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1hou that hast been dug with the spade, cause injury ! 7. Those of you who were of yore unequalled in I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 27 the deeds which they performed— may they not injure here our men : for this very purpose do I engage you ! VI, 100. Ants as an antidote against poison. 1. The gods have given, the sun has given, the earth has given, the three Sarasvatis, of one mind, have given this poison-destroying (remedy) ! 2. That water, O ants, which the gods poured for you into the dry land, with this (water), sent forth by the gods, do ye destroy this poison ! 3. Thou art the daughter of the Asuras, thou art the sister of the gods. Sprung from heaven and earth, thou didst render the poison devoid of strength. V, 13. Charm against snake-poison. 1. Varima, the sage of heaven, verily lends (power) to me. With mighty charms do I dissolve thy poison. The (poison) which has been dug, that which has not been dug, and that which is inherent, I have held fast. As a brook in the desert thy poison has dried up. 2. That poison of thine which is not fluid I have confined within these (serpents ?). I hold fast the sap that is in thy middle, thy top, and in thy bottom, too. May (the sap) now vanish out of thee from fright ! 3. My lusty shout (is) as the thunder with the cloud : then do I smite thy (sap) with my strong charm. With manly strength I have held fast that sap of his. May the sun rise as light from the darkness ! 4. With my eye do I slay thy eye, with poison 28 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. do I slay thy poison. O serpent, die, do not live ; back upon thee shall thy poison turn ! 5. O kair&ta, speckled one, upatrz/zya (grass- dweller?), brown one, listen to me; ye black re- pulsive reptiles, (listen to me) ! Do not stand upon the ground of my friend ; cease with your poison and make it known (to people ?) ! 6. I release (thee) from the fury of the black serpent, the taimata, the brown serpent, the poison that is not fluid, the all-conquering, as the bow- string (is loosened) from the bow, as chariots (from horses). 7. Both Aligi and Viligi, both father and mother, we know your kin everywhere. Deprived of your strength what will ye do ? 8. The daughter of urugula, the evil one born with the black — of all those who have run to their hiding-place the poison is devoid of force. 9. The prickly porcupine, tripping dowrn from the mountain, did declare this : ' Whatsoever serpents, living in ditches, are here, their poison is most deficient in force/ 10.
2lack — of all those who have run to their hiding-place the poison is devoid of force. 9. The prickly porcupine, tripping dowrn from the mountain, did declare this : ' Whatsoever serpents, living in ditches, are here, their poison is most deficient in force/ 10. Tabuvam (or) not tabuvam, thou (O serpent) art not tabuvam. Through tabuvam thy poison is bereft of force. 11. Tastuvam (or) not tastuvam, thou (O serpent) art not tastuvam. Through tastuvam thy poison is bereft of force. VI, 12. Charm against snake-poison. 1. As the sun (goes around) the heavens I have surrounded the race of the serpents. As night (puts to rest) all animals except the ha/^sa bird, (thus) do I with this (charm) ward off thy poison. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 29 2. With (the charm) that was found of yore by the Brahmans, found by the jffzshis, and found by the gods, with (the charm) that was, will be, and is now present, with this do I ward off thy poison. 3. With honey do I mix the rivers ; the moun- tains and peaks are honey. Honey are the rivers Parush/zf and ^ipala. Prosperity be to thy mouth, prosperity to thy heart ! VII, 56. Charm against the poison of serpents, scorpions, and insects. 1. The poison infused by the serpent that is striped across, by the black serpent, and by the adder ; that poison of the kankaparvan (' with limbs like a comb/ scorpion) this plant has driven out. 2. This herb, born of honey, dripping honey, sweet as honey, honied, is the remedy for injuries ; moreover it crushes insects. 3. Wherever thou hast been bitten, wherever thou hast been sucked, from there do we exorcise for thee the poison of the small, greedily biting insect, (so that it be) devoid of strength. 4. Thou (serpent) here, crooked, without joints, and without limbs, that twisteth thy crooked jaws — mayest thou, O Brzhaspati, straighten them out, as a (bent) reed ! 5. The poison of the ^arko/a (scorpion) that creeps low upon the ground, (after he) has been deprived of his strength, I have taken away ; more- over I have caused him to be crushed. 6. There is no strength in thy arms, in thy head, nor in the middle (of thy body). Then why dost thou so wickedly carry a small (sting) in thy tail ? 30 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. The ants devour thee, pea-hens hack thee to pieces. Yea, every one of you shall declare the poison of the sarko/a powerless ! 8. Thou (scorpion) that strikest with both, with mouth as well as tail, in thy mouth there is no poison : then what can there be in the receptacle in thy tail ? VI, 16. Charm against ophthalmia. 1.
3you shall declare the poison of the sarko/a powerless ! 8. Thou (scorpion) that strikest with both, with mouth as well as tail, in thy mouth there is no poison : then what can there be in the receptacle in thy tail ? VI, 16. Charm against ophthalmia. 1. O abayu, (and even if) thou art not ibayu, strong is thy juice, O abayu ! We eat a gruel, compounded of thee. 2. Vihalha is thy fathers name, Madavatt thy mothers name. Thou art verily not such, as to have consumed thy own self. 3. O Tauvilika, do be quiet ! This howling one has become quiet. O brown one, and brown-eared one, go away ! Go out, O ala ! 4. Alasala thou art first, sil&^alala thou art the next, nilagalasala (thou art third ?) ! VI, 21. Charm to promote the growth of hair. 1. Of these three earths (our) earth verily is the highest. From the surface of these I have now plucked a remedy. 2. Thou art the most excellent of remedies, the best of plants, as Soma (the moon) is the lord in the watches of the night, as Varu/za (is king) among the gods. 3. O ye wealthy, irresistible (plants), ye do generously bestow benefits. And ye strengthen the hair, and, moreover, promote its increase. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 3 1 VI, 136, Charm with the plant nitatni to promote the growth of hair. 1. As a goddess upon the goddess earth thou wast born, O plant ! We dig thee up, O nitatni, that thou mayest strengthen (the growth) of the hair. 2. Strengthen the old (hair), beget the new! That which has come forth render more luxurious ! 3. That hair of thine which does drop off, and that which is broken root and all, upon it do I sprinkle here the all-healing herb. VI, 137. Charm to promote the growth of hair. 1. The (plant) that Camadagni dug up to promote the growth of his daughter's hair, Vitahavya has brought here from the dwelling of Asita. 2. With reins they had to be measured, with out- stretched arms they had to be measured out. May thy hairs grow as reeds, may they (cluster), black, about thy head ! 3. Make firm their roots, draw out their ends, expand their middle, O herb ! May thy hairs grow as reeds, may they (cluster), black, about thy head ! IV, 4. Charm to promote virility. 1. Thee, the plant, which the Gandharva dug up for Varu^a, when his virility had decayed, thee, that causest strength1, we dig up. 2. Ushas (Aurora), Surya (the sun), and this charm of mine ; the bull Pra^apati (the lord of creatures) shall with his lusty fire arouse him ! 1 The original, more drastically, jepaharshamm.
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.
1hou that hast been dug with the spade, cause injury ! 7. Those of you who were of yore unequalled in I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 27 the deeds which they performed— may they not injure here our men : for this very purpose do I engage you ! VI, 100. Ants as an antidote against poison. 1. The gods have given, the sun has given, the earth has given, the three Sarasvatis, of one mind, have given this poison-destroying (remedy) ! 2. That water, O ants, which the gods poured for you into the dry land, with this (water), sent forth by the gods, do ye destroy this poison ! 3. Thou art the daughter of the Asuras, thou art the sister of the gods. Sprung from heaven and earth, thou didst render the poison devoid of strength. V, 13. Charm against snake-poison. 1. Varima, the sage of heaven, verily lends (power) to me. With mighty charms do I dissolve thy poison. The (poison) which has been dug, that which has not been dug, and that which is inherent, I have held fast. As a brook in the desert thy poison has dried up. 2. That poison of thine which is not fluid I have confined within these (serpents ?). I hold fast the sap that is in thy middle, thy top, and in thy bottom, too. May (the sap) now vanish out of thee from fright ! 3. My lusty shout (is) as the thunder with the cloud : then do I smite thy (sap) with my strong charm. With manly strength I have held fast that sap of his. May the sun rise as light from the darkness ! 4. With my eye do I slay thy eye, with poison 28 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. do I slay thy poison. O serpent, die, do not live ; back upon thee shall thy poison turn ! 5. O kair&ta, speckled one, upatrz/zya (grass- dweller?), brown one, listen to me; ye black re- pulsive reptiles, (listen to me) ! Do not stand upon the ground of my friend ; cease with your poison and make it known (to people ?) ! 6. I release (thee) from the fury of the black serpent, the taimata, the brown serpent, the poison that is not fluid, the all-conquering, as the bow- string (is loosened) from the bow, as chariots (from horses). 7. Both Aligi and Viligi, both father and mother, we know your kin everywhere. Deprived of your strength what will ye do ? 8. The daughter of urugula, the evil one born with the black — of all those who have run to their hiding-place the poison is devoid of force. 9. The prickly porcupine, tripping dowrn from the mountain, did declare this : ' Whatsoever serpents, living in ditches, are here, their poison is most deficient in force/ 10.
2lack — of all those who have run to their hiding-place the poison is devoid of force. 9. The prickly porcupine, tripping dowrn from the mountain, did declare this : ' Whatsoever serpents, living in ditches, are here, their poison is most deficient in force/ 10. Tabuvam (or) not tabuvam, thou (O serpent) art not tabuvam. Through tabuvam thy poison is bereft of force. 11. Tastuvam (or) not tastuvam, thou (O serpent) art not tastuvam. Through tastuvam thy poison is bereft of force. VI, 12. Charm against snake-poison. 1. As the sun (goes around) the heavens I have surrounded the race of the serpents. As night (puts to rest) all animals except the ha/^sa bird, (thus) do I with this (charm) ward off thy poison. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 29 2. With (the charm) that was found of yore by the Brahmans, found by the jffzshis, and found by the gods, with (the charm) that was, will be, and is now present, with this do I ward off thy poison. 3. With honey do I mix the rivers ; the moun- tains and peaks are honey. Honey are the rivers Parush/zf and ^ipala. Prosperity be to thy mouth, prosperity to thy heart ! VII, 56. Charm against the poison of serpents, scorpions, and insects. 1. The poison infused by the serpent that is striped across, by the black serpent, and by the adder ; that poison of the kankaparvan (' with limbs like a comb/ scorpion) this plant has driven out. 2. This herb, born of honey, dripping honey, sweet as honey, honied, is the remedy for injuries ; moreover it crushes insects. 3. Wherever thou hast been bitten, wherever thou hast been sucked, from there do we exorcise for thee the poison of the small, greedily biting insect, (so that it be) devoid of strength. 4. Thou (serpent) here, crooked, without joints, and without limbs, that twisteth thy crooked jaws — mayest thou, O Brzhaspati, straighten them out, as a (bent) reed ! 5. The poison of the ^arko/a (scorpion) that creeps low upon the ground, (after he) has been deprived of his strength, I have taken away ; more- over I have caused him to be crushed. 6. There is no strength in thy arms, in thy head, nor in the middle (of thy body). Then why dost thou so wickedly carry a small (sting) in thy tail ? 30 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 7. The ants devour thee, pea-hens hack thee to pieces. Yea, every one of you shall declare the poison of the sarko/a powerless ! 8. Thou (scorpion) that strikest with both, with mouth as well as tail, in thy mouth there is no poison : then what can there be in the receptacle in thy tail ? VI, 16. Charm against ophthalmia. 1.
3you shall declare the poison of the sarko/a powerless ! 8. Thou (scorpion) that strikest with both, with mouth as well as tail, in thy mouth there is no poison : then what can there be in the receptacle in thy tail ? VI, 16. Charm against ophthalmia. 1. O abayu, (and even if) thou art not ibayu, strong is thy juice, O abayu ! We eat a gruel, compounded of thee. 2. Vihalha is thy fathers name, Madavatt thy mothers name. Thou art verily not such, as to have consumed thy own self. 3. O Tauvilika, do be quiet ! This howling one has become quiet. O brown one, and brown-eared one, go away ! Go out, O ala ! 4. Alasala thou art first, sil&^alala thou art the next, nilagalasala (thou art third ?) ! VI, 21. Charm to promote the growth of hair. 1. Of these three earths (our) earth verily is the highest. From the surface of these I have now plucked a remedy. 2. Thou art the most excellent of remedies, the best of plants, as Soma (the moon) is the lord in the watches of the night, as Varu/za (is king) among the gods. 3. O ye wealthy, irresistible (plants), ye do generously bestow benefits. And ye strengthen the hair, and, moreover, promote its increase. I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 3 1 VI, 136, Charm with the plant nitatni to promote the growth of hair. 1. As a goddess upon the goddess earth thou wast born, O plant ! We dig thee up, O nitatni, that thou mayest strengthen (the growth) of the hair. 2. Strengthen the old (hair), beget the new! That which has come forth render more luxurious ! 3. That hair of thine which does drop off, and that which is broken root and all, upon it do I sprinkle here the all-healing herb. VI, 137. Charm to promote the growth of hair. 1. The (plant) that Camadagni dug up to promote the growth of his daughter's hair, Vitahavya has brought here from the dwelling of Asita. 2. With reins they had to be measured, with out- stretched arms they had to be measured out. May thy hairs grow as reeds, may they (cluster), black, about thy head ! 3. Make firm their roots, draw out their ends, expand their middle, O herb ! May thy hairs grow as reeds, may they (cluster), black, about thy head ! IV, 4. Charm to promote virility. 1. Thee, the plant, which the Gandharva dug up for Varu^a, when his virility had decayed, thee, that causest strength1, we dig up. 2. Ushas (Aurora), Surya (the sun), and this charm of mine ; the bull Pra^apati (the lord of creatures) shall with his lusty fire arouse him ! 1 The original, more drastically, jepaharshamm.
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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