Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 77: An incantation against an enemy

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HYMN LXXVII

An incantation against an enemy

Ye Maruts, full of fiery heat, accept this offering brought for
you
To help us, ye who slay the foe.
Maruts, the man who filled with rage against us beyond our
thoughts would harm us, O ye Vasus,
May he be tangled in the toils of Mischief: smite ye him down
with your most flaming weapon.
Each year come, friends to man, the tuneful Maruts, dwelling in
spacious mansions, trooped together.
Exhilarating, gladdening full of fiery heat, may they deliver us
from binding bonds of sin.