Atharva Veda · 482 of 724

HYMN V

HYMN V 1. For him they made the Archer Bhava a deliverer from the inter-    mediate space of the eastern region. Bhava the Archer, a    deliverer, delivers him from the intermediate space of the    eastern region. Neither Sarva nor Bhava nor Isāna slays him    who possesses this knowledge, or his cattle, or his kinsmen. 2. They made Sarva the Archer his deliverer from the intermediate    space of the southern region, etc, as in verse 1. 3. They made Pasupati the Archer his deliverer from the inter-    mediate space of the western region, etc. 4. They made the Awful God, the Archer, his deliverer from the    intermediate space of the northern region, etc, as above. 5. They made Rudra the Archer his deliverer from the intermediate    space of the region of the nadir etc. 6. They made Mahādeva his deliverer from the intermediate space    of the region of the zenith, etc. 7. They made Isana the Archer his deliverer from all the inter-    mediate regions. Isāna the Archer, a deliverer, delivers him    from all the intermediate regions. Neither Sarva nor Bhava,    nor Isana slays him who possesses this knowledge, or his cattle,    or his kinsmen.