Mantra 1
Sukta 12
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। जरायुजः प्रथम उस्रियो वृषा वातभ्रजा स्तनयन्नेति वृष्ट्या। स नो मृडाति तन्व ऋजुगो रुजन् य एकमोजस्त्रेधा विचक्रमे
yakṣmanāśanam | jarāyujáḥ prathamá usríyo vṛ́ṣā vātábhrajā stanáyann eti vṛ́ṣṭyā | sá no mṛḍāti tanvá ṛjugó rújan yá ekám ójas tredhā vícakrame ||
A destroyer of Yakṣma: the afterbirth-born, the first and foremost, the ruddy Bull—wind-flashing, thundering—advances with the rain. May he show us grace unto the body, straight-going, crushing (the ill), even he who with single might strode forth in threefold wise.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as transmitted for AV healing hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī).
Devata: Storm-power as healing agent (often read through Indra/Parjanya/Rudra-like epithets; the ‘three strides’ evokes Viṣṇu-style pervasion).
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly triṣṭubh-like cadence in the main pādas (edition-dependent).
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