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


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HYMN CVIII

A prayer for protection

1Whoso by stealth or openly would harm us, a friend who knows
   us, or a stranger, Agni!
  May the strange she-fiend armed with teeth attack them: O
  Agni, theirs be neither home nor children!
2Whoso oppresseth us O Jātavedas, asleep or waking, standing
   still or moving.
  Accordant with Vaisvānara thy comrade, O Jātavedas, meet
   them and consume them.


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