Mantra 24
Sukta 4
तौदी नामासि कन्याऽघृताची नाम वा असि । अधस्पदेन ते पदमा ददे विषदूषणम्
taudī́ nā́māsi kanyā́’ghṛtācī́ nā́ma vā́ asi | adhaḥpadéna te padám ā́ dade viṣadū́ṣaṇam ||
Taudī by name thou art, a maiden; ‘Unghṛtācī’ by name, forsooth, thou art. With the lower step I set for thee a station—poison-spoiling, poison-destroying.
तौदी नाम से तू है, कन्या; और ‘अघृताची’ नाम से भी, निश्चय ही, तू है। अधःपद (निचले चरण) से मैं तेरे लिए पद-स्थान स्थापित करता हूँ—विष को दूषित करने वाला, विष का नाश करने वाला।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī lists for AV 10.4).
Devata: Taudī / Aghṛtācī as personified antidote; functionally the ‘viṣadūṣaṇa’ power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; pāda-length suggests anuṣṭubh-style).
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