Atharva Veda · Chapter 8.4

indrāsomā tapataṃ rakṣa ubjataṃ nyarpayataṃ vṛṣaṇā tamovṛdhaḥ /
parā śṛṇītamacito nyoṣataṃ hataṃ nudethāṃ ni śiśītamattriṇaḥ

indrāsomā samaghaśaṃsamabhyaghaṃ tapuryayastu caruragnimāmiva /
brahmadviṣe kravyāde ghoracakṣase dveṣo dhattamanavāyaṃ kimīdine

indrāsomā duṣkṛto vavre antaranārambhaṇe tamasi pra vidhyatam /
yato naiṣāṃ punarekaścanodayattadvāmastu sahase manyumacchavaḥ

indrāsomā vartayataṃ divo vadhaṃ saṃ pṛthivyā aghaśaṃsāya tarhaṇam /
uttakṣataṃ svaryaṃ१ parvatebhyo yena rakṣo vāvṛdhānaṃ nijūrvathaḥ

indrāsomā vartayataṃ divasparyagnitaptebhiryuvamaśmahanmabhiḥ /
tapurvadhebhirajarebhirattriṇo ni parśāne vidhyataṃ yantu nisvaram

indrāsomā pari vāṃ bhūtu viśvata iyaṃ matiḥ kakṣyāśveva vājinā /
yāṃ vāṃ hotrāṃ parihinomi medhayemā brahmāṇi nṛpatī iva jinvatam

prati smarethāṃ tujayadbhirevairhataṃ druho rakṣaso bhaṅgurāvataḥ /
indrāsomā duṣkṛte mā sugaṃ bhūdyo mā kadā cidabhidāsati druhuḥ

yo mā pākena manasā carantamabhicaṣṭe anṛtebhirvacobhiḥ /
āpa iva kāśinā samgṛbhītā asann astvasataḥ indra vaktā

ye pākaśaṃsaṃ viharanta evairye vā bhadraṃ dūṣayanti svadhābhiḥ /
ahaye vā tān pradadātu soma ā vā dadhātu nirṛterupaṣṭhe

yo no rasaṃ dipsati pitvo agne aśvānāṃ gavāṃ yastanūnām /
ripu stena steyakṛddabhrametu ni ṣa hīyatāṃ tanvā tanā ca

paraḥ so astu tanvā tanā ca tisraḥ pṛthivīradho astu viśvāḥ /
prati śuṣyatu yaśo asya devā yo mā divā dipsati yaśca naktam

suvijñānaṃ cikituṣe janāya saccāsacca vacasī paspṛdhāte /
tasyoryatsatyaṃ yataradṛjīyastaditsomo'vati hantyāsat

na vā u somo vṛjinaṃ hinoti na kṣatriyaṃ mithuyā dhārayantam /
hanti rakṣo hantyāsadvadantamubhāvindrasya prasitau śayāte

yadi vāhamanṛtadevo asmi moghaṃ vā devāmapyūhe agne /
kimasmabhyaṃ jātavedo hṛṇīṣe droghavācaste nirṛthaṃ sacantām

adyā murīya yadi yātudhāno asmi yadi vāyustatapa puruṣasya /
adhā sa vīrairdaśabhirvi yūyā yo mā moghaṃ yātudhānetyāha

yo māyātuṃ yātudhānetyāha yo vā rakṣāḥ śicirasmītyāha /
indrastaṃ hantu mahatā vadhena viśvasya jantoradhamaspadīṣṭa

pra yā jigāti khargaleva naktamapa druhustanvaṃ१ gūhamānā /
vavramanantamava sā padīṣṭa grāvāṇo ghnantu rakṣasa upabdaiḥ

vi tiṣṭhadhvaṃ maruto vikṣvicchata gṛbhāyata rakṣasaḥ saṃ pinaṣṭan /
vayo ye bhūtvā patayanti naktabhirye vā ripo dadhire deve adhvare

pra vartaya divo'śmānamindra somaśitaṃ maghavantsaṃ śiśādhi /
prākto apākto adharādudakto'bhi jahi rakṣasaḥ parvatena

eta u tye patayanti śvayātava indraṃ dipsanti dipsavo'dābhyam /
śiśīte śakraḥ piśunebhyo vadhaṃ nunaṃ sṛjadaśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ

indro yātūnāmabhavatparāśaro havirmathīnāmabhyāvivāsatām /
abhīdu śakraḥ paraśuryathā vanaṃ pātreva bhindantsata etu rakṣasaḥ

ulūkayātuṃ śuśulūkayātuṃ jahi śvayātumuta kokayātum /
suparṇayātumuta gṛdhrayātuṃ dṛṣadeva pra mṛṇa rakṣa indra

mā no rakṣo abhi naḍyātumāvadapocchantu mithunā ye kimīdinaḥ /
pṛthivī naḥ pārthivātpātvaṃhaso'ntarikṣaṃ divyātpātvasmān

indra jahi pumāṃsaṃ yātudhānamuta striyaṃ māyayā śāśadānām /
vigrīvāso mūradevā ṛdantu mā te dṛśantsūryamuccarantam

prati cakṣva vi cakṣvendraśca soma jāgṛtam /
rakṣobhyo vadhamasyatamaśaniṃ yātumadbhyaḥ