Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 19.36: A charm against disease and evil spirits
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
The Hundred-haired hath banished hence fiends and Consump-tions by its might.
With splendour hath the charm that scares demons of ill-name mounted up.
It drives off demons with its horns and sorceresses with its root, It stays Consumption with its waist: from this no wickedness escapes.
Consumptions, light and serious, and those which sounds accompany, All these the Amulet, Hundred-haired, scarer of fiends, hath banished hence.
A hundred men hath it produced, hundred Consumptions chased away, All fiends of evil-name it hath smitten, and shakes the Rākshasas.
The Bull that weareth horns of gold, this Amulet with hundred hairs, Hath cleft the demons of ill-name and overcome the Rākshasas.
Hundred she-fiends, a hundred of Gandharvas and Apsarasas, A hundred of dog-mated nymphs, I keep away with Hundred-Hair
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.36: A charm against disease and evil spirits.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/504/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.36: A charm against disease and evil spirits.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/504/.
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