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Rig Veda 10.137: YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low.
Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)
YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low.
O Gods, restore to life again the man who hath committed sin.
Two several winds are blowing here, from Sindhu, from a distant land.
May one breathe energy to thee, the other blow disease away.
Hither, O Wind, blow healing balm, blow all disease away, thou Wind;
For thou who hast all medicine comest as envoy of the Gods.
I am come nigh to thee with balms to give thee rest and keep thee safe.
I bring thee blessed strength, I drive thy weakening malady away.
Here let the Gods deliver him, the Maruts' band deliver him:
All things that be deliver him that he be freed from his disease.
The Waters have their healing power, the Waters drive disease away.
The Waters have a balm for all: let them make medicine for thee.
The tongue that leads the voice precedes. Then with our ten-fold branching hands,
With these two chasers of disease we stroke thee with a gentle touch.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.137: YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/972/.
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Veda, The Rishis of the Rig. “Rig Veda 10.137: YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low.” Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rigveda-rishis/972/.
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