A Remedy for Snake-bite

There is in India a small state called Raghoghur, the Rajahs of which are said to possess the power of curing snake-bite, even though it be from the most deadly cobra or karait. This power has been handed down for centuries, and was firmly believed in during the year 1896, and even up to the present moment.

インドにラゴガルという小さな藩国があり、その藩王たちは蛇の咬み傷を——たとえそれが最も恐ろしいコブラやカラエトのものであっても——癒す力を持つと言われている。この力は幾世紀にもわたって受け継がれ、一八九六年の当時も固く信じられており、いまこの瞬間に至るまでそうである。

Every man bitten by a deadly snake in that place takes a bit of string, ties seven knots in it, and places it round his neck. As he goes along towards the Palace of the Rajah or Raghoghur, he keeps repeating "Jeth Singh," "Jeth Singh," "Jeth Singh," untying each knot while so doing.

その地で毒蛇に咬まれた者は誰でも、紐を一本取って七つの結び目をこしらえ、それを首にかける。そしてラゴガルの藩王の宮殿へ向かって歩きながら、「ジェト・シン」「ジェト・シン」「ジェト・シン」と唱え続け、そのあいだに結び目を一つずつ解いていく。

Arrived at the Palace, he salutes the assembled courtiers, and in their presence undoes the last of the seven knots. This done, the Rajah pours water on the bite and on the man's hands. A Brahmin gives his blessing, and he returns to the village cured.

宮殿に着くと、居並ぶ廷臣たちに挨拶し、その面前で七つ目の最後の結び目を解く。それが済むと、藩王が咬み傷とその者の手に水を注ぐ。バラモンが祝福を与え、その者は癒えて村へ帰る。

This power descends from father to son, and many are the wonderful cures reported from Raghoghur.

この力は父から子へと受け継がれ、ラゴガルからは数多くの驚くべき治癒が伝えられている。