Mythology & Folklore
Atharva Veda 19.38: A protective charm
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1895–96) · From The Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (1895–96)
Never Consumption, never curse touches the man, Arundhatī!
Whom the delicious odour of the healing Bdellium penetrates
Consumptions flee apart from it as from a wild beast fly the deer.
If thou, O Bdellium, art produced from Sindhu or hast come from sea, The quality of both have I taken to keep this man unscathed.
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MLA
Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.38: A protective charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/506/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Atharva. “Atharva Veda 19.38: A protective charm.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/atharvaveda-rishis/506/.
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