Atharva Veda 1.12.3: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 3
Sukta 12
मु॒ञ्च शी॑र्ष॒क्त्या उ॒त का॒स ए॑नं॒ परु॑ष्परुरावि॒वेशा॒ यो अ॑स्य । यो अ॑भ्र॒जा वा॑त॒जा यश्च॒ शुष्मो॒ वन॒स्पती॑न्त्सचतां॒ पर्व॑तांश्च
muñcá śīrṣaktyā́ utá kāsá enaṃ párūṣparuḥ āvivéśa yó asyá | yó abhrájā́ vātájā́ yáś ca śúṣmo vanaspátīn sacatā́m párvatāṃś ca
Loose him from headache; yea, and from cough—him whom the rending limb-pain hath entered and possessed. What is cloud-begotten, what is wind-begotten, and what fierce surge of malady—let the Forest-Lords (the plants) attend, and the Mountains also.
Löse ihn vom Kopfschmerz, ja auch vom Husten—ihn, den der reißende Gliederschmerz betreten und besessen hat. Was wolkengeboren ist, was windgeboren ist, und welcher wilde Ansturm der Krankheit—mögen die Waldherren, die Pflanzen, beistehen, und auch die Berge.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed at hymn-level in the Anukramaṇī; to be specified by consulting the AVŚ anukramaṇī for 1.12).
Devata: Bhaiṣajya/vanaspati powers; implicitly the expelling force against kāsa, śīrṣa-śakti, and parūṣparu.
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (to be verified against pada-count in the school’s metrical analysis).
Primary: karuna
Secondary: shanta
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