Atharva Veda · 39 of 724

HYMN IV

A charm to ensure health and prosperity by wearing an amulet 1. For length of life, for mighty joy, uninjured, ever showing    strength.   We wear Vishkandha’s antidote, the Amulet of Jangida. 2. Amulet of a thousand powers, Jangida save us, all around.   From Jambha, and from Viara, Vishkandha, and tormenting    pain. 3. This overcomes Vishkandha, this chases the greedy fiends away:   May this our panacea, may Jangida save us from distress. 4. With Jangida that brings delight, Amulet given by the Gods,   We in the conflict overcome Vishkandha and all Rākshasas. 5. May Cannabis and Jangida preserve me from Vishkandha,—    that   Brought to us from the forest, this sprung from the saps of    husbandry. 6. This Amulet destroys the might of magic and malignity:   So may victorious Jangida prolong the years we have to live.