{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06037.htm","path":"hin/av/av06037.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06037.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Hitherward, having yoked his steeds, came Imprecation,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thousand-eyed,\n \u00a0\u00a0Seeking my curser, as a wolf the home of one who owneth sheep.\n 2Avoid us, Imprecation! as consuming fire avoids the lake.\n \u00a0\u00a0Smite thou the man who curses us, as the sky's lightning strikes\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the tree.\n 3Who curses us, himself uncursed, or, cursed, who curses us\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0again,\n \u00a0\u00a0Him cast I as a sop to Death, as to a dog one throws a bone.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 37: A charm to divert Imprecation personified","type":"page"}