Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 6.57: A charm for a wound or bruise
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
This is a medicine indeed, Rudra's own medicine is this, Wherewith he warns the arrow off one-shafted, with a hundred tips.
Besprinkle it with anodyne, bedew it with relieving balm: Strong, soothing is the medicine: bless us therewith that we may live.
Let it be health and joy to us. Let nothing vex or injure us.
Down with the wound! Let all to us be balm, the whole be medicine.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.57: A charm for a wound or bruise.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/220/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.57: A charm for a wound or bruise.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/220/.
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