I, 11. Charm for easy parturition. 1. Aryaman as active hotar-priest shall utter for thee the vashat-call at this (soma-) pressing, O Pûshan! May (this) woman, (herself) begotten in the prop... Read more
IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN (STRiKARATkV1). II, 36. Charm to obtain a husband. 1. May, O Agni, a suitor after our own heart come to us, may he come to this maiden with our fortune! May sh... Read more
X, 6. Praise of the virtues of amulet of khadira-wood in the shape of a ploughshare. 1. The head of the hostile rival, of the enemy that bates me, do I cut off with might. 2. This amulet, pr... Read more
V, 31. Charm to repel sorceries or spells. 1. The spell which they have put for thee into an unburned vessel, that which they have put into mixed grain, that which they have put into raw mea... Read more
IV, 18. Charm with the apâmârga-plant, against sorcerers and demons. 1. Night is like unto the sun, the (starry) night is similar to day. The truth do I engage for help: the enchantments sha... Read more
III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND ENEMIES (ÂBHIKÂRIKÂNI AND KRITYÂPRATIHARANÂNI). I, 7. Against sorcerers and demons. 1. The sorcerer (yâtudhâna) that vaunts himsel and the Ki... Read more
VIII, 2. Prayer for exemption from the dangers of death. 1. Take hold of this (charm) that subjects to immortality (life), may thy life unto old age not be cut off! I bring to thee anew brea... Read more
II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (ÂYUSHYÂNI). III, 11. Prayer for health and long life. 1. I release thee unto life by means of (my) oblation, from unknown decline, and from consumption.... Read more
VI, 96. Plants as a panacea. 1. The many plants of hundredfold aspect, whose king is Soma, which have been begotten by Brihaspati, shall free us from calamity! 2. May they free us from (the... Read more
XIX, 35. Charm with an amulet derived from the gangida-tree, against diseases and demons. 1. While uttering Indra’s name the seers bestowed (upon men) the gangida, which the gods in th... Read more


