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Atharva Veda 1.7: To Indra and Agni, for the detection and destruction of evil spirits

by The Rishis of the Atharva Veda c. 1200–900 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)

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Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu's slaughterer.

O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas mourn.

Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and wail: And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours.

May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive them forth: Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I.

Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us the Yātudhānas.
Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this sacrifice before thee.

O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born: Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail.

O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and chained.
And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunderbolt.

MLA

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 1.7: To Indra and Agni, for the detection and destruction of evil spirits.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/6/.

Chicago

Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 1.7: To Indra and Agni, for the detection and destruction of evil spirits.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/6/.

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