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Plain text of Book 4, Hymn 12

1 Thou art the healer, making whole, the healer of the broken bone:

Make thou this whole, Arundhati!

2 Whatever bone of thine within thy body hath been wrenched or cracked,

May God set it properly, and join together limb by limb.

3 With marrow be thy marrow joined, thy limb united with the limb.

Let what hath fallen of thy flesh, and the bone also, grow again.

4 Let marrow close with marrow, let skin grow united with the skin.

Let blood and bone grow strong in thee, flesh grow together with the flesh.

5 Join thou together hair with hair, join thou together skin with skin.

Let blood and bone grow strong in thee. Unite the broken part, O Plant.

6 Arise, advance, speed forth: the car hath goodly fellies, naves, and wheels.

Stand up erect upon thy feet.

7 If he be torn and shattered, having fallen into a pit, or a cast stone have struck him,

Let the skilled healer join limb with limb, as 'twere the portions of a car.