesh and spirit to his body.
If some Pisācha in my food raw, ready, thoroughly cooked, or, spotty, hath deceived me, Let the Pisāchas with their lives and offspring atone for this, and let this man be healthy.
If one hath cheated me in milk or porridge, in food from grain or plants that need no culture. Let the Pisāchas, etc.
If one, flesh eater, in a draught of water have wronged me lying in the bed of goblins, Let the Pisāchas, etc.
If one, flesh-eater, in the day or night-time have wronged me lying in the bed of goblins, Let the Pisāchas, etc.
O Agni Jātavedas, slay the bloody Pisācha, flesh-devourer, mind-destroyer, Strong Indra strike him with his bolt of thunder, courageous Soma cut his head to pieces!
Thou, Agni, ever slayest Yātudhānas, the fiends have never conquered thee in battles. Consume thou from the root the flesh-devourers, let none of them escape thy heavenly weapon
Collect, O Jātavedas, what hath been removed and borne away. Let this man's members grow, let him swell like the tendril of a plant.
Like as the Soma's tendril, thus, O Jātavedas let him swell, Let him live, Agni I Make him fat, free from consumption, full of sap.
Here, Agni, is the fuel, here are logs that crush Pisāchas down. O Jātavedas, willingly accept them and be pleased therewith.
Accept, O Agni, with thy flame the billets of Tārshtāgha wood. Let the flesh-eater who would take the flesh of this man lose his form.
