Hymns of the Atharva-Veda — SBE Vol. 42 (Clarendon Press, 1897) — second scan
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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. Up to the sun shall go thy heart-ache and thy jaundice : in the colour of the red bull do we envelop thee !
2. We envelop thee in red tints, unto long life.
May this person go unscathed, and be free of yellow
colour !
3. The cows whose divinity is Rohi/zi, they who, moreover, are (themselves) red (rohi/zU) — (in their) every form and every strength we do envelop thee.
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4. Into the parrots, into the ropa/zakfis (thrush) do we put thy jaundice, and, furthermore, into the haridravas (yellow wagtail) do we put thy jaundice.
VI, 14. Charm against the disease balasa.
1. The internal disease that has set in, that crumbles the bftnes, and crumbles the joints, every balasa do thou drive out, that which is in the limbs, and in the joints !
2. The balasa of him that is afflicted with balasa do I remove, as one gelds a lusty animal. Its connection do I cut off as th^ root of a pumpkin.
3. Fly forth from here, O balâsa, as a swift foal (after the mare). And even, as the reed in every year, pass away without slaying men !
VI, 105. Charm against cough.
1. As the soul with the soul's desires swiftly to a distance flies, thus do thou, O cough, fly forth along the soul's course of flight !
2. As a well-sharpened arrow swiftly to a distance flies, thus do thou, O cough, fly forth along the expanse of the earth f
3. As the rays of the sun swiftly to a distance fly, thus do thou, O cough, fly forth along the flood of the sea !
I, 2. Charm against excessive discharges from the body.
1. We know the father of the arrow, Par^anya, who furnishes bountiful fluid, and well do we know his mother, Pmhivi (earth), the multiform !
2. O bowstring, turn aside from us, turn my body
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into stone ! Do thou firmly hold very far away the hostile powers and the haters !
3. When the bowstring, embracing the wood (of the bow), greets with a whiz the eager arrow, do thou, O Indra, ward off from us the piercing missile !
4. As the point (of the arrow) stands in the way of heaven and earth, thus may the mu%*a-grass unfailingly stand in the way of sickness and (excessive) discharge !
II, 3. Charm against excessive discharges from the body, undertaken with spring-water.
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4. As the point (of the arrow) stands in the way of heaven and earth, thus may the mu%*a-grass unfailingly stand in the way of sickness and (excessive) discharge !
II, 3. Charm against excessive discharges from the body, undertaken with spring-water.
1. The spring- water yonder which runs down upon the mountain, that do I render healing for thee, in order that thou mayest contain a potent remedy.
2. Then surely, yea quite surely, of the hundred remedies contained in thee, thou art the most superior in checking discharges and removing pain,
3. Deep down do the Asuras bury this great healer of wounds ; that is the cure for discharges, and that hath removed disease.
4. The ants bring the remedy from the sea : that is the cure for discharges, and that hath quieted disease.
5. This great healer of wounds has been gotten out of the earth : that is the cure for discharges, and that hath removed disease.
6. May the waters afford us welfare, may the herbs be propitious to us ! Indras bolt shall beat off the Rakshas, far (from us) shall fly the arrows cast by the Rakshas !
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VI, 44. Charm against excessive discharges from the body.
1. The heavens have stood still, the earth has stood still, all creatures have stood still. The trees that sleep erect have stood still : may this disease of thine stand still !
2. Of the hundred remedies which thou hast, of the thousand that have been collected, this is the most excellent cure for discharges, the best remover of disease.
3. Thou art the urine of Rudra, the navel of amr/ta (ambrosia). Thy name, forsooth, is vishd- /2ak&, (thou art) arisen from the foundation of the Fathers, a remover of diseases produced by the winds (of the body).
I, 3. Charm against constipation and retention of urine.
1. We know the father of the arrow, Par^anya, of hundredfold power. With this (charm) may I render comfortable thy body : make thy outpouring upon the earth ; out of thee may it come with the sound bal !
2. We know the father of the arrow, Mitra, &c.
3. We know the father of the arrow, Varu/za, &c.
4. We know the father of the arrow, Sandra, &c.
5. We know the father of the arrow, Surya, &c.
6. That which has accumulated ift thy entrails, in thy canals, in thy bladder — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
7. I split open thy penis like the dike of a lake — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
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ls, in thy bladder — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
7. I split open thy penis like the dike of a lake — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
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8. Relaxed is the opening of thy bladder like the ocean, the reservoir of water — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
9. As an arrow flies to a distance when hurled from the bow — thus let thy urine be released, out completely, with the sound bal !
VI, 90. Charm against internal pain (colic), due to the missiles of Rudra.
1. The arrow that Rudra did cast upon thee, into (thy) limbs, and into thy heart, this here do we now draw out away from thee.
2. From the hundred arteries which are distributed along thy limbs, from all of these do we exorcise forth the poisons.
3. Adoration be to thee, O Rudra, as thou casteth (thy arrow) ; adoration to the (arrow) when it has been placed upon (the bow) ; adoration to it as it is being hurled; adoration to it when it has fallen down !
I, 10. Charm against dropsy.
1. This Asura rules over the gods; the commands of Varu/za, the ruler, surely come true. From this (trouble), from the wrath of the mighty (Varu;za), do I, excelling in my incantation, lead out this man.
2. Reverence, O king Varu/za, be to thy wrath, for all falsehood, O mighty one, dost thou discover. A thousand others together do I make over to thee : this thy (man) shall live a hundred autumns !
3. From the untruth which thou hast spoken, the abundant wrong, with thy tongue — from king Varu/za I release thee, whose laws do not fail.
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4. I release thee from Vai^vdnara (Agni), from the great flood. Our rivals, O mighty one, do thou censure here, and give heed to our prayer !
VII, 83. Charm against dropsy.
1. Thy golden chamber, king Vanma, is built in the waters! Thence the king that maintains the laws shall loosen all shackles !
2. From every habitation (of thine), O king
Vanma, from here do thou free us ! In that we have
said, ' ye waters, ye cows ; ' in that we have said,
'O Vanma/ from this (sin), O Vanma, free us!
3. Lift from us, O Vanma, the uppermost fetter, take down the nethermost, loosen the middlemost ! Then shall we, O Aditya, 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 !
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