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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at

HYMN VII

To Indra and Agni, for the detection and destruction of evil spirits

1Bring the Kimidin hither, bring the Yātudhāna self-declared
 For Agni, God, thou, lauded, hast become the Dasyu's
  slaughterer.
2O Jātavedas, Lord Supreme, controller of our bodies, taste
 The butter, Agni, taste the oil: make thou the Yātudhānas
  mourn.
3Let Yātudhānas mourn, let all greedy Kimidins weep and
  wail:
 And, Agni, Indra, may ye both accept this sacrifice of ours. p. a8
4May Agni seize upon them first, may strong-armed Indra drive
  them forth:
 Let every wicked sorcerer come hither and say, Here am I.
5Let us behold thy strength, O Jātavedas. Viewer of men, tell us
  the Yātudhānas.
 Burnt by thy heat and making declaration let all approach this
  sacrifice before thee.
6O Jātavedas, seize, on them: for our advantage art thou born:
 Agni, be thou our messenger and make the Yātudhānas wail.
7O Agni, bring thou hitherward the Yātudhānas bound and
  chained.
 And afterward let Indra tear their heads off with his thunder-
  bolt.