Atharva Veda · 3 of 724

HYMN III

A charm against constipation and suppression of urine 1. We know the father of the shaft, Parjanya strong with hundred    powers:   By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour    their burthen freely as of old. 2. We know the father of the shaft, Mitra, the Lord of hundred    powers:   By this, etc. 3. We know the father of the shaft, Varuna, strong with hundred    powers:   By this, etc. 4. We know the father of the shaft, the Moon endowed with    hundred powers:   By this, etc. 5. We know the father of the shaft, the Sun endowed with hundred    powers:   By this may I bring health unto thy body: let the channels pour    their burthen freely as of old. 6. Whate’er hath gathered, as it flowed, in bowels, bladder, or in    groins,   Thus let the conduit, free from check, pour all its burthen as of    old. 7. I lay the passage open as one cleaves the dam that bars the    lake:   Thus let, etc. 8. Now hath the portal been unclosed as, of the sea that holds the    flood:   Thus let, etc. 9. Even as the arrow flies away when loosened from the archer’s    bow,   Thus let the burthen be discharged from channels that are checked    no more.