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1, 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. Consume thy own (proper) oblation with grati- fication in thy mind, when I here offer svaha in my mind! VII, 76. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. Ye (sores) fall easily from that which falls easily, ye exist less than those that do not exist (at all) ; ye are drier than the (part of the body called) sehu, more moist than salt. 2. The apa/£it (sores) that are upon the neck, and those that are upon the shoulders ; the apa^it that are upon the vi^*aman (some part of the body) fall off of themselves. B. Charm for curing tumours called ^ayanya. 3. The^ayanya that crushes the ribs, that which passes down to the sole of the foot, and whichever is fixed upon the crown of the head, I have driven out every one. [42] c 1 8 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 4. The ^ayanya, winged, flies; he settles down upon man. Here is the remedy both for sores not caused by cutting, as well as for wounds sharply cut! 5. We know, O ^ayanya, thy origin, whence thou didst spring. How canst thou slay there, in whose house we offer oblations ? C. Stanza sung at the mid-day pressure of the soma. 6. Drink stoutly, O Indra, slayer of Vntra, hero, of the soma in the cup, at the battle for riches ! Drink thy fill at the mid-day pressure ! Living in wealth, do thou bestow wealth upon us ! VII, 74. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. We have heard it said that the mother of the black apa/£it (pustules) is red : with the root (found by) the divine sage do I strike all these. 2. I strike the foremost one of them, and I strike also the middlemost of them; this hindmost one I cut off as a flake (of wool). B. Charm to appease jealousy. 3. With Tvash/ar's charm I have sobered down thy jealousy ; also thy anger, O lord, we have quieted. C. Prayer to Agni, the lord of vows. 4. Do thou, O lord of vows, adorned with vows, ever benevolently here shine ! May we all, adoring thee, when thou hast been kindled, O 6£tavedas, be rich in offspring ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 9 VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck and shoulders. 1. The five and fifty (sores) that gather together upon the nape of the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 2.
2S TO CURE DISEASES. 1 9 VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck and shoulders. 1. The five and fifty (sores) that gather together upon the nape of the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 2. The seven and seventy (sores) that gather to- gether upon the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 3. The nine and ninety (sores) that gather together upon the shoulders, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa/^it ! VI, 57. Urine (^alasha) as a cure for scrofulous sores. 1. This, verily, is a remedy, this is the remedy of Rudra, with which one may charm away the arrow that has one shaft and a hundred points ! 2. With ^alasha (urine) do ye wash (the tumour), with ^alasha do ye sprinkle it! The ^alasha is a potent remedy : do thou (Rudra) with it show mercy to us, that we may live ! 3. Both well-being and comfort shall be ours, and nothing whatever shall injure us ! To the ground the disease (shall fall) : may every remedy be ours, may all remedies be ours ! IV, 12. Charm with the plant arundhatt (laksha) for the cure of fractures. 1. Roha/zi art thou, causing to heal (roha/zi), the broken bone thou causest to heal (roha^i) : cause this here to heal (rohaya), O arundhati ! c 2 20 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. That bone of thine which, injured and burst, exists in thy person, Dhatar shall kindly knit to- gether again, joint with joint! 3. Thy marrow shall unite with marrow, and thy joint (unite) with joint ; the part of thy flesh that has fallen off, and thy bone shall grow together again ! 4. Thy marrow shall be joined together with marrow, thy skin grow together with skin ! Thy blood, thy bone shall grow, thy flesh grow together with flesh ! 5. Fit together hair with hair, and fit together skin with skin ! Thy blood, thy bone shall grow : what is cut join thou together, O plant! 6. Do thou here rise up, go forth, run forth, (as) a chariot with sound wheels, firm feloe, and strong nave ; stand upright firmly ! 7. If he has been injured by falling into a pit, or if a stone was cast and hurt him, may he (Dhatar, the fashioner) fit him together, joint to joint, as the wagoner (Jfobhu) the parts of a chariot ! V, 5. Charm with the plant sila/£i (laksha, arundhati) for the cure of wounds. 1. The night is thy mother, the cloud thy father, Aryaman thy grandfather. Silaii, forsooth, is thy name, thou art the sister of the gods. 2.
3(Jfobhu) the parts of a chariot ! V, 5. Charm with the plant sila/£i (laksha, arundhati) for the cure of wounds. 1. The night is thy mother, the cloud thy father, Aryaman thy grandfather. Silaii, forsooth, is thy name, thou art the sister of the gods. 2. He that drinks thee lives; (that) person thou dost preserve. For thou art the supporter of all successive (generations), the refuge of men. 3. Every tree thou dost climb, like a wench lusting after a man. ' Victorious/ ' firmly founded/ ' saving/ verily, is thy name. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 21 4. The wound that has been inflicted by the club, by the arrow, or by fire, of that thou art the cure : do thou cure this person here ! 5. Upon the noble plaksha-tree (ficus infectoria) thou growest up, upon the asvattha (ficus religiosa), the khadira (acacia catechu), and the dhava (grislea tomentosa) ; (thou growest up) upon the noble nya- grodha (ficus indica, banyan-tree), and the par/za (butea frondosa). Come thou to us, O arundhati ! 6. O gold-coloured, lovely, sun-coloured, most handsome (plant), mayest thou come to the fracture, O cure ! ' Cure/ verily, is thy name ! 7. O gold-coloured, lovely, fiery (plant), with hairy stem, thou art the sister of the waters, O ldksha, the wind became thy very breath. 8. Sila^i is thy name, O thou that art brown as a goat, thy father is the son of a maiden. With the blood of the brown horse of Yama thou hast verily been sprinkled. 9. Having dropped from the blood of the horse she ran upon the trees, turning into a winged brook. Do thou come to us, O arundhati ! VI, 109. The pepper-corn as a cure for wounds. 1. The pepper-corn cures the wounds that have been struck by missiles, it also cures the wounds from stabs. Anent it the gods decreed : ' Powerful to secure life this (plant) shall be ! ' 2. The pepper-corns spake to one another, as they came out, after having been created : ' He whom we shall find (as yet) alive, that man shall not suffer harm ! ' 3. The Asuras did dig thee into the ground, the 2 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. gods cast thee up again, as a cure for disease pro- duced by wind (in the body), moreover as a cure for wounds struck by missiles. I, 17. Charm to stop the flow of blood. t. The maidens that go yonder, the veins, clothed in red garments, like sisters without a brother, bereft of strength, they shall stand still ! 2.
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.
1, 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. Consume thy own (proper) oblation with grati- fication in thy mind, when I here offer svaha in my mind! VII, 76. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. Ye (sores) fall easily from that which falls easily, ye exist less than those that do not exist (at all) ; ye are drier than the (part of the body called) sehu, more moist than salt. 2. The apa/£it (sores) that are upon the neck, and those that are upon the shoulders ; the apa^it that are upon the vi^*aman (some part of the body) fall off of themselves. B. Charm for curing tumours called ^ayanya. 3. The^ayanya that crushes the ribs, that which passes down to the sole of the foot, and whichever is fixed upon the crown of the head, I have driven out every one. [42] c 1 8 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 4. The ^ayanya, winged, flies; he settles down upon man. Here is the remedy both for sores not caused by cutting, as well as for wounds sharply cut! 5. We know, O ^ayanya, thy origin, whence thou didst spring. How canst thou slay there, in whose house we offer oblations ? C. Stanza sung at the mid-day pressure of the soma. 6. Drink stoutly, O Indra, slayer of Vntra, hero, of the soma in the cup, at the battle for riches ! Drink thy fill at the mid-day pressure ! Living in wealth, do thou bestow wealth upon us ! VII, 74. A. Charm for curing scrofulous sores called apa^it. 1. We have heard it said that the mother of the black apa/£it (pustules) is red : with the root (found by) the divine sage do I strike all these. 2. I strike the foremost one of them, and I strike also the middlemost of them; this hindmost one I cut off as a flake (of wool). B. Charm to appease jealousy. 3. With Tvash/ar's charm I have sobered down thy jealousy ; also thy anger, O lord, we have quieted. C. Prayer to Agni, the lord of vows. 4. Do thou, O lord of vows, adorned with vows, ever benevolently here shine ! May we all, adoring thee, when thou hast been kindled, O 6£tavedas, be rich in offspring ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 1 9 VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck and shoulders. 1. The five and fifty (sores) that gather together upon the nape of the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 2.
2S TO CURE DISEASES. 1 9 VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon neck and shoulders. 1. The five and fifty (sores) that gather together upon the nape of the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 2. The seven and seventy (sores) that gather to- gether upon the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa^it ! 3. The nine and ninety (sores) that gather together upon the shoulders, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apa/^it ! VI, 57. Urine (^alasha) as a cure for scrofulous sores. 1. This, verily, is a remedy, this is the remedy of Rudra, with which one may charm away the arrow that has one shaft and a hundred points ! 2. With ^alasha (urine) do ye wash (the tumour), with ^alasha do ye sprinkle it! The ^alasha is a potent remedy : do thou (Rudra) with it show mercy to us, that we may live ! 3. Both well-being and comfort shall be ours, and nothing whatever shall injure us ! To the ground the disease (shall fall) : may every remedy be ours, may all remedies be ours ! IV, 12. Charm with the plant arundhatt (laksha) for the cure of fractures. 1. Roha/zi art thou, causing to heal (roha/zi), the broken bone thou causest to heal (roha^i) : cause this here to heal (rohaya), O arundhati ! c 2 20 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. That bone of thine which, injured and burst, exists in thy person, Dhatar shall kindly knit to- gether again, joint with joint! 3. Thy marrow shall unite with marrow, and thy joint (unite) with joint ; the part of thy flesh that has fallen off, and thy bone shall grow together again ! 4. Thy marrow shall be joined together with marrow, thy skin grow together with skin ! Thy blood, thy bone shall grow, thy flesh grow together with flesh ! 5. Fit together hair with hair, and fit together skin with skin ! Thy blood, thy bone shall grow : what is cut join thou together, O plant! 6. Do thou here rise up, go forth, run forth, (as) a chariot with sound wheels, firm feloe, and strong nave ; stand upright firmly ! 7. If he has been injured by falling into a pit, or if a stone was cast and hurt him, may he (Dhatar, the fashioner) fit him together, joint to joint, as the wagoner (Jfobhu) the parts of a chariot ! V, 5. Charm with the plant sila/£i (laksha, arundhati) for the cure of wounds. 1. The night is thy mother, the cloud thy father, Aryaman thy grandfather. Silaii, forsooth, is thy name, thou art the sister of the gods. 2.
3(Jfobhu) the parts of a chariot ! V, 5. Charm with the plant sila/£i (laksha, arundhati) for the cure of wounds. 1. The night is thy mother, the cloud thy father, Aryaman thy grandfather. Silaii, forsooth, is thy name, thou art the sister of the gods. 2. He that drinks thee lives; (that) person thou dost preserve. For thou art the supporter of all successive (generations), the refuge of men. 3. Every tree thou dost climb, like a wench lusting after a man. ' Victorious/ ' firmly founded/ ' saving/ verily, is thy name. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 21 4. The wound that has been inflicted by the club, by the arrow, or by fire, of that thou art the cure : do thou cure this person here ! 5. Upon the noble plaksha-tree (ficus infectoria) thou growest up, upon the asvattha (ficus religiosa), the khadira (acacia catechu), and the dhava (grislea tomentosa) ; (thou growest up) upon the noble nya- grodha (ficus indica, banyan-tree), and the par/za (butea frondosa). Come thou to us, O arundhati ! 6. O gold-coloured, lovely, sun-coloured, most handsome (plant), mayest thou come to the fracture, O cure ! ' Cure/ verily, is thy name ! 7. O gold-coloured, lovely, fiery (plant), with hairy stem, thou art the sister of the waters, O ldksha, the wind became thy very breath. 8. Sila^i is thy name, O thou that art brown as a goat, thy father is the son of a maiden. With the blood of the brown horse of Yama thou hast verily been sprinkled. 9. Having dropped from the blood of the horse she ran upon the trees, turning into a winged brook. Do thou come to us, O arundhati ! VI, 109. The pepper-corn as a cure for wounds. 1. The pepper-corn cures the wounds that have been struck by missiles, it also cures the wounds from stabs. Anent it the gods decreed : ' Powerful to secure life this (plant) shall be ! ' 2. The pepper-corns spake to one another, as they came out, after having been created : ' He whom we shall find (as yet) alive, that man shall not suffer harm ! ' 3. The Asuras did dig thee into the ground, the 2 2 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. gods cast thee up again, as a cure for disease pro- duced by wind (in the body), moreover as a cure for wounds struck by missiles. I, 17. Charm to stop the flow of blood. t. The maidens that go yonder, the veins, clothed in red garments, like sisters without a brother, bereft of strength, they shall stand still ! 2.
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