
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Sūrya/Āditya
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical verification)
Mantra 1
भैषज्यम्। उत् सूर्यो॑ दि॒व ए॑ति पु॒रो रक्षां॑सि नि॒जूर्व॑न्। आ॒दि॒त्यः पर्वतेभ्यो वि॒श्वदृ॑ष्टो अदृष्ट॒हा
A remedy: Up from the sky the Sun advanceth, crushing down the Rākṣasas before him; the Āditya, from the mountains, all-seeing, slayer of the unseen.
Mantra 2
नि गावो॑ गो॒ष्ठे अ॑सद॒न् नि मृ॒गासो॑ अविक्षत । न्यू॒३र्मयो॑ न॒दीनं॒ न्य॑१दृष्टा॑ अलिप्सत
Down in the stall the cattle have sat safe; away the wild beasts have withdrawn. Down have the river-waves subsided; away have the unseen slunk off.
Mantra 3
आ॒यु॒र्ददं॑ विप॒श्चितं॑ श्रु॒तां कण्व॑स्य वी॒रुध॑म्। आभा॑रिषं वि॒श्वभे॑षजीम॒स्यादृष्टा॒न् नि श॑मयत्
Life-giving, wise, of good report—the herb of Kaṇva—have I brought hither: the all-medicining one; may it lay to rest, for this man, the unseen (ills).
Adṛṣṭa means “the unseen”—hidden causes of harm such as occult illness, invisible afflictions, or malign influence not easily diagnosed by ordinary means.
Because sunlight symbolizes perfect visibility and purification: the all-seeing Āditya exposes what is hidden and is invoked to crush and drive away hostile forces and unseen disease-agents.
The herb is brought to the patient as an ‘all-medicining’ remedy: it is touched or presented during recitation to bestow vitality and to pacify unseen afflictions affecting the person.
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