{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av04040.htm","path":"hin/av/av04040.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av04040.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1O J\u0101tavedas, eastward sacrificers, as foes assail us from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eastern quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0May they, turned back, be pained for harming Agni. I drive\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them backward with mine incantation.\n 2O J\u0101tavedas, southward sacrificers as foes assail us from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0southern quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0May they, turned back, be pained for harming Yama. I smite\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them backward with mine incantation.\n 3O J\u0101tavedas, westward sacrificers as foes assail us from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0western quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0For harming Varuna be they turned and troubled! I smite them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0backward with mine incantation.\n 4J\u0101tavedas, northward sacrificers as foes assail us from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0northern quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0For harming Soma be they turned and troubled! I smite them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0backward with mine incantation.\n 5O J\u0101tavedas, nether sacrificers, as foes assail us from the stead-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fast quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0For harming Earth let them be turned and troubled. I smite\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them backward with mine incantation.\n 6Those who pay sacrifice, O J\u0101tavedas, from air assail us from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the midway quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0For harming V\u0101yu be they turned and troubled! I smite them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0backward with mine incantation.\n 7The sacrificers from above assail us, O J\u0101tavedas, from the lofty\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0quarter.\n \u00a0\u00a0For wronging S\u016brya be they turned and troubled! I smite them\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0backward with mine incantation.\n 8Those from all points assail us, J\u0101tavedas, who sacrifice from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0intermediate regions.\n \u00a0\u00a0For wronging Prayer let them be turned and troubled, I smite\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them backward with mine incantation.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 4: Hymn 40: A charm against rival wors...","type":"page"}