Atharva Veda · 273 of 724

HYMN CV

A charm to cure cough 1. Rapidly as the fancy flies forth with conceptions of the mind.   So following the fancy’s flight, O Cough, flee rapidly away. 2. Rapidly as an arrow flies away with keenly-sharpened point,   So swiftly flee away, O Cough, over the region of the earth! 3. Rapidly as the beams of light, the rays of Sūrya, fly away,   So, Cough! fly rapidly away over the current of the sea!