Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 2.3: A water-cure charm
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
That little spring of water which is running downward from the hill I turn to healing balm for thee that thou mayst be good medicine.
Hither and onward! Well! Come on! Among thy hundred remedies Most excellent of all art thou, curing disease and morbid flow.
The Asuras bury deep in earth this mighty thing that healeth wounds.
This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
The emmets from the water-flood produce this healing medicine: This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
Mighty is this wound-healing balm: from out the earth was it produced.
This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.
Bless us the Waters! be the Plants auspicious!
May Indra's thunderbolt drive off the demons. Far from us fall the shafts they shoot against us!
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 2.3: A water-cure charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/37/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 2.3: A water-cure charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/37/.
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