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

HYMN CXIX

A prayer for release from debts incurred without intention of payment

1The debt which I incur, not gaming, Agni! and, not intending
  to repay, acknowledge, p. a256
 That may Vaisvānara, the best, our sovran, carry away into the
  world of virtue.
2I cause Vaisvānara to know, confessing the debt whose payment
  to the Gods is promised.
 He knows to tear asunder all these nooses: so may we dwell
  with him the gentle-minded.
3Vaisvānara the Purifier purge me when I oppose their hope and
  break my promise,
 Unknowing in my heart. With supplication, whatever guilt there
  is in that, I banish.