Atharva Veda · 69 of 724

HYMN II

A rifaccimento or recension of I 1. May Agni, he who knows, our envoy, meet them, burning    against ill-will and imprecation.   May he bewilder our opponent's senses. May Jātavedas smite and    make them handless. 2. This Agni hath bewildered all the senses that were in your    hearts:   Now let him blast you from your home, blast you away from    every side. 3. Dazing their senses, Indra, come hitherward with the wish and    will.   With Agni's, Vāta's furious rush drive them to every side away. 4. Vanish, ye hopes and plans of theirs, be ye confounded, all their    thoughts!   Whatever wish is in their heart, do thou expel it utterly. 5. Bewildering the senses of our foemen, seize on their bodies and    depart, O Apvā!   Go meet them, flame within their hearts and burn them. Smite    thou the foes with darkness and amazement. 6. That army of our enemies, O Maruts, that comes against us with'    its might, contending—   Meet ye and strike it with unwelcome darkness so that not one.    of them may know another.