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HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Varuna's, by the command of all the gods do we shut out thy disease.
3. As Vritra did hold fast these ever-flowing waters, thus do I shut out (vâraye) disease from thee with the help of) Agni Vaisvânara.
VI, 127. The kipudru-tree as a panacea. 1. Of the abscess, of the balasa, of flow of blood, O plant; of neuralgia, O herb, thou shalt not leave even a speck!
2. Those two boils (testicles) of thine, O balasa, that are fixed upon the arm-pits—I know the remedy for that: the kipudru-tree takes care of it.
3. The neuralgia that is in the limbs, that is in the ears and in the eyes—we tear them out, the neuralgia, the abscess, and the pain in the heart. That unknown disease do we drive away downward.
XIX, 38. The healing properties of bdellium.
1. [Neither diseases, nor yet a curse, enters this person, o arundhati! From him that is penetrated by the sweet fragrance of the healing bdellium, diseases flee in every direction, as antelopes and as horses run.
2. Whether, O bdellium, thou comest from the Sindhu (Indus), or whether thou art derived from the sea, I have seized the qualities of both, that this person shall be exempt from harm.
VI, 91. Barley and water as universal remedies.
1. This barley they did plough vigorously, with yokes of eight and yokes of six. With it I drive off to a far distance the ailment from thy body.
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