Atharva Veda · 56 of 724

HYMN XXV

A charm against fiends who cause abortion 1. The Goddess Prisniparni hath blest us, and troubled Nirriti.   Fierce crusher of the Kanvas she: her have I gained, the mighty    one. 2. Victorious in the olden time this Prisniparni was brought forth:   With her I cleave, as 'twere a bird's, the head of the Detestables. 4. The hateful fiend who drinks the blood, and him who take away    the growth,   The Kanva who devours the germ, quell, Prisniparni! and!    destroy. 5. Drive and imprison in a hill these Kanvas harassers of life:   Follow them Prisniparni, thou Goddess, like fire consuming.    them. 6. Drive thou away these Kanvas, drive the harassers of life afar.   Whither the shades of darkness go, I send the fiends who feed    on flesh.

There is no verse 3 in the copytext—JBH