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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com


HYMN XVIII

A charm against enemies, goblins, and other evil creatures

1Destruction of the foe art thou, give me the scaring of my foes.
  All hail!
2The rival's ruiner art thou, give me to drive my rivals off. All
   hail!
3Arāyis' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Arāyis off. All hail! p. a50
4Pisa-chas' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Pisāchas off. All
   hail!
5Sadānvās' ruiner art thou, give me to drive Sadānvās off. All
   hail!


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