{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/av/av19039.htm","path":"hin/av/av19039.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/av/av19039.htm","text":"Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895]\n1Let Kushtha from the Hill of Snow come, a divine deliverer.\n \u00a0\u00a0Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away.\n 2Kushtha, three several names hast thou, Nagham\u0101ra,\n \u00a0\u00a0Nagh\u0101risha: let not mishap befall this man,\n \u00a0\u00a0For whom I make a charm of thee at eve, at morning, and by\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0day.\n 3Jival\u0101 is thy mother's name, thy father's name is Jivala; let not\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0mishap, etc.\n 4Thou art the best amid the plants, even as the ox is best of\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0tame, the tiger of rapacious beasts: let not mishap, etc.\n 5Born thrice from the \u0100dityas, thrice from Bhrigus, thrice from\n \u00a0\u00a0Angiras' sons, born from the Visve Devas thrice, p. 243\n \u00a0\u00a0Healer of every malady, that Kushtha stands by Soma's side.\n \u00a0\u00a0Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away.\n 6In the third heaven above us stands the Asvattha tree, the seat\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of Gods:\n \u00a0\u00a0There is embodiment of life that dies not: thence was Kushtha\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0born.\n 7There moved through heaven a golden ship, a ship with cordage\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0wrought of gold:\n \u00a0\u00a0There is embodiment of life that dies not; thence was Kushtha\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0born.\n 8Where is the Sinking of the Ship, the summit of the Hill of\n \u00a0\u00a0Snow,\n \u00a0\u00a0There is embodiment of life that dies not: thence was Kustha\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0born.\n \u00a0\u00a0Healer of every malady, that Kushtha stands by Soma's side.\n \u00a0\u00a0Banish thou all Consumption, drive all sorceresses far away.\n 9Thou whom Ikshv\u0101ku's ancestor, whom he who well-loved\n \u00a0\u00a0Kushtha, knew,\n \u00a0\u00a0Whom V\u0101yasa and M\u0101tsya knew, hence healer of all ills art\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0thou.\n 10O thou who hast all-reaching might drive away Fever, drive it\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0down,\n \u00a0\u00a0Head racking Fever, tertian, continual, lasting for a year.","title":"Atharva Veda: Book 19: Hymn 39: A protective charm","type":"page"}