Atharva Veda · 220 of 724

HYMN LII

A charm against noxious reptiles and insects 1. Slaying the Rākshasas, the Sun mounts upward in the front of    heaven,   Āditya, from the mountains, seen of all, destroying things    unseen. 2. The kine had settled in their pen, wild animals sought their lairs   The wavelets of the brooks had passed away, and were beheld    no more. 3. I have brought Kanva’s famous Plant, life-giving, and itself    inspired,   The medicine that healeth all: may it suppress my hidden foes.