{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02007.htm","path":"hin/av/av02007.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02007.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Hated by sinners, sprung from Gods, this Plant that turns the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0curse away\n \u00a0\u00a0Hath washed from me all curses, as water makes clean from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0spot and stain.\n 2All curses of a rival, each curse of a female relative, Curse\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0uttered by an augry priest, all these we tread beneath our feet.\n 3Spread on the surface of the earth, downward from heaven thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0root depends: p. a40\n \u00a0\u00a0With this that hath a thousand joints keep thou us safe on every\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0side.\n 4Guard on all sides this woman, guard my children, us, and all\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0our wealth!\n \u00a0\u00a0Let not malignity o'ercome, nor adversaries conquer us.\n 5Upon the curser fall his curse! Dwell we with him whose heart\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0is true!\n \u00a0\u00a0We split the cruel villain's ribs whose evil eye bewitches us.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 7: A counter-charm against imprecation and malignity","type":"page"}