Atharva Veda 7.76.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 1
Sukta 76
गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। आ सु॒स्रसः॑ सु॒स्रसो॒ अस॑तीभ्यो॒ अस॑त्तराः । से हो॑रर॒सत॑रा लव॒णाद् विक्ले॑दीयसीः
gaṇḍamālā-cikitsā | ā́ su-srásaḥ su-sráso ásatībhyo ásattarāḥ | sé horara-sattarāḥ laváṇād ví-kledīyasīḥ
Treatment for the neck-swellings: Break up, break up well; from those that are malign and ‘unreal’ become yet more as nothing. Yea, let them crumble the more; by salt let them be dried away, let their moisture fail.
Heilmittel gegen Halsgeschwülste (gaṇḍamālā): Zerfallt, zerfallt gründlich; von dem, was bösartig und „unwirklich“ ist, werdet noch mehr zu Nichts, gleichsam nicht-seiend. Ja, mögt ihr umso mehr zerbröckeln; durch Salz mögt ihr austrocknen, eure Feuchtigkeit möge versiegen.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: The disease entity (gaṇḍamālā) as addressed adversary; salt as auxiliary power
Chandas: Not securely determinable from input alone
Primary: raudra
Secondary: shanta
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