Atharva Veda · 7 of 724

HYMN VII

To Indra and Agni, for the detection and destruction of evil spirits 1. Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared   For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu’s    slaughterer. 2. O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste   The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas    mourn. 3. Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and    wail:   And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours. 4. May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive    them forth:   Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I. 5. Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us    the Yātudhānas.   Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this    sacrifice before thee. 6. O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born:   Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail. 7. O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and    chained.   And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder-    bolt.