The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.186

c8.186

1. That with the help of the incantation, Agni, killer of rakṣas, push away from here one who, being ill, having a sinister name, sits in thy foetus, in thy womb.
2. That, which being disease, having a sinister name, sits in thy foetus, in thy womb, (he) the eater of flesh¹, with incantation Agni has expelled it.
3. The one, who kills thy (foetus), which is about to descend, which is seated, one who (kills it) when it slips fast, who wants to kill it when born, we suppress it from here.
4. The one who separates thy thighs, who lies down between husband and wife, who licks the womb inside, we suppress it from here.
5. The one, who having become a brother, a husband, having become a lover, lies down with you, the one who desires to kill thy progeny, we suppress it from here,
6. The one who lies down with you, having misled you by means of sleep, of obscurity, him who desires to kill thy progeny, we suppress it from here”.²