Rig Veda 1.191

kaṅkato na kaṅkato 'tho satīnakaṅkataḥ dvāv iti pluṣī iti ny adṛṣṭā alipsata

Venomous, slightly venomous, or venomous aquatic worm,— Both creatures, stinging, unobserved, with poison have infected me.

adṛṣṭān hanty āyaty atho hanti parāyatī atho avaghnatī hanty atho pinaṣṭi piṃṣatī

Coming, it kills the unobserved; it kills them as it goes away, It kills them as it drives them off, and bruising bruises them to death.

śarāsaḥ kuśarāso darbhāsaḥ sairyā uta mauñjā adṛṣṭā vairiṇāḥ sarve sākaṃ ny alipsata

Sara grass, Darbha, Kusara, and Sairya, Muñja, Virana, Where all these creatures dwell unseen, with poison have infected me.

ni gāvo goṣṭhe asadan ni mṛgāso avikṣata ni ketavo janānāṃ ny adṛṣṭā alipsata

The cows had settled in their stalls, the beasts of prey had sought their lairs, Extinguished were the lights of men, when things unseen infected me.

eta u tye praty adṛśran pradoṣaṃ taskarā iva adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭāḥ pratibuddhā abhūtana

Or these, these reptiles, are observed, like lurking thieves at evening time. Seers of all, themselves unseen: be therefore very vigilant.

dyaur vaḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā somo bhrātāditiḥ svasā adṛṣṭā viśvadṛṣṭās tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam

Heaven is your Sire, your Mother Earth, Soma your Brother, Aditi Your Sister: seeing all, unseen, keep still and dwell ye happily.

ye aṃsyā ye aṅgyāḥ sūcīkā ye prakaṅkatāḥ adṛṣṭāḥ kiṃ caneha vaḥ sarve sākaṃ ni jasyata

Biters of shoulder or of limb, with needle-stings, most venomous, Unseen, whatever ye may be, vanish together and be gone.

ut purastāt sūrya eti viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā adṛṣṭān sarvāñ jambhayan sarvāś ca yātudhānyaḥ

Slayer of things unseen, the Sun, beheld of all, mounts, eastward, up, Consuming all that are not seen, and evil spirits of the night.

ud apaptad asau sūryaḥ puru viśvāni jūrvan ādityaḥ parvatebhyo viśvadṛṣṭo adṛṣṭahā

There hath the Sun-God mounted up, who scorches much and everything. Even the Aditya from the hills, all-seen, destroying things unseen.

sūrye viṣam ā sajāmi dṛtiṃ surāvato gṛhe so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

I hang the poison in the Sun, a wine-skin in a vintner's house, He will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.

iyattikā śakuntikā sakā jaghāsa te viṣam so cin nu na marāti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

This little bird, so very small, hath swallowed all thy poison up. She will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.

triḥ sapta viṣpuliṅgakā viṣasya puṣyam akṣan tāś cin nu na maranti no vayam marāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

The three-times-seven bright sparks of fire have swallowed up the poison's strength. They will not die, nor shall we die: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.

navānāṃ navatīnāṃ viṣasya ropuṣīṇām sarvāsām agrabhaṃ nāmāre asya yojanaṃ hariṣṭhā madhu tvā madhulā cakāra

Of ninety rivers and of nine with power to stay the venom's course,— The names of all I have secured: his path is far: he whom Bay Horses bear hath turned thee to sweet meath.

triḥ sapta mayūryaḥ sapta svasāro agruvaḥ tās te viṣaṃ vi jabhrira udakaṃ kumbhinīr iva

So have the peahens three-times-seven, so have the maiden Sisters Seven Carried thy venom far away, as girls bear water in their jars.

iyattakaḥ kuṣumbhakas takam bhinadmy aśmanā tato viṣam pra vāvṛte parācīr anu saṃvataḥ

The poison-insect is so small; I crush the creature with a stone. I turn the poison hence away, departed unto distant lands.

kuṣumbhakas tad abravīd gireḥ pravartamānakaḥ vṛścikasyārasaṃ viṣam arasaṃ vṛścika te viṣam

Forth issuing from the mountain's side the poison-insect spake and said: Scorpion, they venom is but weak.