HYMN XIV

A charm to banish vermin and noxious creatures

Forth from the hall the bold, the sharp, the greedy one, the
single-voiced,
Sadanvas, and all progeny of Chanda we exterminate.
We drive you forth from cattle-shed, from axle, from within the
wain,
Ye daughters of Magundi, we frighten and chase you from out
homes.
Yonder let the Arayis dwell, there where that house is down
below.
Let utter indigence and all the Yatudhanis settle there.
May Bhutapati drive away, and Indra, the Sadanvas hence.
Let Indra with his bolt quell those who sit upon our dwelling's
floor.
Whether ye be of farm and field, or whether ye be sent by men,
Or be ye sprung from Dasyu race, vanish, Sadanvas, and begone.
I have gone round their homes as runs a fleet-foot racer round
the post,
And in all races conquered you. Vanish, Sadanvas, and begone.