Atharva Veda · 502 of 724

HYMN VII

An imprecation on an enemy 1. Herewith I pierce this man. With poverty I pierce him. With    disappearance I pierce him. With defeat I pierce him. With   Grāhi I pierce him. With darkness I pierce him. 2. I summon him with the awful cruel orders of the Gods. 3. I place him between Vaisvānara’s jaws. 4. Thus or otherwise let her swallow him up. 5. Him who hates us may his soul hate, and may he whom we    hate hate himself. 6. We scorch out of heaven and earth and firmament the man who    hates us. 7. Suyāman son of Chakshus. 8. Here I wipe away the evil dream on the descendant of Such-an-    one, son of Such-a-woman. 9. Whatsoever I have met with, whether at dusk or during early    night, 10. Whether waking or sleeping, whether by day or by night. 11. Whether I meet with it day by day, from that do I bribe him    away. 12. Slay him; rejoice in this; crush his ribs. 13. Let him not live. Let the breath of life forsake him.