Atharva Veda
Against various ailments (as results of lightning?)
Against various ailments (as results of lightning?)
First born of the afterbirth, the ruddy (usríya) bull, born of wind and cloud (?), goes thundering with rain; may he be merciful to our body, going straight on, breaking; he who, one force, hath stridden out threefold.
Thee, lurking (çri) in each limb with burning (çocís), we, paying homage, would worship (vidh) with oblation; we would worship with oblation the hooks, the grapples, [him] who, a seizer, hath seized this man's joints.
Release thou him from headache and from cough—whoever hath entered each joint of him; the blast (? çúṣma) that is cloud-born and that is wind-born, let it attach itself to forest-trees (vánaspáti) and mountains.
Weal [be] to my upper member (gā́tra), weal be to my lower, weal to my four limbs; weal be to my body.