Atharva Veda 9.8

śīrṣaktiṃ śīrṣāmayaṃ karṇaśūlaṃ vilohitam sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

Against various diseases

Headache, head-ailment, earache, anæmia (? vilohitá), every head-disease of thine, do we expel out [of thee] by incantation (nir-mantray-).

karṇābhyāṃ te kaṅkūṣebhyaḥ karṇaśūlaṃ visalpakam sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

From thy (two) ears, from thy kán̄kūṣas, the earache, the visálpaka, every head-disease etc. etc.

yasya hetoḥ pracyavate yakṣmaḥ karṇato āsyataḥ sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

For reason of which the yákṣma removes from ears, from mouth—every head-disease etc. etc.

yaḥ kṛṇoti pramotam andhaṃ kṛṇoti pūruṣam sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

Whatever one makes a man dumb (? pramóta), makes [him] blind—every head-disease etc. etc.

aṅgabhedam aṅgajvaram viśvāṅgyaṃ visalpakam sarvaṃ śīrṣanyaṃ te rogaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

Limb-splitting, limb-wasting, and visálpaka of all the limbs—every head-disease etc. etc.

yasya bhīmaḥ pratīkāśa udvepayati pūruṣam takmānaṃ viśvaśāradaṃ bahir nir mantrayāmahe

Of whom the fearful aspect makes a man tremble—the takmán of every autumn we expel out [of thee] by incantation.

ya ūrū anusarpaty atho eti gavīnike yakṣmaṃ te antar aṅgebhyo bahir nir mantrayāmahe

The yákṣma that creeps along the thighs, that goes also to the groins, from thy limbs within we expel etc. etc.

yadi kāmād apakāmāddhṛdayāj jāyate pari hṛdo balāsam aṅgebhyo bahir nir mantrayāmahe

If it is born out of desire, of aversion, of the heart—the balā́sa from thy heart, thy limbs we expel etc. etc.

harimāṇaṃ te aṅgebhyo 'pvām antarodarāt yakṣmodhām antar ātmano bahir nir mantrayāmahe

Yellowness from thy limbs, apvā́ from thy belly within, the yákṣma-maker from thy self within we expel etc. etc.

āso balāso bhavatu mūtraṃ bhavatv āmayat yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat

Let the balā́sa become ash, let it become sickening urine; the poison of all yákṣmas have I exorcised from thee.

This verse is not included in this edition.

Forth at the orifice let it run out, the kā́hābāha, from thy belly; the poison of all etc. etc.

udarāt te klomno nābhyā hṛdayād adhi yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat

Out of thy belly, lung, navel, heart, the poison of all etc. etc.

yāḥ sīmānaṃ virujanti mūrdhānaṃ praty arṣaṇīḥ ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that break apart the crown, rushers against the head (mūrdhán)—not injuring, free from disease, let them run out, out at the orifice.

yā hṛdayam uparṣanty anutanvanti kīkasāḥ ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that rush unto the heart, that stretch along the vertebrae—not injuring etc. etc.

yāḥ pārśve uparṣanty anunikṣanti pṛṣṭīḥ ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that rush unto the two sides, that stab (nikṣ) along the ribs—not injuring etc. etc.

yās tiraścīḥ uparṣanty arṣaṇīr vakṣaṇāsu te ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that rush on crosswise, rushers in thy belly (vakṣáṇā)—not injuring etc. etc.

yā gudā anusarpanty āntrāṇi mohayanti ca ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that creep along the intestines, and confound the entrails—not injuring etc. etc.

yā majjño nirdhayanti parūṃṣi virujanti ca ahiṃsantīr anāmayā nir dravantu bahir bilam

They that suck out the marrow, and break apart the joints—not injuring etc. etc.

ye aṅgāni madayanti yakṣmāso ropaṇās tava yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat

They that intoxicate (maday-) the limbs, the yákṣmas, thy gripers—the poison of all yákṣmas have I exorcised from thee.

visalpasya vidradhasya vātīkārasya vālajeḥ yakṣmāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ viṣaṃ nir avocam ahaṃ tvat

Of the visalpá, of the vidradhá, or of the vātīkārá, of the alaji—the poison etc. etc.

pādābhyāṃ te jānubhyāṃ śroṇibhyāṃ pari bhaṃsasaḥ anūkād arṣaṇīr uṣṇihābhyaḥ śīrṣṇo rogam anīnaśam

Forth from thy feet, knees, hips, buttock, spine, nape the pangs, from thy head the disease have I made disappear.

saṃ te śīrṣṇaḥ kapālāni hṛdayasya ca yo vidhuḥ udyann āditya raśmibhiḥ śīrṣṇo rogam anīnaśo 'ṅgabhedam aśīśamaḥ

Together the bones (kapā́la) of thy head, and the discusser (vidhú) of thy heart—arising, O Āditya, thou with thy rays hast made disappear the disease of the head, hast pacified the limb-splitter.