{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av166.htm","path":"hin/av/av166.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av166.htm","text":"1. Slay ye the tarda ('borer'), the samanka ('hook'), and the mole, O Asvins; cut off their heads, and crush their ribs! Shut their mouths, that they shall not eat the barley; free ye, moreover, the grain from danger!\n 2. Ho tarda ('borer'), ho locust, ho gabhya ('snapper'), upakvasa! As a Brahman (eats not) an uncompleted sacrifice, do ye, not eating this barley, without working injury, get out!\n 3. O husband of the tard\u00e2 (-female), O husband Of the vagh\u00e2 (-female), ye of the sharp teeth, listen to me! The vyadvaras ('rodents') of the forest, and whatever other vyadvaras (there are), all these we do crush.","title":"Atharva Veda: VII. Charms to Secure Prosperity in House, Field, Cattle, Business, Gambling, and Kindred Matters: VI, 50. Exorcism of vermin infesting grain in the field","type":"page"}