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499 3. Waters [were] the beginning, heavenly herbs; they have made disappear from every limb thy sinful (enasyà) yákṣma.

4. The spreading, the bushy, the one-spathed, the extending herbs do I address; those rich in shoots, jointed (kāṇḍín), that have spreading branches (víçākha); I call for thee the plants that belong to all the gods, formidable, giving life to men.

5. What power [is] yours, ye powerful ones, [what] heroism and what strength [is] yours, therewith, O herbs, free ye this man from this yákṣma; now (átho) do I make a remedy.

6. The lively, by-no-means-harming, living herb, the non-obstructing, up-guiding, flourishing (? puṣyá) one, rich in sweets, do I call hither, for this man's freedom from harm.

7. Let the forethoughtful ones come hither, allies (medín) of my spell (vácas), that we may make this man pass forth out of difficulty.

8. Food of fire, embryo of the waters, they that grow up renewed, fixed, thousand-named—be they remedial [when] brought.

9. Wrapped in ávakā, water-natured, let the herbs, sharp-horned, thrust away difficulty.

10. Releasing, free from Varuṇa, formidable, that are poison-spoiling, also balā́sa-dispelling, and that are witchcraft-spoiling—let those herbs come hither.

11. Let the purchased, very powerful plants that are praised save in this village cow, horse, man, beast.