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


HYMN XXV

A charm to remove pustules or scrofulous swellings (apachitas)

1May all the five-and-fifty which meet round the tendons of the
   neck.
  Depart and vanish hence away like plaguing insects buzz and
   hum!
2Those seventy-and-seven which meet round the upper vertebrae,
  Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects' buzz and
   hum!
3Those nine-and-ninety which, combined, attack the shoulder
   round about,
  Let them all vanish hence away like plaguing insects' buzz and
   hum!


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