Atharva Veda · 280 of 724

HYMN CXII

A health-charm for man, woman, and son 1. Let not this one, O Agni, wound the highest of these: preserve    thou him from utter ruin.   Knowing the way do thou untie the nooses of the she-fiend: let    all the Gods approve thee. 2. Rend thou the; bonds of these asunder, Agni! the, threefold    noose whereby the three were fastened.   Knowing the way untie the she-fiend’s nooses: free all, the son,    the father, and the mother. 3. The elder brother’s bonds, still left unwedded, fettered in every    limb and bound securely,   Loose these, for they are bonds for loosing: Pūshan, turn woes    away upon the babe-destroyer.