Atharva Veda · 548 of 724

HYMN XXXIX

A protective charm 1. Let Kushtha from the Hill of Snow come, a divine deliverer.   Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away. 2. Kushtha, three several names hast thou, Naghamāra,   Naghārisha: let not mishap befall this man,   For whom I make a charm of thee at eve, at morning, and by    day. 3. Jivalā is thy mother’s name, thy father’s name is Jivala; let not    mishap, etc. 4. Thou art the best amid the plants, even as the ox is best of    tame, the tiger of rapacious beasts: let not mishap, etc. 5. Born thrice from the Ādityas, thrice from Bhrigus, thrice from   Angiras’ sons, born from the Visve Devas thrice, Healer of every malady, that Kushtha stands by Soma’s side.   Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away. 6. In the third heaven above us stands the Asvattha tree, the seat    of Gods:   There is embodiment of life that dies not: thence was Kushtha    born. 7. There moved through heaven a golden ship, a ship with cordage    wrought of gold:   There is embodiment of life that dies not; thence was Kushtha    born. 8. Where is the Sinking of the Ship, the summit of the Hill of   Snow,   There is embodiment of life that dies not: thence was Kustha    born.   Healer of every malady, that Kushtha stands by Soma’s side.   Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away. 9. Thou whom Ikshvāku’s ancestor, whom he who well-loved   Kushtha, knew,   Whom Vāyasa and Mātsya knew, hence healer of all ills art    thou. 10. O thou who hast all-reaching might drive away Fever, drive it    down,   Head racking Fever, tertian, continual, lasting for a year.