{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av01022.htm","path":"hin/av/av01022.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av01022.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1As the Sun rises, let thy sore disease and yellowness depart. p. a21\n \u00a0\u00a0We compass and surround thee with the colour of a ruddy ox.\n 2With ruddy hues we compass thee that thou mayst live a leng-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thened life:\n \u00a0\u00a0So that this man be free from harm, and cast his yellow tint\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0away.\n 3Devaty\u0101s that are red of hue, yea, and the ruddy-coloured\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0kine,\n \u00a0\u00a0Each several form, each several force\u2014with these we compass\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee about.\n 4To parrots and to starlings we transfer thy sickly yellowness:\n \u00a0\u00a0Now in the yellow-coloured birds we lay this yellowness of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thine.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 1: Hymn 22: A charm against jaundice","type":"page"}