{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av16008.htm","path":"hin/av/av16008.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av16008.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Whatever we have gained, whatever hath accrued to us, our\n \u00a0\u00a0Right, our energy, our Devotion, our heavenly light, our p. 168\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice, our domestic animals, our offspring, our men,\u2014from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0all share herein we exclude Such-an-one, descendant of Such-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0an-one, son of Such-a-woman. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of Gr\u0101hi. Here I bind up his splendour, his energy, his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0vital breath, his life, and cast him down beneath me.\n 2Whatever we have gained, etc. (as in verse 1). Let him not be\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0freed from the noose of Nirriti, etc.\n 3Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of misery, etc.\n 4Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of disappearance, etc.\n 5Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of defeat, etc.\n 6Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of the sisters of the Gods, etc.\n 7Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of Brihaspati, etc.\n 8Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of Praj\u0101pati, etc.\n 9Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of the Rishis, etc.\n 10Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0noose of the Rishis' children, etc.\n 11Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Angirases, etc.\n 12Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Angirases, etc.\n 13Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Atharvans, etc.\n 14Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Atharvans, etc.\n 15Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Trees, etc.\n 16Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of\n \u00a0\u00a0Shrubs, etc.\n 17Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Seasons, etc.\n 18Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Season-groups, etc. p. 169\n 19Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the\n \u00a0\u00a0Months, etc.\n 20Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the Half-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0months, etc.\n 21Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Day and\n \u00a0\u00a0Night, etc.\n 22Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of continued\n \u00a0\u00a0Day, etc.\n 23Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Heaven\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and Earth, etc.\n 24Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Indra-\n \u00a0\u00a0Agni, etc.\n 25Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Mitra-\n \u00a0\u00a0Varuna, etc.\n 26Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of King\n \u00a0\u00a0Varuna, etc.\n 27Whatever we have gained, whatever hath accrued to us, our\n \u00a0\u00a0Right, our energy, our Devotion, our heavenly light, our\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sacrifice, our domestic animals, our offspring, our men,\u2014from\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0all share herein we exclude Such-as-one, descendant of Such-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0an-one, son of Such-a-woman. Let him not be freed from the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0fetter and noose of Death. Here I bind up his splendour, his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0energy, his vital breath, his life, and cast him down beneath\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0me.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 16: Hymn 8: An imprecation on an enemy","type":"page"}