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HYMN VIII

To Indra, Brihaspati, Soma and Agni, for the destruction of sorcerers

1This sacrifice shall bring the Yātudhānas as the flood brings
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 Here let the doer of this deed woman or man, acknowledge it.
2This one hath come confessing all: do ye receive him
  eagerly.
 Master him thou, Brihaspati; Agni and Soma, pierce him
  through.
3O Soma-drinker, strike and bring the Yātudhāna's progeny:
 Make the confessing sinner's eyes fall from his head, both right
  and left.
4As thou, O Agni Jātavedas, knowest the races of these secret
  greedy beings,
 So strengthened by the power of prayer, O Agni, crushing them
  down a hundred times destroy them.


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