Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 7.65: A charm against imprecation and threatened evils
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
With retroverted fruit hast thou, O Apāmārga, sprung and grown.
Hence into distance most remote drive every curse away from, me.
Whatever evil we have done, whatever vile or sinful act, With thee, O Apāmārga, who lookest all ways, we wipe it off.
If with the cripple we have lived, whose teeth are black and nails deformed, With thee, O Apāmārga, we wipe all that ill away from us.
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.65: A charm against imprecation and threatened evils.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/367/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 7.65: A charm against imprecation and threatened evils.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/367/.
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