Atharva Veda · 193 of 724

HYMN XXV

A charm to remove pustules or scrofulous swellings (apachitas) 1. May all the five-and-fifty which meet round the tendons of the    neck.   Depart and vanish hence away like plaguing insects buzz and    hum! 2. Those seventy-and-seven which meet round the upper vertebrae,   Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects’ buzz and    hum! 3. Those nine-and-ninety which, combined, attack the shoulder    round about,   Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects’ buzz and    hum!