Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 1 — Chapter 16

AV 1 16.1

ये ऽमावास्यां रात्रिम् उदस्थुर् व्राजम् अत्त्रिणः । अग्निस् तुरीयो यातुहा सो अस्मभ्यम् अधि ब्रवत्

ye 'māvāsyāṃ rātrim udasthur vrājam attriṇaḥ | agnis turīyo yātuhā so asmabhyam adhi bravat

The devourers who have risen up in a troop on the night of the new moon — Agni, the fourth, the slayer of sorcery, let him speak on our behalf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 16.2

सीसायाध्य् आह वरुणः सीसायाग्निर् उपावति । सीसं म इन्द्रः प्रायछत् तद् अङ्ग यातुचातनम्

sīsāyādhy āha varuṇaḥ sīsāyāgnir upāvati | sīsaṃ ma indraḥ prāyachat tad aṅga yātucātanam

Varuṇa has spoken in favour of lead, Agni comes to the aid of lead; Indra handed me lead — that indeed is what drives away sorcery.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 16.3

इदं विष्कन्धं सहत इदं बाधते अत्त्रिणः । अनेन विश्वा ससहे या जातानि पिशाच्याः

idaṃ viṣkandhaṃ sahata idaṃ bādhate attriṇaḥ | anena viśvā sasahe yā jātāni piśācyāḥ

This overpowers viṣkandha, this thrusts back the devourers; with this I have overpowered all the broods that are of the piśācī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 1 16.4

यदि नो गां हंसि यद्य् अश्वं यदि पूरुषम् । तं त्वा सीसेन विध्यामो यथा नो ऽसो अवीरहा

yadi no gāṃ haṃsi yady aśvaṃ yadi pūruṣam | taṃ tvā sīsena vidhyāmo yathā no 'so avīrahā

If thou slayest our cow, if our horse, if our man, we pierce thee with lead, so that thou shalt not be a slayer of our heroes.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition