Atharva Veda
Against sorcerers and demons: to Indra and Soma
indrāsomā tapataṃ rakṣa ubjataṃ ny arpayataṃ vṛṣaṇā tamovṛdhaḥ parā śṛṇītam acito ny oṣataṃ hataṃ nudethāṃ ni śiśītam attriṇaḥ
Against sorcerers and demons: to Indra and Soma
O Indra-and-Soma, burn the demon, oppress (ubj) [him]; put (arpay-) down, ye two bulls, them that thrive in darkness; crush away, scorch down the fools (acít); slay, push, pin (çā) down the devourers.
indrāsomā sam aghaśaṃsam abhy aghaṃ tapur yayastu carur agnimāṁ iva brahmadviṣe kravyāde ghoracakṣase dveṣo dhattam anavāyaṃ kimīdine
O Indra-and-Soma, against ⌊abhí⌋ the evil-plotter, the evil, let heat boil all up ⌊sam-yas⌋ like a fiery pot; assign unavoidable hate unto the brahman-hating, flesh-eating kimīdín of terrible aspect.
indrāsomā duṣkṛto vavre antar anārambhaṇe tamasi pra vidhyatam yato naiṣāṃ punar ekaś canodayat tad vām astu sahase manyumacchavaḥ
O Indra-and-Soma, pierce ye the evil-doers within their hiding-place (vavrá), in untenable darkness, whence there shall not come up again any one soever of them; be that your furious might unto overpowering.
indrāsomā vartayataṃ divo vadhaṃ saṃ pṛthivyā aghaśaṃsāya tarhaṇam ut takṣataṃ svaryaṃ parvatebhyo yena rakṣo vāvṛdhānaṃ nijūrvathaḥ
O Indra-and-Soma, cause to roll (vṛt) from the sky the deadly weapon, from the earth also, a shattering for the evil-plotter; shape out from the mountains (párvata) the noisy one, wherewith ye burn down the increasing demon.
indrāsomā vartayataṃ divas pary agnitaptebhir yuvam aśmahanmabhiḥ tapurvadhebhir ajarebhir attriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṃ yantu nisvaram
O Indra-and-Soma, cause [it] to roll forth from the sky; with fireheated, stone-smiting, unaging heat-weapons do ye pierce the devourers in the abyss; let them go to silence.
indrāsomā pari vāṃ bhūtu viśvata iyaṃ matiḥ kakṣyāśveva vājinā yāṃ vāṃ hotrāṃ parihinomi medhayemā brahmāṇi nṛpatī iva jinvatam
O Indra-and-Soma, be there about you on all sides this prayer (matí), as a girth [about] two vigorous (vājín) horses, the invocation (hótrā) that I send forth to you with wisdom; these acts of worship (bráhman) quicken ye like two lords of men.
prati smarethāṃ tujayadbhir evair hataṃ druho rakṣaso bhaṅgurāvataḥ indrāsomā duṣkṛte mā sugaṃ bhūd yo mā kadācid abhidāsati druhuḥ
Remember ye with [your] rapid courses; smite the haters, the destructive demoniacs; O Indra-and-Soma, let there not be ease (sugá) for the evil-doer, the hater that at any time vexes me.
yo mā pākena manasā carantam abhicaṣṭe anṛtebhir vacobhiḥ āpa iva kāśinā saṃgṛbhītā asann astv asataḥ indra vaktā
Whoever reviles with untrue speeches me walking with simple mind—like waters grasped with the fist, let the speaker of what is not be [himself] non-existent, O Indra.
ye pākaśaṃsaṃ viharanta evair ye vā bhadraṃ dūṣayanti svadhābhiḥ ahaye vā tān pradadātu soma ā vā dadhātu nirṛter upasthe
They who distract (vi-hṛ) with [their] courses him of simple intent, or who spoil at their will (svadhā́bhis) what is excellent—let Soma either deliver them up to the serpent, or let him set them in the lap of perdition.
yo no rasaṃ dipsati pitvo agne aśvānāṃ gavāṃ yas tanūnām ripu stena steyakṛd dabhram etu ni ṣa hīyatāṃ tanvā tanā ca
Whoever, O Agni, tries to harm our taste of drink, of horses, of kine, whoever of our bodies—let the enemy, the thief, the theft-committer, go to want (dabhrá); let him be degraded with self and with posterity.
paraḥ so astu tanvā tanā ca tisraḥ pṛthivīr adho astu viśvāḥ prati śuṣyatu yaśo asya devā yo mā divā dipsati yaś ca naktam
Be he far away, with self and with posterity, be he beneath all the three earths, let his glory dry up, ye gods, who by day and who by night tries to harm me.
suvijñānaṃ cikituṣe janāya sac cāsac ca vacasī paspṛdhāte tayor yat satyaṃ yatarad ṛjīyas tad it somo 'vati hanty asat
It is easy of understanding for a knowing man (jána) [that] true and untrue words (vácas) are at variance; of them what is true, whichever is more right, that Soma verily favors; he smites the untrue.
na vā u somo vṛjinaṃ hinoti na kṣatriyam mithuyā dhārayantam hanti rakṣo hanty āsad vadantam ubhāv indrasya prasitau śayāte
Soma by no means furthers the wicked [man], nor the kshatríya who maintains [anything] falsely; he smites the demon; he smites the speaker of untruth; both lie within reach of Indra.
yadi vāham anṛtadevo asmi moghaṃ vā devāṁ apyūhe agne kim asmabhyaṃ jātavedo hṛṇīṣe droghavācas te nirṛthaṃ sacantām
If I am one of false gods, or if I put upon (? api-ūh) the gods what is vain, O Agni—why art thou angry with us, O Jātavedas? let them of hateful speech obtain (sac) misery of thee.
adyā murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi yadi vāyus tatapa puruṣasya adhā sa vīrair daśabhir vi yūyā yo mā moghaṃ yātudhānety āha
May I die today if I am a sorcerer, or if I have burnt (tap) a man's lifetime; then let him be divided from ten heroes who vainly says to me "thou sorcerer."
yo māyātuṃ yātudhānety āha yo vā rakṣāḥ śucir asmīty āha indras taṃ hantu mahatā vadhena viśvasya jantor adhamas padīṣṭa
Whoever to me that am no sorcerer (áyātu) says "thou sorcerer," or whatever demoniac says "I am pure (çúci)"—let Indra smite him with a great deadly weapon; may he fall lowest of every creature.
pra yā jigāti khargaleva naktam apa druhus tanvaṃ gūhamānā vavram anantam ava sā padīṣṭa grāvāṇo ghnantu rakṣasa upabdaiḥ
She who goes forth in the night like an owl (?), hateful, hiding herself away—may she fall down into an endless hole (vavrá); let the [pressing-] stones smite the demoniacs with [their] noises.
vi tiṣṭhadhvam maruto vikṣv icchata gṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ saṃ pinaṣṭana vayo ye bhūtvā patayanti naktabhir ye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare
Scatter yourselves, O Maruts, among the people (vikṣú); seek, seize, crush (sam-piṣ) the demoniacs, who, becoming birds, fly in the nights, or who have put defilements (rípas) on the heavenly sacrifice.
pra vartaya divo 'śmānam indra somaśitaṃ maghavant saṃ śiśādhi prākto apākto adharād udakto 'bhi jahi rakṣasaḥ parvatena
Cause the stone to roll forth from the sky, O Indra; [it,] sharpened by Soma, do thou wholly sharpen, O liberal one; from before, from away, from below, from above, do thou smite upon the demoniacs with a mountain.
eta u tye patayanti śvayātava indraṃ dipsanti dipsavo 'dābhyam śiśīte śakraḥ piśunebhyo vadhaṃ nūnaṃ sṛjad aśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ
Here fly these dog-sorcerers (çváyātu); Indra the unharmable they the harm-seeking seek to harm; the mighty one (çakrá) sharpens his deadly weapon for the treacherous ones (píçuna); now may he let fly (sṛj) the thunderbolt at the sorcerers (yātumánt).
indro yātūnām abhavat parāśaro havirmathīnām abhy āvivāsatām abhīd u śakraḥ paraśur yathā vanaṃ pātreva bhindant sata etu rakṣasaḥ
Indra was the crusher-away of the familiar demons (yātú), of the oblation-disturbers, of them who strive to win upon [it]; let the mighty one (çakrá) attack them that are demoniacs as an ax the woods, splitting [them] like vessels.
ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātum uta kokayātum suparṇayātum uta gṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra
The owl-sorcerer, the owlet-(?)sorcerer smite thou, the dog-sorcerer and the cuckoo-sorcerer, the eagle-(? suparṇá)sorcerer and the vulture-sorcerer—do thou destroy (pra-mṛṇ) the demon, O Indra, as if with a mill-stone.
mā no rakṣo abhi naḍ yātumāvad apocchantu mithunā ye kimīdinaḥ pṛthivī naḥ pārthivāt pātv aṃhaso 'ntarikṣaṃ divyāt pātv asmān
Let not the sorcerous demon reach us; let the kimīdíns that are paired fade away; let the earth protect us from earthly distress, let the atmosphere protect us from heavenly.
indra jahi pumāṃsaṃ yātudhānam uta striyaṃ māyayā śāśadānām vigrīvāso mūradevā ṛdantu mā te dṛśant sūryam uccarantam
O Indra, smite the man sorcerer, likewise the woman ⌊who is⌋ prevailing with magic (māyā́); let the neckless false-worshipers vanish (? ṛd); let them not see the sun moving upward.
prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraś ca soma jāgṛtam rakṣobhyo vadham asyatam aśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ
Look thou on; look abroad; O Soma, Indra also, watch ye; hurl ye the deadly weapon at the demons, the thunderbolt at the sorcerers (yātumánt).