{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av06014.htm","path":"hin/av/av06014.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av06014.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Remove thou all Decline that lurks within the members and the\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0joints,\n \u00a0\u00a0The firmly-settled heart-disease that racks the bones and rends\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the limbs.\n 2From the consumptive man I pluck Decline as 'twere a severed\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0part.\n \u00a0\u00a0I cut the bond that fetters him, even as a root of cucumber.\n 3Begone, Consumption, hence away, like a young foal that runs.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0at speed.\n \u00a0\u00a0Then, not pernicious to our men, flee, yearly visitant like grass!","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 6: Hymn 14: A charm against consumption","type":"page"}