Sukta 44
श॒तं या भे॑ष॒जानि॑ ते स॒हस्रं॒ संग॑तानि च । श्रेष्ठ॑मास्रावभेष॒जं वसि॑ष्ठं रोग॒नाश॑नम्
śatáṃ yā́ bheṣajāńi te sahásraṃ sáṃgatāni ca | śréṣṭham āsrāvá-bheṣajáṃ vásiṣṭhaṃ roga-nā́śanam ||
A hundred are the medicaments that are thine, and a thousand also, gathered into one. The best—medicine for the flux—most excellent, a destroyer of disease.
Hundert sind deine Heilmittel, und tausend dazu, zu einem Ganzen zusammengetragen. Das beste — ein Mittel gegen den Fluss — das vortrefflichste, ein Vernichter der Krankheit.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-seer not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Bheṣaja (healing power/medicament personified)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV 6th kāṇḍa healing verses)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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