ANCIENT HINDU TANTRA, PART III
THE ATHARVA VEDA
edited by Swami Tantrasangha

HYMNS OF THE ATHARVAVEDA
from The Sacred Books of the East Series,
edited by E. Max Mueller

V,4:3. The asvattha-tree is the seat of the gods in the third heaven
from here. There the gods procured the kushtha (Kusha Grass), the
visible manifestation of (code-word for) amrita (ambrosia). 10. Pain
in the head, affliction in the eye, and ailment(s) of the body, all
that shall the kushtha heal - a divinely powerful (remedy), forsooth!
XIX,39:3,5-9. Thy mother's name is Givala ("quickening"); thy
father's name is Givanta ("living"). Verily no harm shall suffer this
person here... 5. ...this kushtha, a universal remedy, stands
together with (is the same as) Soma. 6. The asvattha-tree (of Life,
i.e. the human body) is the seat of the gods in the third heaven from
here. There came to sight the amrita (ambrosia), there the kushtha-
plant was (Re)born. 7. A golden ship...moved upon the heavens. There
came to sight the amrita, there the kushtha-plant was born. This
kushttha, a universal remedy, stands together with Soma.
9. ...therefore art thou (Kushttha, Soma, the "fruit" of the Tree of
Life) a universal remedy.
II,3:1,3,6. The spring-water (Four Sacraments of Genetic Efflux)
yonder which runs down upon the mountain, (with) that do I render
healing for thee, in order that thou mayest contain a potent remedy.
3. Deep down do the Asuras (demons, but the Ahuras of the Zend-Avesta
are angels) bury (reject) this healer (medicine) of wounds, which is
the cure for discharges, and which hath removed disease. 6. May the
waters afford us welfare...
VI,44:2-3. Of the hundred remedies which thou hast, of the thousand
which have been collected, this is the most excellent cure for
discharges, (and) the best remover of disease. 3. THOU ART THE URINE
OF RUDRA (Siva), the navel of amrita (ambrosia). (Thou art) a remover
of diseases.
I,3:7-8. I split open thy penis like the dike of a lake - thus let
thy URINE be relaeased, out completely, with the sound "bal" (Baal?)
8. Relaxed is the opening of thy bladder, like the ocean, the
reservoir of water - thus let thy URINE be released...
VI,24:1-3. May the waters, indeed, grant me that cure for heart-ache!
2. The pain that hurts me in the eyes...(or) the heels...the waters,
the most skilled of physicians, shall put all that to rights! 3. Ye
rivers all, whose mistress is Sindhu, whose queen is Sindhu, grant us
the remedy for that: Through this (remedy) may we derive benefit for
you!
III,7:5. The waters, verily, are healers, the waters are scatterers
of disease. The waters cure all diseases.
VI,57:2. With (urine) do ye wash (the tumour), with URINE do ye
sprinkle it! The URINE IS A POTENT REMEDY: do thou (Rudra) with it
show mercy to us, that we may live!
V,5:1-7. ...Thou art the sister of the gods. 2. He that drinks thee
lives: (That) person thou dost preserve, for thou art the supporter
of all successive (generations), the refuge of men. 3. Every tree
thou dost climb, like a wench, lusting for a
man. "Victorious", "firmly founded", "saving", verily, is thy name.
4. The wound that has been inflicted by the club, by the arrow, or by
fire, of that thou art the cure: Do thou cure this person here!