Mantra 1
Sukta 85
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। वरणो वारयाता अयं देवो वनस्पतिः । यक्ष्मो यो अस्मिन्नाविष्टस्तमु देवा अवीवरन्
yákṣmanāśanam | varaṇó vā́rayātā ayáṃ devó vanaspátiḥ | yákṣmo yó asmínnā́viṣṭás tám u devā́ avīvaran
A slayer of wasting-sickness: let Varana, this god, the Lord of the Forest, repel it. The wasting-disease which hath entered into this man—him have the Gods driven forth and kept afar.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric; specific r̥ṣi attribution requires pada-anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as divine healer; secondarily ‘the Gods’ as expellers of yákṣma
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against metrical scansion in a critical edition)
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