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1Aditya, in thy law, exempt from guilt, live in freedom ! 4. Loosen from us, O Vanma, all fetters, the uppermost, the nethermost, and those imposed by Vanma ! Evil dreams, and misfortune drive away from us : then may we go to the world of the pious ! VI, 24. Dropsy, heart-disease, and kindred maladies cured by flowing water. 1. From the Himavant (mountains) they flow forth, in the Sindhu (Indus), forsooth, is their as- sembling-place : may the waters, indeed, grant me that cure for heart-ache ! 2. The pain that hurts me in the eyes, and that which hurts in the heels and the fore-feet, the waters, the most skilled of physicians, shall put all that to rights ! 3. Ye rivers all, whose mistress is Sindhu, whose CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. queen is Sindhu, grant us the remedy for that : through this (remedy) may we derive benefit from you! VI, 80. An oblation to the sun, conceived as one of the two heavenly dogs, as a cure for paralysis. 1. Through the air he flies, looking down upon all beings : with the majesty of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay homage to thee ! 2. The three kalaka/^*a that are fixed upon the sky like gods, all these I have called for help, to render this person exempt from injury. 3. In the waters is thy origin, upon the heavens thy home, in the middle of the sea, and upon the earth thy greatness. With the majesty of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay homage to thee ! II, 8. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. Up have risen the majestic twin stars, the viirztau (' the two looseners ') ; may they loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya (inherited disease) ! 2. May this night shine (the kshetriya) away, may she shine away the witches ; may the plant, destruc- tive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 3. With the straw of thy brown barley, endowed with white stalks, with the blossom of the sesame — may the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 4. Reverence be to thy ploughs, reverence to thy 14 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. wagon-poles and yokes ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 5. Reverence be to those with sunken eyes (?), reverence to the indigenous (evils ?), reverence to the lord of the field ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! II, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1.
2etriya away ! 5. Reverence be to those with sunken eyes (?), reverence to the indigenous (evils ?), reverence to the lord of the field ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! II, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. From kshetriya (inherited disease), from Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction), from the curse of the kinswoman, from Druh (the demon of guile), from the fetter of Varu/za do I release thee. Guiltless do I render thee through my charm ; may heaven and earth both be propitious to thee ! 2. May Agni together with the waters be auspicious to thee, may Soma together with the plants be auspicious. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti, from the curse of the kinswoman^ from the Druh, from the fetter of Vanma do I release thee. Guiltless do I render thee through my charm; may heaven and earth both be propitious to thee ! 3. May the wind in the atmosphere auspiciously bestow upon thee strength, may the four quarters of the heaven be auspicious to thee. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti &c. 4. These four goddesses, the directions of space, the consorts of the wind, the sun surveys. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirnti &c. 5. Within these (directions) I assign thee to old age; forth to a distance shall go Nirrzti and disease ! Thus from kshetriya, from Nirriti &c. 6. Thou hast been released from disease, from I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 5 mishap, and from blame; out from the fetter of Druh, and from Grahi (the demon of fits) thou hast been released. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti &c. 7. Thou didst leave behind Arati (the demon of grudge), didst obtain prosperity, didst enter the happy world of the pious. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirmi &c. 8. The gods, releasing the sun and the r/tam (the divine order of the universe) from darkness and from Grahi, did take them out of sin. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirmi &c. Ill, 7. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. Upon the head of the nimble antelope a remedy grows! He has driven the kshetriya (inherited disease) in all directions by means of the horn. 2. The antelope has gone after thee with his four feet. O horn, loosen the kshetriya that is knitted into his heart ! 3. (The horn) that glistens yonder like a roof with four wings (sides), with that do we drive out every kshetriya from thy limbs. 4. The lovely twin stars, the vi^rztau (' the two looseners ') that are yonder upon the sky, shall loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya ! 5.
3e a roof with four wings (sides), with that do we drive out every kshetriya from thy limbs. 4. The lovely twin stars, the vi^rztau (' the two looseners ') that are yonder upon the sky, shall loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya ! 5. The waters, verily, are healers, the waters are scatterers of disease, the waters cure all disease: may they relieve thee from the kshetriya ! 6. The kshetriya that has entered into thee from the prepared (magic) concoction, for that I know the remedy : I drive the kshetriya out of thee. 1 6 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. When the constellations fade away, and when the dawn does fade away, (then) shall he shine away from us every evil and the kshetriya ! I, 23, Leprosy cured by a dark plant. 1. Born by night art thou, O plant, dark, black, sable. Do thou, that art rich in colour, stain this leprosy, and the gray spots ! 2. The leprosy and the gray spots drive away from here — may thy native colour settle upon thee — the white spots cause to fly away ! 3. Sable is thy hiding-place, sable thy dwelling- place, sable art thou, O plant: drive away from here the speckled spots ! 4. The leprosy which has originated in the bones, and that which has originated in the body and upon the skin, the white mark begotten of corruption, I havq destroyed with my charm. I, 24. Leprosy cured by a dark plant. 1. The eagle (supar/za) that was born at first, his gall thou wast, O plant The Asuri having conquered this (gall) gave it to the trees for their colour. 2. The Asuri was the first to construct this remedy for leprosy, this destroyer of leprosy. She has destroyed the leprosy, has made the skin of even colour. 3. ' Even-colour ' is the name of thy mother; ' Even-colour ' is the name of thy father ; thou, O plant, producest even colour : render this (spot) of even colour ! 4. The black (plant) that produces even colour has been fetched out of the earth. Do thou now, pray, perfect this, construct anew the colours ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 7 VI, 83. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. Fly forth, ye apa^it (sores), as an eagle from the nest ! Siirya (the sun) shall prepare a remedy, Aandramas (the moon) shall shine you away ! 2. One is variegated, one is white, one is black, and two are red : I have gotten the names of all of them. Go ye away without slaying men ! 3. The apa/£it, the daughter of the black one, without bearing offspring will fly away; the boil will fly away from here, the galunta (swelling) will perish. 4.
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.
1Aditya, in thy law, exempt from guilt, live in freedom ! 4. Loosen from us, O Vanma, all fetters, the uppermost, the nethermost, and those imposed by Vanma ! Evil dreams, and misfortune drive away from us : then may we go to the world of the pious ! VI, 24. Dropsy, heart-disease, and kindred maladies cured by flowing water. 1. From the Himavant (mountains) they flow forth, in the Sindhu (Indus), forsooth, is their as- sembling-place : may the waters, indeed, grant me that cure for heart-ache ! 2. The pain that hurts me in the eyes, and that which hurts in the heels and the fore-feet, the waters, the most skilled of physicians, shall put all that to rights ! 3. Ye rivers all, whose mistress is Sindhu, whose CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. queen is Sindhu, grant us the remedy for that : through this (remedy) may we derive benefit from you! VI, 80. An oblation to the sun, conceived as one of the two heavenly dogs, as a cure for paralysis. 1. Through the air he flies, looking down upon all beings : with the majesty of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay homage to thee ! 2. The three kalaka/^*a that are fixed upon the sky like gods, all these I have called for help, to render this person exempt from injury. 3. In the waters is thy origin, upon the heavens thy home, in the middle of the sea, and upon the earth thy greatness. With the majesty of the heavenly dog, with that oblation would we pay homage to thee ! II, 8. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. Up have risen the majestic twin stars, the viirztau (' the two looseners ') ; may they loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya (inherited disease) ! 2. May this night shine (the kshetriya) away, may she shine away the witches ; may the plant, destruc- tive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 3. With the straw of thy brown barley, endowed with white stalks, with the blossom of the sesame — may the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 4. Reverence be to thy ploughs, reverence to thy 14 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. wagon-poles and yokes ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! 5. Reverence be to those with sunken eyes (?), reverence to the indigenous (evils ?), reverence to the lord of the field ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! II, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1.
2etriya away ! 5. Reverence be to those with sunken eyes (?), reverence to the indigenous (evils ?), reverence to the lord of the field ! May the plant, destructive of kshetriya, shine the kshetriya away ! II, 10. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. From kshetriya (inherited disease), from Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction), from the curse of the kinswoman, from Druh (the demon of guile), from the fetter of Varu/za do I release thee. Guiltless do I render thee through my charm ; may heaven and earth both be propitious to thee ! 2. May Agni together with the waters be auspicious to thee, may Soma together with the plants be auspicious. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti, from the curse of the kinswoman^ from the Druh, from the fetter of Vanma do I release thee. Guiltless do I render thee through my charm; may heaven and earth both be propitious to thee ! 3. May the wind in the atmosphere auspiciously bestow upon thee strength, may the four quarters of the heaven be auspicious to thee. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti &c. 4. These four goddesses, the directions of space, the consorts of the wind, the sun surveys. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirnti &c. 5. Within these (directions) I assign thee to old age; forth to a distance shall go Nirrzti and disease ! Thus from kshetriya, from Nirriti &c. 6. Thou hast been released from disease, from I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 5 mishap, and from blame; out from the fetter of Druh, and from Grahi (the demon of fits) thou hast been released. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirrzti &c. 7. Thou didst leave behind Arati (the demon of grudge), didst obtain prosperity, didst enter the happy world of the pious. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirmi &c. 8. The gods, releasing the sun and the r/tam (the divine order of the universe) from darkness and from Grahi, did take them out of sin. Thus from kshetriya, from Nirmi &c. Ill, 7. Charm against kshetriya, hereditary disease. 1. Upon the head of the nimble antelope a remedy grows! He has driven the kshetriya (inherited disease) in all directions by means of the horn. 2. The antelope has gone after thee with his four feet. O horn, loosen the kshetriya that is knitted into his heart ! 3. (The horn) that glistens yonder like a roof with four wings (sides), with that do we drive out every kshetriya from thy limbs. 4. The lovely twin stars, the vi^rztau (' the two looseners ') that are yonder upon the sky, shall loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya ! 5.
3e a roof with four wings (sides), with that do we drive out every kshetriya from thy limbs. 4. The lovely twin stars, the vi^rztau (' the two looseners ') that are yonder upon the sky, shall loosen the nethermost and the uppermost fetter of the kshetriya ! 5. The waters, verily, are healers, the waters are scatterers of disease, the waters cure all disease: may they relieve thee from the kshetriya ! 6. The kshetriya that has entered into thee from the prepared (magic) concoction, for that I know the remedy : I drive the kshetriya out of thee. 1 6 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. When the constellations fade away, and when the dawn does fade away, (then) shall he shine away from us every evil and the kshetriya ! I, 23, Leprosy cured by a dark plant. 1. Born by night art thou, O plant, dark, black, sable. Do thou, that art rich in colour, stain this leprosy, and the gray spots ! 2. The leprosy and the gray spots drive away from here — may thy native colour settle upon thee — the white spots cause to fly away ! 3. Sable is thy hiding-place, sable thy dwelling- place, sable art thou, O plant: drive away from here the speckled spots ! 4. The leprosy which has originated in the bones, and that which has originated in the body and upon the skin, the white mark begotten of corruption, I havq destroyed with my charm. I, 24. Leprosy cured by a dark plant. 1. The eagle (supar/za) that was born at first, his gall thou wast, O plant The Asuri having conquered this (gall) gave it to the trees for their colour. 2. The Asuri was the first to construct this remedy for leprosy, this destroyer of leprosy. She has destroyed the leprosy, has made the skin of even colour. 3. ' Even-colour ' is the name of thy mother; ' Even-colour ' is the name of thy father ; thou, O plant, producest even colour : render this (spot) of even colour ! 4. The black (plant) that produces even colour has been fetched out of the earth. Do thou now, pray, perfect this, construct anew the colours ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 7 VI, 83. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. Fly forth, ye apa^it (sores), as an eagle from the nest ! Siirya (the sun) shall prepare a remedy, Aandramas (the moon) shall shine you away ! 2. One is variegated, one is white, one is black, and two are red : I have gotten the names of all of them. Go ye away without slaying men ! 3. The apa/£it, the daughter of the black one, without bearing offspring will fly away; the boil will fly away from here, the galunta (swelling) will perish. 4.
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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