Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 24 Dec 2011 08:00 and updated at 24 Dec 2011 08:08
HYMN XVII (17) Raktha Dhamani Vandana
A charm to be used at venesection
(AVŚ_1,17.1a) amūr yā yanti yoṣito hirā lohitavāsasaḥ |
(AVŚ_1,17.1c) abhrātara iva jāmayas tiṣṭhantu hatavarcasaḥ ||1||
(AVŚ_1,17.2a) tiṣṭhāvare tiṣṭha para uta tvaṃ tiṣṭha madhyame |
(AVŚ_1,17.2c) kaniṣṭhikā ca tiṣṭhati tiṣṭhād id dhamanir mahī ||2||
(AVŚ_1,17.3a) śatasya dhamanīnāṃ sahasrasya hirāṇām |
(AVŚ_1,17.3c) asthur in madhyamā imāḥ sākam antā araṃsata ||3||
(AVŚ_1,17.4a) pari vaḥ sikatāvatī dhanūr bṛhaty akramīt |
(AVŚ_1,17.4c) tiṣṭhatelayatā su kam ||4||
[0101701] Those maidens there, the veins, who run their course in robes of ruddy hue, Must now stand quiet, reft of power, like sisters who are brother less.
[0101702] Stay still, thou upper vein, stay still, thou lower, stay, thou midmost one, The smallest one of all stands still: let the great vessel even be still.
[0101703] Among a thousand vessels charged with blood, among a thousand veins, Even these the middlemost stand still and their extremities have rest.
[0101704] A mighty rampart built of sand hath circled and encompassed you: Be still, and quietly take rest.