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vi. 23- BOOK VI. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAMHITA. 298
3. In the impulse (savd) of the divine impeller {savitdr) let men do
their [sacred] work; weal to us be the waters, the herbs propitious.
Ppp. reads krnvanti in b. Here, to preserve the balance of forms, apds has to be
understood as nominative.
24. To the waters: for blessings.
\^amtdti (?). — abdevatyam.
dnustubham.']
Found also in Paipp. xix. Reckoned in Kau9. (9. 2) to the brhachanti gana, and
(note to 7.14) to the apath suktani ; used in a rite for good-fortune (41.14) with
vi. 19 etc.: see under 19; and also (30. 13) in a healing ceremony for heart-burn,
dropsy, etc.
Translated : Florenz, 279 or 31 ; Grill, 13, 161 ; Griffith, i. 258 ; Bloomfield, 12, 471.
1. They flow forth from the snowy (mountain); in the Indus somewhere
[is their] gathering; may the heavenly waters give to me that
remedy for heart-burn.
Ppp. reads, for a, b, himaiiatah prasravatas ids sindhujtt upagachatah. In d, the
true reading is of course hrddyo-, and SPP. so reads, though doubtless against his rass.,
as certainly against all ours ; it is a very rare thing to find the full form written in such
a case (and hence the /artja-text WvcaAvc hr-dyota in i. 22. i).
2. Whatever hath burnt (a-dyut) in my eyes, and what in my heels,
my front feet ; may the waters remove all that — they of physicians the
most excellent physicians.
The collocation of suffering parts in a, b is very odd ; Ppp. seems to read for a,
yad aksibhydm ad-, and, for b, parsnibhydm hrdayena ca ; for d, tvasta ristam ivi
'nasah. One or two of our mss. (P.H.) agree with some of SPP's in reading karat at
end of C ; and two of his have nih before it. The pada-dAvision. subhisak°tama is
taught in Prat. iv. 46.
3. Ye whose spouse is the Indus, whose king is the Indus, all ye
streams that are— give us the remedy for this ;
you.
for that would we enjoy
Ppp. exchanges the place of the two epithets in a. The comm. reads stana at end
of b. Before sthdna most of our mss. retain the final h, as usual ; SPP. does not note
anything as to his authorities.
25. For relief from pains (?) in neck and shoulders.
\(^unah^epa. — fnantroktamanyd\di'\vind^anadevatyam.
dnustubkam^
Found also in Paipp. xix. Used in Kaug. (30. 14) in a healing rite against gandafndlds,
with kindling fifty-five /arafw (comm., -f«) leaves by chips.
Translated: Kuhn, KZ. xiii. 130 (with Germanic parallels); Florenz, 280 or 32;
Griffith, i. 258 ; Bloomfield, 19, 472 (cf. AJP. xi. 323).
I. Both the five and the fifty that gather against those of the nape —
let them all disappear from here, like the noises (} vdkd) of the apacits.