Mantra 10
Sukta 32
सपत्नहा शतकाण्डः सहस्वानोषधीनां प्रथमः सं बभूव । स नोऽयं दर्भः परि पातु विश्वतस्तेन साक्षीय पृतनाः पृतन्यतः
sapatnahā́ śatá-kāṇḍaḥ sáhasvān óṣadhīnāṃ prathamáḥ sáṃ babhūva | sá no ’yáṃ darbhaḥ pári pātu viśvátaḥ téna sākṣīya pṛ́tanāḥ pṛtanyatáḥ ||
Rival-slayer, hundred-stemmed, mighty, he hath become the first of herbs. May this our Darbha guard us round about from every side: by it may I win the battles against the battling foe.
सपत्न-हन्ता, शत-काण्ड, महाबली—वह औषधियों में प्रथम हुआ है। यह हमारा दर्भ हमें चारों ओर, सब दिशाओं से, रक्षा करे; इसी के द्वारा मैं युद्ध करने वाले शत्रु के विरुद्ध युद्धों में विजय पाऊँ।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (late compilation stratum)
Devata: Darbha as oṣadhi-rāja (king/first of herbs)
Chandas: Jagatī/triṣṭubh-mixed late style (approximate; requires pada-count verification per recension)
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