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III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, ETC.
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7. With a hundred snares, O Varuna, surround him, let the liar not go free from thee, O thou that observest men! The rogue shall sit, his belly hanging loose, like a cask without hoops, bursting all about !
8. With the snare of) Varuna which is fastened lengthwise, and that which is fastened) broadwise, with the indigenous and the foreign, with the divine and the human,
9. With all these snares do I fetter thee, O N. N., descended from N. N., the son of the woman N. N.: all these do I design for thee.
II, 12. Imprecation against enemies thwarting
holy work. 1. Heaven and earth, the broad atmosphere, the goddess of the field, and the wonderful, far-striding (Vishnu); moreover, the broad atmosphere guarded by Våta (the wind): may these here be inflamed, when I am inflamed !
2. Hear this, O ye revered gods! Let Bharadvåga recite for me songs of praise! May he who injures this our plan be bound in the fetter (of disease) and joined to misfortune!
3. Hear, O soma-drinking Indra, what with burning heart I shout to thee! I cleave, as one cleaves a tree with an axe, him that injures this our plan.
4. With (the aid of) thrice eighty sâman-singers, with (the aid of) the Adityas, Vasus, and Angirasmay our father's sacrifices and gifts to the priests aid us-do I seize this one with fateful fervour.
5. May heaven and earth look after me, may all the gods support me! Oye Angiras, O ye fathers
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