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I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES.
VI, 25. Charm against scrofulous sores upon
neck and shoulders. 1. The five and fifty (sores) that gather together upon the nape of the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apakit!
2. The seven and seventy (sores) that gather together upon the neck, from here they all shall pass away, as the pustules of the (disease called) apakit!
3. The nine and ninety (sores) that gather together upon the shoulders, from here they all shall pass. away, as the pustules of the disease called) apakit!
VI, 57. Urine (gâlâsha) as a cure for
scrofulous sores. 1. This, verily, is a remedy, this is the remedy of Rudra, with which one may charm away the arrow that has one shaft and a hundred points !
2. With gålåsha (urine) do ye wash (the tumour), with gâlâsha do ye sprinkle it! The gâlâsha is a potent remedy: do thou (Rudra) with it show mercy to us, that we may live!
3. Both well-being and comfort shall be ours, and nothing whatever shall injure us! To the ground the disease (shall fall): may every remedy be ours, may all remedies be ours !
IV, 12. Charm with the plant arundhati
(låksha) for the cure of fractures. 1. Rohani art thou, causing to heal (rohani), the broken bone thou causest to heal (rohani): cause this here to heal (rohaya), O arundhati!
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