Sukta 13
कर्णा श्वावित् तदब्रवीद् गिरेरवचरन्तिका। याः काश्चेमाः खनित्रिमास्तासामरसतमं विषम्
kárṇā śvā́vit tád abravīd girér avacarántikā | yā́ḥ kā́ś cemā́ḥ khanitrímās tāsām arásatamaṃ viṣám
Karnā, Śvāvit—thus spake she that cometh down from the mountain: whatever these be, earth-dug (burrow-born), of them (be) the poison most sapless.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī-dependent)
Devata: Viṣa; named poison-beings (Karnā, Śvāvit) and habitat-sources
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
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