Mantra 20
Sukta 7
शर्कराः सिकता अश्मान ओषधयो वीरुधस्तृणा । अभ्राणि विद्युतो वर्षमुच्छिष्टे संश्रिता श्रिता
śárkarāḥ síkatā́ áśmāna óṣadhayo vīrúdhas tṛ́ṇā | abhrā́ṇi vidyúto várṣam ucchíṣṭe saṃśritā́ śritā́
Gravels, sands, and stones; the healing herbs, the creeping plants, the grasses; the clouds, the lightnings, the rain—on Ucchiṣṭa are they stayed, on it established.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Ucchiṣṭa-hymn complex).
Devata: Ucchiṣṭa (as support of earth/plant/weather orders).
Chandas: Catalog-verse with Anuṣṭubh-like segmentation (exact chandas uncertain).
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