Atharva Veda · 43 of 724

HYMN VIII

A charm against hereditary disease (kshetriya) 1. Twin Stars of happy omen, named Releasers, have gone up.   May they   Loose, of inherited disease, the uppermost and lowest bond. 2. Vanish this Night, extinct in Dawn! Let those who weave their    spells depart.   So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease. 3. With straw of barley tawny-brown in colour with its silvery ears,    with stalk and stem of Sesamum-   So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease. 4. Let homage to thy ploughs be paid, our homage to the pole and    yokes.   So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease. 5. Homage to men with blinking eyes, homage to those who hear    and act! To the Field’s Lord be homage paid.   So let the plague-destroying Plant remove inherited disease.