{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av07056.htm","path":"hin/av/av07056.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av07056.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Whether it came from viper, from black snake or snake with\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0transverse stripes,\n \u00a0\u00a0Or Kankaparvan's bite, this herb hath made the poison power-\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0less.\n 2Honey-born, honey-dropping, rich in honey, honeysweet, this\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0herb,\n \u00a0\u00a0Is medicine that heals the wound and kills the gnat that bites\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and stings.\n 3Whatever bit, or sucked thy blood, we summon thence away\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0from thee\n \u00a0\u00a0The ineffectual poison of the little sharply-stinging gnat.\n 4Thou here who crookest wicked jaws, thou tortuous, jointless,\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0limbless thing,\n \u00a0\u00a0These jaws thou, Br\u0101hmanaspati! shalt bend together like a\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0reed.\n 5This scorpion here that creeps along, low on the ground and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0powerless\u2014 p. a294\n \u00a0\u00a0I have removed his poison and then utterly demolished him.\n 6No strength in thy two arms hast thou, nor in thy head, nor in\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thy waist:\n \u00a0\u00a0Then what is that small thing thou so viciously bearest in thy\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tail?\n 7The emmets make a meal of thee and peahens tear and mangle\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thee:\n \u00a0\u00a0All ye are crying out, In sooth the scorpion's poison hath no\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0strength.\n 8Thou creature who inflictest wounds both with thy mouth and\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0with thy tail,\n \u00a0\u00a0No poison in thy mouth hast thou: what at thy tail's root will\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0there be?","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 7: Hymn 56: A charm against poisonous bites and stings","type":"page"}