Atharva Veda 4.7: A charm to make a poisonous plant innocuous

So may this water guard us on the bank of Varanāvati.
Therein hath Amrit been infused: with that I ward thy poison off.

Weak is the poison of the East, weak is the poison of the North, So too this poison of the South counts as a cake of curds and meal.

When he hath made of thee a cake, broad, steaming, swelling up with fat, And even in hunger eaten thee, then gripe him not, thou hideous one!

Intoxicater! like a shaft we make thy spirit fly away, Like a pot boiling on the fire, we with our word remove thee hence.

We set around thee with the spell as 'twere a gathered arma-ment.
Stay quiet like a rooted tree. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou.

For coverings men have bartered thee, for skins of deer and woven cloths.
Thou art a thing of sale, O Plant. Dug up with mattocks, gripe not thou!

None have attained to those of old, those who wrought holy acts for you.
Let them not harm our heroes here. Therefore I set before you this.