Atharva Veda · 60 of 724

HYMN XXIX

A benediction on a sick man 1. Gods, give him all that earth hath best with bodily strength and    happy fate.   Agni and Sūrya grant him life, Brihaspati give him eminence! 2. Bestow thou life on him, O Jātavedas. Store him with future    progeny, O Tvashtar.   Send him, O Savitar, full growth of riches. Let this thy servant    live a hundred autumns. 3. May this our prayer bring strength and goodly offspring. Give,    both of you one-minded, strength and riches.   Let him with might win fields and victory, Indra! setting beneath    his feet the rest, his rivals. 4. As Indra’s gift, by Varuna instructed the fierce one came to us    sent by the Maruts.   Let him, O Heaven and Earth, rest in your bosom. Let him not    hunger, let him not be thirsty. 5. Ye twain endowed with vigour, grant him vigour. Ye who are    rich in milk, give milk to feed him.   These twain have given him vigour, Earth and Heaven, and all    the Gods, the Maruts, and the Waters. 6. With health-bestowing drops thine heart I comfort: all-bright    again, and undiseased, enjoy them.   Drest in like robes let these two drink the mixture, wearing    the Asvins’ form as an illusion. 7. Erst Indra, wounded, made this strengthening portion, eternal    food: thine is it, here presented.   With this live full of vigour through the autumns. Let not thy    strength be drained. Leeches have helped thee.