{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01016.htm","path":"hin/av/av01016.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01016.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1May potent Agni who destroys the demons bless and shelter us.\n \u00a0\u00a0From greedy fiends who rise in troops at night-time when the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0moon is dark.\n 2Varuna's benison hath blessed the lead, and Agni strengthens it.\n \u00a0\u00a0Indra hath given me the lead: this verily repels the fiends.\n 3This overcomes Vishkandha, -this drives the voracious fiends\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0away:\n \u00a0\u00a0By means of this have I, o'erthrown all the Pis\u0101chi's demon\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0brood.\n 4If thou destroy a cow of ours, a human being, or a steed,\n \u00a0\u00a0We pierce thee with this piece of lead so that thou mayst not slay\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0our men.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 16: A prayer and charm against demons","type":"page"}