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

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HYMN XXXI

A prayer for the overthrow of enemies

1Rouse us to-day O Indra, Maghavan, hero, with thy best pos-
  sible and varied succours,
 May he who hateth us fall low beneath us, and him whom we
  detest let life abandon.