Atharva Veda · 545 of 724

HYMN XXXVI

A charm against disease and evil spirits 1. The Hundred-haired hath banished hence fiends and Consump-    tions by its might.   With splendour hath the charm that scares demons of ill-name    mounted up. 2. It drives off demons with its horns and sorceresses with its root,   It stays Consumption with its waist: from this no wickedness    escapes. 3. Consumptions, light and serious, and those which sounds    accompany,   All these the Amulet, Hundred-haired, scarer of fiends, hath    banished hence. 4. A hundred men hath it produced, hundred Consumptions chased    away,   All fiends of evil-name it hath smitten, and shakes the   Rākshasas. 5. The Bull that weareth horns of gold, this Amulet with hundred    hairs,   Hath cleft the demons of ill-name and overcome the Rākshasas. 6. Hundred she-fiends, a hundred of Gandharvas and Apsarasas,   A hundred of dog-mated nymphs, I keep away with Hundred-   Hair