Atharva Veda 9.8.22: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 8, Mantra 22
Sukta 8
सं ते॑ शी॒र्ष्णः क॒पाला॑नि॒ हृद॑यस्य च॒ यो वि॒धुः । उ॒द्यन्ना॑दित्य र॒श्मिभिः॑ शी॒र्ष्णो रोग॑मनीनशोऽङ्गभे॒दम॑शीशमः
sáṃ te śīrṣṇáḥ kapālā́ni hṛ́dayasya ca yó vidhúḥ | udyánn āditya raśmíbhíḥ śīrṣṇó rógam anīnaśo ’ṅgabhedám aśīśamaḥ ||
Together have thy skull-bones been set, and that which hath disordered the heart. Rising, O Āditya, with thy rays, from the head hast thou driven the disease away; the limb-rending pain have we made to subside.
قد التأمتْ معًا عظامُ جمجمتك، وكذلك ما أفسدَ القلبَ واضطربه. انهضْ، يا آدِتْيا، بأشعّتِك؛ فمن الرأسِ قد طردتَ الداءَ بعيدًا، وقد أسكنّا ألمَ تمزيقِ الأعضاء.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above for AV 9.8)
Devata: Āditya (Sun) as healer; roga as adversary
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic flexibility)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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