Atharva Veda · 444 of 724

HYMN VIII

A charm for the cure of various diseases connected with Consumption 1. Each pain and ache that racks the head, earache, and erysipelas,.   All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our    spell. 2. From both thine ears, from parts thereof, thine earache, and the    throbbing pain,   All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our    spell. 3. So that Consumption may depart forth from thine ears and from.    thy mouth,   All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our    spell. 4. The malady that makes one deaf, the malady that makes one    blind,   All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our    spell. 5. The throbbing pain in all thy limbs that rends thy frame with    fever-throes,   All malady that wrings thy brow we charm away with this our    spell. 6. The malady whose awful look makes a man quiver with alarm,   Fever whom every Autumn brings we charm away with this our    spell. 7. Disease that creeps about the thighs and, after, reaches both the    groins,   Consumption from thine inward parts we charm away with this    our spell. 8. If the disease originates from love, from hatred, from the heart,   Forth from the heart and from the limbs we charm the wasting    malady. 9. The yellow Jaundice from thy limbs, and Colic from the parts    within,   And Phthisis from thine inward soul we charm away with this    our spell. 10. Let wasting malady turn to dust, become the water of disease.   I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee. 11. Forth from the hollow let it run, and rumbling sounds from    thine inside.   I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee. 12. Forth from thy belly and thy lungs, forth from thy navel and    thy heart.   I have evoked the poison taint of all Consumptions out of thee. 13. The penetrating stabs of pain which rend asunder crown and    head,   Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming    not. 14. The pangs that stab the heart and reach the breast-bone and    connected parts,   Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming    not. 15. The stabs that penetrate the sides and pierce their way along the    ribs,   Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming    not. 16. The penetrating pangs that pierce thy stomach as they shoot    across,   Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming    not. 17. The pains that through the bowels creep, disordering the inward    parts,   Let them depart and pass away, free from disease and harming    not. 18. The pains that suck the marrow out, and rend and tear the bones    apart,   May they speed forth and pass away, free from disease and    harming not. 19. Consumptions with their Colic pains which make thy limbs    insensible   I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee. 20. Of piercing pain, of abscesses, rheumatic ache, ophthalmia—   I have evoked the poison-taint of all Consumptions out of thee. 21. I have dispelled the piercing pains from feet, knees, hips, and    hinder parts,   And spine, and from the neck and nape the malady that racked    the head. 22. Sound are the skull-bones of thy head and thy heart’s beat is    regular.   Thou, Sun, arising with thy beams hast chased away the head’s    disease, hast stilled the pain that racked the limbs.