Atharva Veda 5.29

purastād yukto vaha jātavedo 'gne viddhi kriyamāṇam yathedam tvaṃ bhiṣag bheṣajasyāsi kartā tvayā gām aśvaṃ puruṣaṃ sanema

To Agni: against demons

Joined in front, carry thou, O Jātavedas; know this, O Agni, as [it is] being done; thou art a physician (bhiṣáj), a maker of remedy (bheṣajá); by thee may we gain cow, horse, man (púruṣa).

tathā tad agne kṛṇu jātavedo viśvebhir devaiḥ saha saṃvidānaḥ yo no dideva yatamo jaghāsa yathā so asya paridhiṣ patāti

So, O Agni, Jātavedas, do thou do this, in concord with all the gods: he who hath played [against] us, whosoever hath devoured (ghas) us, that this enclosure of his may fall.

yathā so asya paridhiṣ patāti tathā tad agne kṛṇu jātavedaḥ viśvebhir devair saha saṃvidānaḥ

That this enclosure of his may fall, so, O Agni, Jātavedas, do thou do that, in concord with all the gods.

akṣyau ni vidhya hṛdayaṃ ni vidhya jihvāṃ ni tṛnddhi pra dato mṛṇīhi piśāco asya yatamo jaghāsāgne yaviṣṭha prati śṛṇīhi

Pierce thou into his eyes, pierce into his heart, bore into his tongue, destroy (pra-mṛ) his teeth; whatsoever piçācá hath devoured of him, that one, O Agni, youngest [god], do thou crush back.

yad asya hṛtaṃ vihṛtaṃ yat parābhṛtam ātmano jagdhaṃ yatamat piśācaiḥ tad agne vidvān punar ā bhara tvaṃ śarīre māṃsam asum erayāmaḥ

What of him is taken [or] taken apart, what is borne away, whatsoever of himself is devoured by the piçācás, that, O Agni, do thou, knowing, bring again; into his body we send flesh [and] spirit (ásu).

āme supakve śabale vipakve yo mā piśāco aśane dadambha tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

In raw, in well-cooked, in mixed (? çabála), in ripe, what piçācá hath injured (dambh) me in the partaking—that let the piçācás atone for (? vi-yātay) with self [and] progeny; be this man free from disease.

kṣīre mā manthe yatamo dadambhākṛṣṭapacye aśane dhānye yaḥ tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

In milk (kṣīrá), in stirabout whoever hath injured me, who in grain growing uncultivated—in the partaking [thereof]—that let the piçācás etc. etc.

apāṃ mā pāne yatamo dadambha kravyād yātūnām śayane śayānam tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

In the drinking of waters whatever flesh-eater hath injured me lying (çī) in the lair (çáyana) of the familiar demons (yātú)—that let the piçācás etc. etc.

divā mā naktaṃ yatamo dadambha kravyād yātūnām śayane śayānam tad ātmanā prajayā piśācā vi yātayantām agado 'yam astu

By day, by night, whatever flesh-eater hath injured me lying in the lair of the familiar demons—that let the piçācás etc. etc.

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The flesh-eating, bloody (rudhirá), mind-slaying piçācá do thou slay, O Agni, Jātavedas; let the vigorous Indra slay him with the thunderbolt; let bold Soma cut [off] his head.

sanād agne mṛṇasi yātudhānān na tvā rakṣāṃsi pṛtanāsu jigyuḥ sahamūrān anu daha kravyādo mā te hetyā mukṣata daivyāyāḥ

From of old, O Agni, thou killest the sorcerers; the demons have not conquered thee in fights; burn up the flesh-eaters together with their dupes (?); let them not be freed from thy heavenly missile.

samāhara jātavedo yaddhṛtaṃ yat parābhṛtam

Bring together, O Jātavedas, what is taken, what borne away; let his members (gā́tra) increase; let this man fill up like a soma-stalk.

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Like a stalk of soma, O Jātavedas, let this man fill up; make him, O Agni, exuberant, sacrificial (médhya), free from yákṣma; let him live.

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These, O Agni, are thy piçācá-grinding pieces of fuel; them do thou enjoy, and accept them, O Jātavedas.

jahātu kravyād rūpaṃ yo asya māṃsaṃ jihīrṣati

The pieces of fuel of tārṣṭāghá, O Agni, do thou accept with flame (arcís); let the flesh-eater who wants to take this man's flesh (māṅsá) quit his form.