Atharva Veda · 182 of 724

HYMN XIV

A charm against consumption 1. Remove thou all Decline that lurks within the members and the    joints,   The firmly-settled heart-disease that racks the bones and rends    the limbs. 2. From the consumptive man I pluck Decline as ’twere a severed    part.   I cut the bond that fetters him, even as a root of cucumber. 3. Begone, Consumption, hence away, like a young foal that runs.    at speed.   Then, not pernicious to our men, flee, yearly visitant like grass!