Library·Atharvaveda Saṃhitā (Śaunaka)·1·1.27
अमूः पारे पृदाक्वस् त्रिषप्ता निर्जरायवः । तासाम् जरायुभिर् वयम् अक्ष्याव् अपि व्ययामस्य् अघायोः परिपन्थिनः ॥१॥
amūḥ pāre pṛdākvas triṣaptā nirjarāyavaḥ | tāsām jarāyubhir vayam akṣyāv api vyayāmasy aghāyoḥ paripanthinaḥ ||1||
Yonder on the further shore are she-adders, thrice seven, out of their sloughs (-jarā́yu); with the sloughs of them do we wrap up (ápi vyā) the (two) eyes of the malignant waylayer.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
विषूच्य् एतु कृन्तती पिनाकम् इव बिभ्रती । विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥२॥
viṣūcy etu kṛntatī pinākam iva bibhratī | viṣvak punarbhuvā mano 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||2||
Let the cutting one (kṛt) go asunder, she who bears as it were a club (pínăka); asunder [go] the mind of her that returns to life (punarbhú); unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
न बहवः सम् अशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः । वेणोर् अद्गा इवाभितो ऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥३॥
na bahavaḥ sam aśakan nārbhakā abhi dādhṛṣuḥ | veṇor adgā ivābhito 'samṛddhā aghāyavaḥ ||3||
The many have not been able together; the few have not ventured on [it]; like the sprouts (? ádga) of a bamboo (veṇú) round about, unsuccessful [are] the malignant ones.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)
प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान् । इन्द्रान्य् एतु प्रथमाजीतामुषिता पुरः ॥४॥
pretaṃ pādau pra sphurataṃ vahataṃ pṛṇato gṛhān | indrāny etu prathamājītāmuṣitā puraḥ ||4||
Go forward, ye (two) feet; kick (sphur) forward; carry to the houses of the bestower (pṛ); let Indrāṇī go first, unscathed, unrobbed, in front.
Translated by William Dwight Whitney (1905)