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1r out the disease. 7. The disease that is in thy every limb, thy every hair, thy every joint; that which is seated in thy skin, with Ka^yapas charm, that tears out, to either side we do tear it out. IX, 8. Charm to procure immunity from all diseases. i. Headache and suffering in the head, pain in the ears and flow of blood, every disease of the head, do we charm forth from thee. 2. From thy ears, from thy kankushas the ear- pain, and the neuralgia — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 3. (With the charm) through whose agency disease hastens forth from the ears and the mouth — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 4. (The disease) that renders a man deaf and 46 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. blind — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 5. Pain in the limbs, fever in the limbs, the neuralgia that affects every limb — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 6. (The disease) whose frightful aspect makes man tremble, the takman (fever) that comes every autumn, do we charm forth from thee. 7. The disease that creeps along the thighs, and then enters the canals, out of thy inner parts do we charm forth. 8. If from the heart, from love, or from disgust, it arises, from thy heart and from thy limbs the balasa do we charm forth. 9. Jaundice from thy limbs, diarrhoea from within thy bowels, the core of disease from thy inner soul do we charm forth. 10. To ashes (asa) the balasa shall turn; what is diseased shall turn to urine ! The poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 11. Outside the opening (of the bladder) it shall run off; the rumbling shall pass from thy belly! The poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 1 2. From thy belly, lungs, navel, and heart — the poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 13. (The pains) that split the crown (of the head), pierce the head, without doing injury, with- out causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 14. They that pierce the heart, creep along the ribs, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 47 15. They that pierce the sides, bore along the ribs, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 16. They that pierce crosswise, burrow in thy abdomen, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 1 7.
2t doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 16. They that pierce crosswise, burrow in thy abdomen, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 1 7. They that creep along the rectum, twist the bowels, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 18. They that suck the marrow, and split the joints, without doing injury, without causing dis- ease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 19. The diseases and the injuries that paralyse thy limbs, the poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 20. Of neuralgia, of abscesses, of inflation, or of inflammation of the eyes, the poison of all diseases I have driven forth from thee. 21. From thy feet, knees, thighs, and bottom; from thy spine, and thy neck the piercing pains, from thy head the ache I have removed. 22. Firm are the bones of thy skull, and the beat of thy heart. At thy rising, O sun, thou didst remove the pains of the head, quiet the pangs in the limbs. II, 29. Charm for obtaining long life and pros- perity by transmission of disease. t. In the essence of earthly bliss, O ye gods, in strength of body (may he live) ! May Agni, Surya, Brzhaspati bestow upon him life's vigour ! 48 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. Give life to him, O ^atavedas, bestow in addition progeny upon him, O Tvash/ar; procure, O Savitar, increase of wealth for him ; may this one, who belongs to thee, live a hundred autumns ! 3. May our prayer bestow upon us vigour, and possession of sound progeny; ability and property do ye two, (O heaven and earth), bestow upon us ! May he, conquering lands with might, (live), O Indra, subjecting the others, his enemies ! 4. Given by Indra, instructed by Varu^a, sent by the Maruts, strong, he has come to us ; may he, in the lap of ye two, heaven and earth, not suffer from hunger and not from thirst ! 5. Strength may ye two, that are rich in strength, bestow upon him ; milk may ye two, that are rich in milk, bestow upon him ! Strength heaven and earth did bestow upon him ; strength all the gods, the Maruts, and the waters. 6. With the gracious (waters) do I delight thy heart, mayest thou, free from disease, full of force, rejoice ! Clothed in the same garment do ye two drink this stirred drink, taking on as a magic form the shape of the two A^vins ! 7. Indra, having been wounded, first created this vigour, and this ever fresh divine food : that same belongs to thee.
3of force, rejoice ! Clothed in the same garment do ye two drink this stirred drink, taking on as a magic form the shape of the two A^vins ! 7. Indra, having been wounded, first created this vigour, and this ever fresh divine food : that same belongs to thee. By means of that do thou, full of force, live (a hundred) autumns ; may it not flow out of thee : physicians have prepared it for thee ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (AYUSHYANI). Ill, ii. Prayer for health and long life. i. I release thee unto life by means of (my) oblation, from unknown decline, and from consump- tion. If Grahi (seizure) has caught hold (^agr&ha) of this person here, may Indra and Agni free him from that ! 2. If his life has faded, even if he has passed away, if he has been brought to the very vicinity of death, I snatch him from the lap of Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction) : I have freed him unto a life of a hundred autumns. 3. I have snatched him (from death) by means of an oblation which has a thousand eyes, hundredfold strength, and ensures a hundredfold life, in order that Indra may conduct him through the years across to the other side of every misfortune. 4. Live thou, thriving a hundred autumns, a hun- dred winters, and a hundred springs ! May Indra, Agni, Savitar, Brzhaspati (grant) thee a hundred years ! I have snatched him (from death) with an oblation that secures a life of a hundred years. 5. Enter ye, O in-breathing and out-breathing, as two bulls a stable ! Away shall go the other deaths, of which, it is said, there are a hundred more ! 6. Remain ye here, O in-breathing and out- [42] E 50 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. breathing, do not go away from here ; do ye carry anew to old age his body and his limbs ! 7. To old age I make thee over, into old age I urge thee ; may a happy old age guide thee ! Away shall go the other deaths, of which, it is said, there are a hundred more ! 8. Upon thee (life unto) old age has been deposited, as a rope is tied upon a bull. That death which has fettered thee at thy birth with a firm rope, Br/has- pati with the hands of the truth did strip off from thee. II, 28. Prayer for long life pronounced over a boy. 1. For thee alone, O (death from) old age, this (boy) shall grow up : the other hundred kinds of death shall not harm him ! Like a provident mother in her lap Mitra shall befriend him, shall save him from misfortune ! 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.
1r out the disease. 7. The disease that is in thy every limb, thy every hair, thy every joint; that which is seated in thy skin, with Ka^yapas charm, that tears out, to either side we do tear it out. IX, 8. Charm to procure immunity from all diseases. i. Headache and suffering in the head, pain in the ears and flow of blood, every disease of the head, do we charm forth from thee. 2. From thy ears, from thy kankushas the ear- pain, and the neuralgia — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 3. (With the charm) through whose agency disease hastens forth from the ears and the mouth — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 4. (The disease) that renders a man deaf and 46 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. blind — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 5. Pain in the limbs, fever in the limbs, the neuralgia that affects every limb — every disease of the head do we charm forth from thee. 6. (The disease) whose frightful aspect makes man tremble, the takman (fever) that comes every autumn, do we charm forth from thee. 7. The disease that creeps along the thighs, and then enters the canals, out of thy inner parts do we charm forth. 8. If from the heart, from love, or from disgust, it arises, from thy heart and from thy limbs the balasa do we charm forth. 9. Jaundice from thy limbs, diarrhoea from within thy bowels, the core of disease from thy inner soul do we charm forth. 10. To ashes (asa) the balasa shall turn; what is diseased shall turn to urine ! The poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 11. Outside the opening (of the bladder) it shall run off; the rumbling shall pass from thy belly! The poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 1 2. From thy belly, lungs, navel, and heart — the poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 13. (The pains) that split the crown (of the head), pierce the head, without doing injury, with- out causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 14. They that pierce the heart, creep along the ribs, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES. 47 15. They that pierce the sides, bore along the ribs, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 16. They that pierce crosswise, burrow in thy abdomen, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 1 7.
2t doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 16. They that pierce crosswise, burrow in thy abdomen, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 1 7. They that creep along the rectum, twist the bowels, without doing injury, without causing disease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 18. They that suck the marrow, and split the joints, without doing injury, without causing dis- ease, they shall run off outside the opening (of the bladder) ! 19. The diseases and the injuries that paralyse thy limbs, the poison of all diseases I have charmed forth from thee. 20. Of neuralgia, of abscesses, of inflation, or of inflammation of the eyes, the poison of all diseases I have driven forth from thee. 21. From thy feet, knees, thighs, and bottom; from thy spine, and thy neck the piercing pains, from thy head the ache I have removed. 22. Firm are the bones of thy skull, and the beat of thy heart. At thy rising, O sun, thou didst remove the pains of the head, quiet the pangs in the limbs. II, 29. Charm for obtaining long life and pros- perity by transmission of disease. t. In the essence of earthly bliss, O ye gods, in strength of body (may he live) ! May Agni, Surya, Brzhaspati bestow upon him life's vigour ! 48 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. 2. Give life to him, O ^atavedas, bestow in addition progeny upon him, O Tvash/ar; procure, O Savitar, increase of wealth for him ; may this one, who belongs to thee, live a hundred autumns ! 3. May our prayer bestow upon us vigour, and possession of sound progeny; ability and property do ye two, (O heaven and earth), bestow upon us ! May he, conquering lands with might, (live), O Indra, subjecting the others, his enemies ! 4. Given by Indra, instructed by Varu^a, sent by the Maruts, strong, he has come to us ; may he, in the lap of ye two, heaven and earth, not suffer from hunger and not from thirst ! 5. Strength may ye two, that are rich in strength, bestow upon him ; milk may ye two, that are rich in milk, bestow upon him ! Strength heaven and earth did bestow upon him ; strength all the gods, the Maruts, and the waters. 6. With the gracious (waters) do I delight thy heart, mayest thou, free from disease, full of force, rejoice ! Clothed in the same garment do ye two drink this stirred drink, taking on as a magic form the shape of the two A^vins ! 7. Indra, having been wounded, first created this vigour, and this ever fresh divine food : that same belongs to thee.
3of force, rejoice ! Clothed in the same garment do ye two drink this stirred drink, taking on as a magic form the shape of the two A^vins ! 7. Indra, having been wounded, first created this vigour, and this ever fresh divine food : that same belongs to thee. By means of that do thou, full of force, live (a hundred) autumns ; may it not flow out of thee : physicians have prepared it for thee ! II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (AYUSHYANI). Ill, ii. Prayer for health and long life. i. I release thee unto life by means of (my) oblation, from unknown decline, and from consump- tion. If Grahi (seizure) has caught hold (^agr&ha) of this person here, may Indra and Agni free him from that ! 2. If his life has faded, even if he has passed away, if he has been brought to the very vicinity of death, I snatch him from the lap of Nirrzti (the goddess of destruction) : I have freed him unto a life of a hundred autumns. 3. I have snatched him (from death) by means of an oblation which has a thousand eyes, hundredfold strength, and ensures a hundredfold life, in order that Indra may conduct him through the years across to the other side of every misfortune. 4. Live thou, thriving a hundred autumns, a hun- dred winters, and a hundred springs ! May Indra, Agni, Savitar, Brzhaspati (grant) thee a hundred years ! I have snatched him (from death) with an oblation that secures a life of a hundred years. 5. Enter ye, O in-breathing and out-breathing, as two bulls a stable ! Away shall go the other deaths, of which, it is said, there are a hundred more ! 6. Remain ye here, O in-breathing and out- [42] E 50 HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA. breathing, do not go away from here ; do ye carry anew to old age his body and his limbs ! 7. To old age I make thee over, into old age I urge thee ; may a happy old age guide thee ! Away shall go the other deaths, of which, it is said, there are a hundred more ! 8. Upon thee (life unto) old age has been deposited, as a rope is tied upon a bull. That death which has fettered thee at thy birth with a firm rope, Br/has- pati with the hands of the truth did strip off from thee. II, 28. Prayer for long life pronounced over a boy. 1. For thee alone, O (death from) old age, this (boy) shall grow up : the other hundred kinds of death shall not harm him ! Like a provident mother in her lap Mitra shall befriend him, shall save him from misfortune ! 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.
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