{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av05031.htm","path":"hin/av/av05031.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av05031.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1The spell that they have cast for thee on unbaked dish or ming-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0led meal, p. a197\n \u00a0\u00a0The witchcraft wrought on undressed meat, this I strike back\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0again on them.\n 2The spell that they have cast for thee on jungle-cock, goat,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0horned ram,\n \u00a0\u00a0The witchcraft wrought upon thy ewe, this I strike back again\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on them.\n 3The spell that they have cast upon thy beast that hath uncloven\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hooves,\n \u00a0\u00a0The ass with teeth in both his jaws, this I strike back again on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them.\n 4The secret spell upon thy plants Am\u016bl\u0101 or Nar\u0101chi, spell\n \u00a0\u00a0That they have cast upon thy field, this I strike back again on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them.\n 5The spell that wicked men have cast on thine original household-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fire,\n \u00a0\u00a0And on thy sacrificial hall, this I strike back again on them.\n 6The spell that they have cast upon thy public room thy gambl-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ing-board,\n \u00a0\u00a0Spell they have cast upon thy dice, this I strike back again on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them.\n 7The spell that they have cast upon thine army or thy shafts and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0arms,\n \u00a0\u00a0Spell they have cast upon the drum, this I throw back again on\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0them.\n 8Charm they have laid within thy well or buried in the burning-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0ground,\n \u00a0\u00a0Charm they have laid within thy home, this I throw back again\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0on them.\n 9The spell that they have wrought for thee in flickering fire of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0human bones,\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0Mroka, consuming, cannibal, this I throw back again on them.\n 10He brought this by no proper path, by the right path we drive it\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0back.\n \u00a0\u00a0The fool in folly brought it to those who observe established\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bounds.\n 11No power had he who wrought the spell: he hurt his foot, he\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0broke his toe.\n \u00a0\u00a0Unlucky for his wealthy lords, he hath wrought happiness for us.\n 12May Indra slay with mighty bolt, may Agni with his missible\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0pierce. p. a198\n \u00a0\u00a0The sorcerer who brings the curse, who deals with roots and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0secret spells.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 31: A counter-charm against th...","type":"page"}