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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA..
IV, 20. Charm with a certain plant (sadampushpå)
which exposes demons and enemies. 1. He sees here, he sees yonder, he sees in the distance, he sees—the sky, the atmosphere as well as the earth, all that, O goddess, he sees.
2. The three heavens, the three earths, and these six directions severally; all creatures may I see through thee, O divine plant !
3. Thou art verily the eyeball of the divine eagle; thou didst ascend the earth as a weary woman a palanquin.
4. The thousand-eyed god shall put this plant into my right hand: with that do I see every one, the Sudra as well as the Arya.
5. Reveal (all) forms, do not hide thy own self; moreover, do thou, O thousand-eyed (plant), look the Kimidins in the face!
6. Reveal to me the wizards, and reveal the witches, reveal all the Pisakas : for this purpose do I take hold of thee, O plant!
7. Thou art the eye of Kasyapa, and the eye of the four-eyed bitch. Like the sun, moving in the bright day, make thou the Pisaka evident to me!
8: I have dragged out from his retreat the sorcerer and the Kimidin. Through this (charm) do I see every one, the Sudra as well as the Arya.
9. Him that Aies in the air, him that moves across the sky, him that regards the earth as his resort, that Pisâka do thou reveal (to me)!
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