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2. To thy two messengers, O Nirriti, who come here, despatched or not despatched, to our house, to the pigeon and to the owl, this shall be no place to step upon!
3. He shall not fly hither to slaughter (our) men ; to keep (our) men sound he shall settle here! Charm him very far away unto a distant region, that (people) shall behold you (i.e. him) in Yama's house devoid of strength, that they shall behold you bereft of power!
VII, 64. Expiation when one is defiled by a
black bird of omen. 1. What this black bird flying forth towards (me) has dropped here--may the waters protect me from all that misfortune and evil !
2. What this black bird has brushed here with thy mouth, O Nirriti (goddess of misfortune)-may Agni Garhapatya (the god of the household fire) free me from this sin !
VI, 46. Exorcism of evil dreams. 1. Thou who art neither alive nor dead, the immortal child of the gods art thou, O Sleep! Varunânt is thy mother, Yama (death) thy father, Araru is thy name.
2. We know, O Sleep, thy birth, thou art the son of the divine women-folk, the instrument of Yama (death)! Thou art the ender, thou art death! Thus do we know thee, O Sleep: do thou, O Sleep, protect us from evil dreams!
3. As one pays off a sixteenth, an eighth, or an (entire) debt, thus do we transfer every evil dream upon our enemy.
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