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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at
1Whatever we have gained, whatever hath accrued to us, our
Right, our energy, our Devotion, our heavenly light, our p. 168
sacrifice, our domestic animals, our offspring, our men,—from
all share herein we exclude Such-an-one, descendant of Such-
an-one, son of Such-a-woman. Let him not be freed from the
noose of Grāhi. Here I bind up his splendour, his energy, his
vital breath, his life, and cast him down beneath me.
2Whatever we have gained, etc. (as in verse 1). Let him not be
freed from the noose of Nirriti, etc.
3Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of misery, etc.
4Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of disappearance, etc.
5Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of defeat, etc.
6Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of the sisters of the Gods, etc.
7Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of Brihaspati, etc.
8Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of Prajāpati, etc.
9Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of the Rishis, etc.
10Whatever we have gained, etc. Let him not be freed from the
noose of the Rishis' children, etc.
11Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Angirases, etc.
12Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Angirases, etc.
13Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Atharvans, etc.
14Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Atharvans, etc.
15Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Trees, etc.
16Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of
Shrubs, etc.
17Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Seasons, etc.
18Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Season-groups, etc. p. 169
19Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the
Months, etc.
20Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of the Half-
months, etc.
21Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Day and
Night, etc.
22Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of continued
Day, etc.
23Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Heaven
and Earth, etc.
24Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Indra-
Agni, etc.
25Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of Mitra-
Varuna, etc.
26Whatever, etc. Let him not be freed from the noose of King
Varuna, etc.
27Whatever we have gained, whatever hath accrued to us, our
Right, our energy, our Devotion, our heavenly light, our
sacrifice, our domestic animals, our offspring, our men,—from
all share herein we exclude Such-as-one, descendant of Such-
an-one, son of Such-a-woman. Let him not be freed from the
fetter and noose of Death. Here I bind up his splendour, his
energy, his vital breath, his life, and cast him down beneath
me.