Yajur Sama Atharvan Vedas

ATHARVA VEDA
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I, 16. Charm with lead, against demons and sorcerers.
1. Against the devouring demons who, in the night of the full-moon, have arisen in throngs, may
Agni, the strong, the slayer of the sorcerers, give us courage!
2. To the lead Varuna gives blessing, to the lead Agni gives help. Indra gave me the lead: unfailingly
it dispels sorcery.
3. This (lead) overcomes the vishkandha, this smites the devouring demons (atrin); with this I have
overwhelmed all the brood of the Pisâkas.
4. If thou slayest our cow, if our horse or our domestic, we pierce thee with the lead, so that thou shalt
not slay our heroes.
VI, 2. The soma-oblation directed against Demons (rakshas).
1. Press the soma, ye priests, and rinse it (for renewed pressing), in behalf of Indra who shall listen to
the song of the worshipper, and to my call!
2. Do thou, O doughty (Indra), whom the drops of soma enter as birds a tree, beat off the hostile
brood of the Rakshas!
3. Press ye the soma for Indra, the soma-drinker, who wields the thunderbolt! A youthful victor and
ruler is he, praised by many men.
II, 14. Charm against a variety of female demons, conceived as hostile to
men, cattle, and home.
1. Nissâlâ, the bold, the greedy demon (?dhishana), and (the female demon) with long-drawn howl,
the bloodthirsty; all the daughters of Kanda, the Sadânvâs do we destroy.
2. We drive you out of the stable, out of the axle (of the wagon), and the body of the wagon; we chase
you, O ye daughters of Magundî, from the house.
3. In yonder house below, there the grudging demons (arâyî) shall exist; there ruin shall prevail, and
all the witches!
4. May (Rudra), the lord of beings, and Indra. drive forth from here the Sadânvâs; those that am
seated on the foundation of the house Indra shall overcome with his thunderbolt!
5. Whether ye belong to (the demons) of inherited disease, whether ye have been dispatched by men,
or whether ye have originated from the Dasyus (demon-like aborigines), vanish from here, O ye
Sadânvâs!
6. About their dwelling-places I did swiftly course, as if on a race-course. I have won all contests
with you: vanish from here, O ye Sadânvâs!
III, 9. Against vishkandha and kâbava (hostile demons).
1. Of karsapha and visapha heaven is the father and earth the mother. As, ye gods, ye have brought on
(the trouble), thus do ye again remove it!
2. Without fastening the), (the protecting plants?) held fast, thus it has been arranged by Manu. The
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