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I. Charms to Cure Diseases and Possession by Demons of Disease (Bhaishagykni): I, 22. Charm against jaundice and related diseases

Hymns of the Atharva-Veda (Bloomfield, SBE 42) · 1 passage

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1. Up to the sun shall go thy heart-ache and thy jaundice: in the colour of the red bull do we eovelop thee! 2. We envelop thee in red tints, unto long life. May this person go unscathed, and be free of vellow colour! 3. The cows whose divinity is Rohini, they who, moreover, axe (themselves) red (róhinin)-(in their) every form and every strength we do envelop thee. 4. Into the parrots, into the ropanâkâs (thrush) do we put thy jaundice, and, furthermore, into the hâridravas (yellow wagtail) do we put thy jaundice.

Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file hin/sbe42/av009.htm.

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