{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av05004.htm","path":"hin/av/av05004.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av05004.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Thou who wast born on mountains, thou most mighty of all\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0plants that grow.\n \u00a0\u00a0Thou Banisher of Fever, come, Kushtha! make Fever pass\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0away.\n 2Brought from the Snowy Mountain, born on the high hill where\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eagles breed,\n \u00a0\u00a0Men seek to buy thee when they hear: for Fever's Banisher\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0they know.\n 3In the third heaven above us stands the Asvattha tree, the seat\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of Gods.\n \u00a0\u00a0There the Gods sought the Kushtha Plant, embodiment of end-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0less life.\n 4There moved through heaven a golden ship, a ship with cordage\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wrought of Gold.\n \u00a0\u00a0There the Gods won the Kushtha Plant, the blossom of eternal\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0life. p. a159\n 5They sailed on pathways paved with gold, the oars they piled\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0were wrought of gold:\n \u00a0\u00a0All golden were the ships wherein they carried Kushtha down\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0to earth.\n 6O Kushtha, bring thou hitherward this man of mine, restore his\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0health,\n \u00a0\u00a0Yes, free him from disease for me.\n 7Thou art descended from thee Gods, Soma's benignant friend\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0art thou,\n \u00a0\u00a0Befriend my breath and vital air be gracious unto this mine eye.\n 8Sprung, northward, from the Snowy Hill thou art conveyed to\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0eastern men.\n \u00a0\u00a0There they deal out among themselves Kushtha's most noble\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0qualities.\n 9Most excellent, indeed, art thou, Kushtha! most noble is thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0sire.\n \u00a0\u00a0Make all Consumption pass away and render Fever powerless.\n 10Malady that affects the head, eye-weakness, bodily defect\u2014\n \u00a0\u00a0All this let Kushtha heal and cure: aye, godlike is the vigorous\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0power.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 5: Hymn 4: A charm against fever and other ailments","type":"page"}