Atharva Veda · 28 of 724

HYMN XXVIII

A prayer to Agni for the destruction of evil spirits 1. God Agni hath come forth to us, fiend-slayer, chaser of disease,   Burning the Yātudhānas up, Kimidins, and deceitful ones. 2. Consume the Yātudhānas, God! meet the Kimidins with thy    flame:   Burn up the Yātudhānis as they face thee, thou whose path is    black! 3. She who hath cursed us with a curse, or hath conceived a    murderous sin;   Or seized our son to take his blood, let her devour the child    she bare. 4. Let her, the Yātudhāni eat son, sister, and her daughter’s.    child.   Now let the twain by turns destroy the wild-haired Yātudhānis-    and crush down Arāyis to the earth!