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Atharva Veda 6.105: A charm to cure cough
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
Rapidly as the fancy flies forth with conceptions of the mind.
So following the fancy's flight, O Cough, flee rapidly away.
Rapidly as an arrow flies away with keenly-sharpened point, So swiftly flee away, O Cough, over the region of the earth!
Rapidly as the beams of light, the rays of Sūrya, fly away, So, Cough! fly rapidly away over the current of the sea!
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.105: A charm to cure cough.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/267/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 6.105: A charm to cure cough.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/267/.
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