{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av02033.htm","path":"hin/av/av02033.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av02033.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1From both thy nostrils, from both eyes, from both thine ears,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and from thy chin,\n \u00a0\u00a0Forth from thy brain and tongue I root Consumption seated in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thy head.\n 2Forth from the neck and from the nape, from dorsal vertebrae\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and spine.\n \u00a0\u00a0From arms and shoulder-blades I root Consumption seated in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thine arms.\n 3Forth from thy heart and from thy lungs, from thy gall-bladder\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and thy sides,\n \u00a0\u00a0From kidneys, spleen and liver thy Consumption we eradicate.\n 4From bowels and intestines, from the rectum and the belly, I\n \u00a0\u00a0Extirpate thy Consumption, from flanks, navel and mesentery.\n 5Forth from thy thighs and from thy knees, heels and the fore-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0parts of thy feet.\n \u00a0\u00a0Forth from thy loins and hips I draw Consumption setted in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thy loins.\n 6Forth from thy marrows and thy bones, forth from thy tendons\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and thy veins\n \u00a0\u00a0I banish thy Consumption, from thy hands, thy fingers, and thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0nails.\n 7In every member, every hair, in every joint wherein it lies,\n \u00a0\u00a0We with the exorcising spell of Kasyapa drive far away Con-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sumption settled in thy skin.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 2: Hymn 33","type":"page"}