Atharva Veda · 214 of 724

HYMN XLVI

A charm against evil dreams 1. Thou, neither quick nor dead, O Sleep, art fraught with Amrit    of the Gods.   Thy name is Araru: thy sire is Yama; Varunāni bare thee. 2. We know thy birth, O Sleep, thou art son of the sisters of the   Gods; the minister of Yama thou, thou art Antaka, thou art   Death.   So well we know thee who thou art. Sleep, guard us from the    evil dream. 3. As men discharge a debt, as they pay up an eighth and half-an-    eighth,   So the whole evil dream do we pay and assign unto our foe.