Atharva Veda · 27 of 724

HYMN XXVII

A charm to obtain invisibility 1. There on the bank those Vipers lie, thrice-seven, having cast    their skins:   Now we with their discarded sloughs bind close and cover up the    eyes of the malicious highway thief. 2. Far let her go, cutting her way, brandishing, as it were, a club:   Diverted be the new-born’s mind: ne’er are the wicked    prosperous. 3. Not many have had power enough; the feeble ones have not    prevailed,   Like scattered fragments of a reed: ne’er are the wicked pros-    perous. 4. Go forward, feet, press quickly on, bring to the house of him    who pays.   Unconquered and unplundered, let Indrānf, foremost, lead the    way.