{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av03009.htm","path":"hin/av/av03009.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av03009.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Heaven is the sire, the mother Earth, of Karsapha and Visapha.\n \u00a0\u00a0As ye have brought them hither, Gods! so do ye move therm\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0hence away.\n 2The bands hold fast without a knot: this is the way that Manu-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0used.\n \u00a0\u00a0I make Vishkandha impotent as one emasculateth bulls.\n 3Then to a tawny-coloured string the wise and skilful bind a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0brush.\n \u00a0\u00a0Let bandages make impotent the strong and active K\u0101bava.\n 4Ye who move active in your strength like Gods with Asuras'\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0magic powers,\n \u00a0\u00a0Even as the monkey scorns the dogs, Bandages! scorn the\n \u00a0\u00a0K\u0101bava.\n 5Yea, I will chide thee to thy shame, I will disgrace the K\u0101bava. p. a75\n \u00a0\u00a0Under our impracations ye, like rapid cars, shall pass away.\n 6One and one hundred over earth are the Vishkandhas spread\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0abroad.\n \u00a0\u00a0Before these have they fetched thee forth. Vishkandha quelling\n \u00a0\u00a0Amulet.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 3: Hymn 9: A charm against rheumatism (vishkondha)","type":"page"}