Atharva Veda 6.21.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 21, Mantra 1
Sukta 21
केशवर्धनी औषधिः। इ॒मा यास्ति॒स्रः पृ॑थि॒वीस्तासां॑ ह॒ भूमि॑रुत्त॒मा। तासा॒मधि॑ त्व॒चो अ॒हं भे॑ष॒जं समु॑ जग्रभम्
keśavardhanī́ óṣadhiḥ | imā́ yā́s tisráḥ pṛthivī́s tāsā́ṃ ha bhū́mir uttamā́ | tāsā́m ádhi tváco aháṃ bheṣajáṃ sámu jagrabhám
The Hair-Increaser is a herb. Of these three earths, verily the soil is the highest; from their surface-skin have I wholly taken the remedy.
केशवर्धनी एक औषधि है। इन तीन पृथिवियों में निश्चय ही भूमि सर्वोत्तम है; उन्हीं की त्वचा-सी सतह से मैंने यह भेषज पूर्णतः ग्रहण किया है।
Rishi: Atharvanic seer tradition for oṣadhi hymns (often anonymous/collective in later indices).
Devata: Oṣadhi (the herb) and Bhūmi/Pṛthivī as source of medicinal power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh tendencies with prose-like opening label; metrical classification varies due to the initial rubric-like phrase.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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