Atharva Veda 6.30.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 2
Sukta 30
यस्ते॒ मदो॑ऽवके॒शो वि॑के॒शो येना॑भि॒हस्यं॒ पुरु॑षं कृ॒णोषि॑ । आ॒रात् त्वद॒न्या वना॑नि वृक्षि॒ त्वं श॑मि श॒तव॑ल्शा॒ वि रो॑ह
yás te mádo ’vakeśó vikéśo yénābhihásyaṃ púruṣaṃ kṛṇóṣi | ārā́t tvád anyā́ vánāni vṛ́kṣi tváṃ śami śatá-valśā ví róha
That rapture of thine, O Śamī, which loosens and scatters the hair, whereby thou makest a man a thing for laughter—far from thee hew down the other forest-growths; but thou, O hundred-branched Śamī, spring forth and grow abroad.
Jener Rausch der deinen, o Śamī, der das Haar löst und zerstreut, wodurch du einen Menschen zum Gelächter machst – fern von dir haue die anderen Waldgewächse nieder; du aber, o hundertzweigige Śamī, sprieße hervor und wachse weithin.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed generically in this plant-hymn complex)
Devata: Śamī (personified tree-power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable, by cadence and length)
Primary: raudra
Secondary: hasya
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