Atharva-Veda Samhita/Book VI/Hymn 105

105. To get rid of cough.

[Unmocana—kāsādevatyam. ānuṣṭubham.]

Not found in Pāipp. except 2 a, b in xix. Employed by Kāuç. (31. 27) in a remedial rite against cough and catarrh.

Translated: Ludwig, p. 510; Zimmer, p. 385; Griffith, i.302; Bloomfield, 8, 513.—Cf. Hillebrandt, Veda-chrestomathie, p. 50.

1. As the mind with mind-aims flies away swiftly, so do thou, O cough, fly forth, after the forth-driving (?) of the mind.

The comm. paraphrases manasketāis with manasā buddhivṛttyā ketyamānāir jñāyamānāir dūrasthāir viṣayāiḥ; and the obscure pravāyyam with pragantavyam avadhim.

2 As the well-sharpened arrow flies away swiftly, so do thou, O cough, fly forth, after the stretch (?) of the earth.

The comm. explains saṁvat by saṁhatapradeça, which at least shows his perplexity.

3. As the sun's rays fly away swiftly, so do thou, O cough, fly forth, after the outflow of the ocean.

In all these verses, all the authorities anomalously accent the vocative, kā́se; our edition makes the called-for emendation to kāse; SPP. reads kā́se.