English · William Dwight Whitney
Against leprosy
The eagle (suparṇá) was born first; of it thou wast the gall; then the Asura-woman, conquered by fight (yúdh), took shape as forest-trees.
Atharva Veda
Against leprosy
Against leprosy
The eagle (suparṇá) was born first; of it thou wast the gall; then the Asura-woman, conquered by fight (yúdh), took shape as forest-trees.
The Asura-woman first made this remedy for leprous spot, this effacer of leprous spot; it has made the leprous spot disappear, has made the skin uniform (sárūpa).
Uniform by name is thy mother; uniform by name is thy father; uniform-making art thou, O herb; ⌊so⌋ do thou make this uniform.
The swarthy, uniform-making one [is] brought up off the earth; do thou accomplish this, we pray; make the forms right again.