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I. CHARMS TO CURE DISEASES AND POSSESSION BY DEMONS OF DISEASE (BHAISHAGYKNI).
V, 22. Charm against takman (fever) and related diseases.
1. May Agni drive the takman away from here, may Soma, the press-stone, and Varuna, of tried skill; may the ...
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II. PRAYERS FOR LONG LIFE AND HEALTH (ĀYUSHYĀNI).
III, 11. Prayer for health and long life.
1. I release thee unto life by means of (my) oblation, from unknown decline, and from consumption. If Grāhi (seizure) has caught hold (gagrāha) of this person he...
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III. IMPRECATIONS AGAINST DEMONS, SORCERERS, AND ENEMIES (ĀBHIKĀRIKĀNI AND KRITYĀPRATIHARANĀNI).
I, 7. Against sorcerers and demons.
1. The sorcerer (yātudhāna) that vaunts himsel and the Kimīdin do thou, O Agni, convey hither! For thou, O god, when lau...
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IV. CHARMS PERTAINING TO WOMEN (STRiKARATkV1).
II, 36. Charm to obtain a husband.
1. May, O Agni, a suitor after our own heart come to us, may he come to this maiden with our fortune! May she, agreeable to suitors, charming at festivals, promptl...
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V. CHARMS PERTAINING TO ROYALTY (RĀGAKARMĀNI).
IV, 8. Prayer at the consecration of a king.
1. Himself prosperous (bhūto), he does put strength into the beings (bhūteshu); he became the chief lord of the beings (bhūtānām). To his consecration death does...
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VI. CHARMS TO SECURE HARMONY, INFLUENCE IN THE ASSE-NIBLY, AND THE LIKE (SĀMMANASYĀNI, ETC.).
III, 30. Charm to secure harmony.
1. Unity of heart, and unity of mind, freedom from hatred, do I procure for you. Do ye take delight in one another, a...
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VII. CHARMS TO SECURE PROSPERITY IN HOUSE, FIELD, CATTLE, BUSINESS, GAMBLING, AND KINDRED MATTERS.
III, 12. Prayer at the building of a house.
1. Right here do I erect a firm house: may it stand upon a (good) foundation, dripping with ghee! Thee may we ...
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VIII. CHARMS IN EXPIATION OF SIN AND DEFILEMENT.
VI, 45. Prayer against mental delinquency.
1. Pass far away, O sin of the mind! Why dost thou utter things not to be uttered? Pass away, I love thee not! To the trees, the forests go on! With the house, t...
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IX. PRAYERS AND IMPRECATIONS IN THE INTEREST OF THE BRAHMANS.
V, 18. Imprecation against the oppressors of Brahmans.
1. The gods, O king, did not give to thee this (Cow) to eat. Do not, O prince, seek to devour the cow of the Brāhmana, which is unfit to...
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X. COSMOGONIC AND THEOSOPHIC HYMNS.
XII, 1. Hymn to goddess Earth.
1. Truth, greatness, universal order (rita), strength. consecration, creative fervour (tapas), spiritual exaltation (brahma), the sacrifice, support the earth. May this earth, the mistre...
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