Atharva Veda

The Hymns of the Atharvaveda

Translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith

BOOK II

HYMN III

A water-cure charm

1          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.

2          Hither and onward! Well! Come on! Among thy hundred remedies
            Most excellent of all art thou, curing disease and morbid flow.

3          The Asuras bury deep in earth this mighty thing that healeth wounds.
            This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.

4          The emmets from the water-flood produce this healing medicine:
            This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.

5          Mighty is this wound-healing balm: from out the earth was it produced.
            This is the cure for morbid flow, this driveth malady away.

6          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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