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Hymns of the Atharva Veda, by Ralph T.H. Griffith, [1895], at sacred-texts.com


HYMN CIX

A charm to heal punctured wounds

1The Berry heals the missile's rent, it heals the deeply-piercing
   wound.
  The Gods prepared and fashioned it. This hath sufficient power
   for life.
2When from their origin they came, the Berries spake among
   themselves:
  The man whom we shall find alive shall never suffer injury. p. a251
3Asuras buried thee in earth: the Gods again uplifted thee.
  Healer of sickness caused by wounds and healer of the missile's
   rent.


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