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1ly thyself with balasa, cough and spasm ! From there do thou not return hither again : that, O takman, do I ask of thee ! 12. O takman, along with thy brother balasa, along with thy sister cough, along with thy cousin pclman, go to yonder foreign folk ! 13. Destroy the takman that returns on (each) third day, the one that intermits (each) third day> the one that continues without intermission, and the autumnal one ; destroy the cold takman, the hot, him that comes in summer, and him that arrives in the rainy season ! 14. To the Gandharis, the Mu^avants, the Angas, and the Magadhas, we deliver over the takman, like a servant, like a treasure ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. VI, 20. Charm against takman (fever). 1. As if from this Agni (fire), that burns and flashes, (the takman) comes. Let him then, too, as a babbling drunkard, pass away! Let him, the impious one, search out some other person,, not ourselves ! Reverence be to the takman with the burning weapon ! 2. Reverence be to Rudra, reverence to the takman, reverence to the luminous king Vanma! Reverence to heaven, reverence to earth, reverence to the plants ! 3. To thee here, that burnest through, and turnest all bodies yellow, to the red, to the brown, to the takman produced by the forest, do I render obeisance. I, 25. £harm against takman (fever). 1. When Agni, having entered the waters, burned, where the (gods) who uphold the order (of the universe) rendered homage (to Agni), there, they say, is thy origin on high : do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! 2. Whether thou art flame, whether thou art heat, or whether from licking chips (of wood) thou hast arisen, HrtWu by name art thou, O god of the yellow: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! 3. Whether thou art burning, whether thou art scorching, or whether thou art the son of king Varu^a, Hrfo/u by name art thou, O god of the yellow: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! b 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 4. To the cold takman, and to the deliriously hot, the glowing, do I render homage. To him that returns on the morrow, to him that returns for two (successive) days, to the takman that returns on the third day, homage shall be ! VII, 116. Charm against takman (fever). 1. Homage (be) to the deliriously hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (takman) ! Homage to the cold (takman), to him that in the past fulfilled desires ! 2. May (the takman) that returns on the morrow, he that returns on two (successive) days, the impious one, pass into this frog ! V, 4.
2sly hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (takman) ! Homage to the cold (takman), to him that in the past fulfilled desires ! 2. May (the takman) that returns on the morrow, he that returns on two (successive) days, the impious one, pass into this frog ! V, 4. Prayer to the kush/^a-plant to destroy takman (fever). 1. Thou that art born upon the mountains, as the most potent of plants, come hither, O kush/^a, destroyer of the takman, to drive out from here the takman ! 2. To thee (that growest) upon the mountain, the brooding-place of the eagle, (and) art sprung from Himavant, they come with treasures, having heard (thy fame). For they know (thee to be) the de- stroyer of the takman. 3. The a-svattha-tree is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from here. There the gods pro- cured the kush//£a, the visible manifestation of amrzta (ambrosia). 4. A golden ship with golden tackle moved upon the heavens. There the gods procured the kush^/za, the flower of amrzta (ambrosia). CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 5. The paths were golden, and golden were the oars ; golden were the ships, upon which they car- ried forth the kush/^a hither (to the mountain), 6. This person here, O kush/^a, restore for me, and cure him ! Render him free from sickness for me ! 7. Thou art born of the gods, thou art Soma's good friend. Be thou propitious to my in-breathing and my out-breathing, and to this eye of mine ! 8. Sprung in the north from the Himavant (moun- tains), thou art brought to the people in the east. There the most superior varieties of the kush/^a were apportioned. 9. ' Superior/ O kush/^a, is thy name ; ' superior ' is the name of thy father. Do thou drive out all disease, and render the takman devoid of strength ! 10. Pain in the head, affliction in the eye, and ailment of the body, all that shall the kushMa heal — a divinely powerful (remedy), forsooth ! XIX, 39. Prayer to the kush/y£a-plant to destroy takman (fever), and other ailments. 1. May the protecting god kush/^a come hither from the Himavant : destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 2. Three names hast thou, O kush/^a, (namely: kush^a), na-gha-m&ra ('forsooth -no-death'), and na-gha-risha (' forsooth-no-harm '). Verily no harm shall suffer (na gh& . . . rishat) this person here, for whom I bespeak thee morn and eve, aye the (entire) day! 3. Thy mothers name is ^ivala ('quickening'), thy fathers name is ^ivanta ('living'). Verily no HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I be- speak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day ! 4.
3d eve, aye the (entire) day! 3. Thy mothers name is ^ivala ('quickening'), thy fathers name is ^ivanta ('living'). Verily no HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I be- speak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day ! 4. Thou art the most superior of the plants, as a steer among cattle, as the tiger among beasts of prey. Verily no harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I bespeak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day! 5. Thrice begotten by the .Sambu Angiras, thrice by the Adityas, and thrice by all the gods, this kush/^a, a universal remedy, stands together with soma. Destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 6. The awattha-tree is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from here. There came to sight the amnta (ambrosia), there the kush/^a-plant was born. 7. A golden ship with golden tackle moved upon the heavens. There came to sight the amnta, there the kush/^a-plant was born. 8. On the spot where the ship glided down, on the peak of the Himavant, there came to sight the ambrosia, there the kush/^a-plant was born. This kushA&a, a universal remedy, stands together with soma. Destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 9. (We know) thee whom Ikshvaku knew of yore, whom the women, fond of kush^a, knew, whom Viyasa and Matsya knew: therefore art thou a universal remedy. 10. The takman that returns on each third day, the one that continues without intermission, and the yearly one, do thou, (O plant) of unremitting strength, drive away down below ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1,12. Prayer to lightning, conceived as the cause of fever, headache, and cough. i. The first red bull, born of the (cloud-)womb, born of wind and clouds, comes on thundering with rain. May he, that cleaving moves straight on, spare our bodies; he who, a single force, has passed through threefold ! 2. Bowing down to thee that fastenest thyself with heat upon every limb, we would reverence thee with oblations ; we would reverence with oblations the crooks and hooks of thee that hast, as a seizer, seized the limbs of this person. 3. Free him from headache and also from cough, (produced by the lightning) that has entered his every joint ! May the flashing (lightning), that is born of the cloud, and born of the wind, strike the trees and the mountains ! 4. Comfort be to my upper limb, comfort be to my nether ; comfort be to my four members, comfort to my entire body ! I, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases. 1.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1ly thyself with balasa, cough and spasm ! From there do thou not return hither again : that, O takman, do I ask of thee ! 12. O takman, along with thy brother balasa, along with thy sister cough, along with thy cousin pclman, go to yonder foreign folk ! 13. Destroy the takman that returns on (each) third day, the one that intermits (each) third day> the one that continues without intermission, and the autumnal one ; destroy the cold takman, the hot, him that comes in summer, and him that arrives in the rainy season ! 14. To the Gandharis, the Mu^avants, the Angas, and the Magadhas, we deliver over the takman, like a servant, like a treasure ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. VI, 20. Charm against takman (fever). 1. As if from this Agni (fire), that burns and flashes, (the takman) comes. Let him then, too, as a babbling drunkard, pass away! Let him, the impious one, search out some other person,, not ourselves ! Reverence be to the takman with the burning weapon ! 2. Reverence be to Rudra, reverence to the takman, reverence to the luminous king Vanma! Reverence to heaven, reverence to earth, reverence to the plants ! 3. To thee here, that burnest through, and turnest all bodies yellow, to the red, to the brown, to the takman produced by the forest, do I render obeisance. I, 25. £harm against takman (fever). 1. When Agni, having entered the waters, burned, where the (gods) who uphold the order (of the universe) rendered homage (to Agni), there, they say, is thy origin on high : do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! 2. Whether thou art flame, whether thou art heat, or whether from licking chips (of wood) thou hast arisen, HrtWu by name art thou, O god of the yellow: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! 3. Whether thou art burning, whether thou art scorching, or whether thou art the son of king Varu^a, Hrfo/u by name art thou, O god of the yellow: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman ! b 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 4. To the cold takman, and to the deliriously hot, the glowing, do I render homage. To him that returns on the morrow, to him that returns for two (successive) days, to the takman that returns on the third day, homage shall be ! VII, 116. Charm against takman (fever). 1. Homage (be) to the deliriously hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (takman) ! Homage to the cold (takman), to him that in the past fulfilled desires ! 2. May (the takman) that returns on the morrow, he that returns on two (successive) days, the impious one, pass into this frog ! V, 4.
2sly hot, the shaking, exciting, impetuous (takman) ! Homage to the cold (takman), to him that in the past fulfilled desires ! 2. May (the takman) that returns on the morrow, he that returns on two (successive) days, the impious one, pass into this frog ! V, 4. Prayer to the kush/^a-plant to destroy takman (fever). 1. Thou that art born upon the mountains, as the most potent of plants, come hither, O kush/^a, destroyer of the takman, to drive out from here the takman ! 2. To thee (that growest) upon the mountain, the brooding-place of the eagle, (and) art sprung from Himavant, they come with treasures, having heard (thy fame). For they know (thee to be) the de- stroyer of the takman. 3. The a-svattha-tree is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from here. There the gods pro- cured the kush//£a, the visible manifestation of amrzta (ambrosia). 4. A golden ship with golden tackle moved upon the heavens. There the gods procured the kush^/za, the flower of amrzta (ambrosia). CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 5. The paths were golden, and golden were the oars ; golden were the ships, upon which they car- ried forth the kush/^a hither (to the mountain), 6. This person here, O kush/^a, restore for me, and cure him ! Render him free from sickness for me ! 7. Thou art born of the gods, thou art Soma's good friend. Be thou propitious to my in-breathing and my out-breathing, and to this eye of mine ! 8. Sprung in the north from the Himavant (moun- tains), thou art brought to the people in the east. There the most superior varieties of the kush/^a were apportioned. 9. ' Superior/ O kush/^a, is thy name ; ' superior ' is the name of thy father. Do thou drive out all disease, and render the takman devoid of strength ! 10. Pain in the head, affliction in the eye, and ailment of the body, all that shall the kushMa heal — a divinely powerful (remedy), forsooth ! XIX, 39. Prayer to the kush/y£a-plant to destroy takman (fever), and other ailments. 1. May the protecting god kush/^a come hither from the Himavant : destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 2. Three names hast thou, O kush/^a, (namely: kush^a), na-gha-m&ra ('forsooth -no-death'), and na-gha-risha (' forsooth-no-harm '). Verily no harm shall suffer (na gh& . . . rishat) this person here, for whom I bespeak thee morn and eve, aye the (entire) day! 3. Thy mothers name is ^ivala ('quickening'), thy fathers name is ^ivanta ('living'). Verily no HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I be- speak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day ! 4.
3d eve, aye the (entire) day! 3. Thy mothers name is ^ivala ('quickening'), thy fathers name is ^ivanta ('living'). Verily no HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I be- speak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day ! 4. Thou art the most superior of the plants, as a steer among cattle, as the tiger among beasts of prey. Verily no harm shall suffer this person here, for whom I bespeak thee morn and eve, aye the entire day! 5. Thrice begotten by the .Sambu Angiras, thrice by the Adityas, and thrice by all the gods, this kush/^a, a universal remedy, stands together with soma. Destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 6. The awattha-tree is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from here. There came to sight the amnta (ambrosia), there the kush/^a-plant was born. 7. A golden ship with golden tackle moved upon the heavens. There came to sight the amnta, there the kush/^a-plant was born. 8. On the spot where the ship glided down, on the peak of the Himavant, there came to sight the ambrosia, there the kush/^a-plant was born. This kushA&a, a universal remedy, stands together with soma. Destroy thou every takman, and all female spooks ! 9. (We know) thee whom Ikshvaku knew of yore, whom the women, fond of kush^a, knew, whom Viyasa and Matsya knew: therefore art thou a universal remedy. 10. The takman that returns on each third day, the one that continues without intermission, and the yearly one, do thou, (O plant) of unremitting strength, drive away down below ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1,12. Prayer to lightning, conceived as the cause of fever, headache, and cough. i. The first red bull, born of the (cloud-)womb, born of wind and clouds, comes on thundering with rain. May he, that cleaving moves straight on, spare our bodies; he who, a single force, has passed through threefold ! 2. Bowing down to thee that fastenest thyself with heat upon every limb, we would reverence thee with oblations ; we would reverence with oblations the crooks and hooks of thee that hast, as a seizer, seized the limbs of this person. 3. Free him from headache and also from cough, (produced by the lightning) that has entered his every joint ! May the flashing (lightning), that is born of the cloud, and born of the wind, strike the trees and the mountains ! 4. Comfort be to my upper limb, comfort be to my nether ; comfort be to my four members, comfort to my entire body ! I, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases. 1.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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