Religion

Rig Veda 10.137: YE Gods, raise up once more the man whom ye have humbled and brought low.

by The Rishis of the Rig Veda c. 1500–1000 BCE (traditional; uncertain)

Translated by Ralph T. H. Griffith (1896) · From The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896)

Religion

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.

MLA

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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