AV 3.6

Atharva Veda · translated by Maurice Bloomfield

with a certain plant. 1. The god-begotten plant, hated by the wicked, which wipes away the curses (of the enemies), like water a foul spot it has washed away all curses from me. 2. The curse of the rival and the curse of the kinswoman, the curse which the Brahman shall utter in wrath, all that (do thou put) under our feet! 3. From heaven her root is suspended, from the earth it rises up; with her that has a thousand shoots do thou protect us on all sides! 4. Protect me, protect my offspring, protect our goods; let not ill-will overcome us, let not hostile schemes overcome us! 5. The curse shall go to the curser; joint possession shall we have with the friend. Of the enemy who bewitches with (his) eye we hew off the ribs.

AV 3.6 · Atharva Veda · 3

Themes in this passage

Protection The Divine War Anger Children Friendship Nature Sin

Protection in other traditions

The same theme, as Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Hellenism address it.

That is the safe refuge, that is the best refuge; having gone to that refuge, a man is delivered from all pain.

Dhp 14.192 · Dhammapada · The Buddha (The Awakened)

The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

Psalms 121:7 · Bible · Psalms

Say: Lo! none can protect me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge beside Him

Quran 72:22 · Quran · The Jinn

Now shield with shield, with helmet helmet closed, To armour armour, lance to lance opposed, Host against host with shadowy squadrons drew, The sounding darts in iron tempests flew, Victors and vanquish’d join’d promiscuous cries, And shrilling shouts and dying groans arise; With streaming blood the slippery fields are dyed, And slaughter’d heroes swell the dreadful tide.

Iliad 4.38 · Iliad · 4

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