Atharva Veda 19.39.6: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 6
Sukta 39
अ॒श्व॒त्थो दे॑व॒सद॑नस्तृ॒तीय॑स्यामि॒तो दि॒वि। तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ चक्ष॑णं॒ ततः॒ कुष्ठो॑ अजायत । स कुष्ठो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजः सा॒कं सोमे॑न तिष्ठति । त॒क्मानं॒ सर्वं॑ नाशय॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः
aśvatthó devásadanas tṛtī́yasyāmitó diví | tatrā́mṛ́tasya cákṣaṇaṃ tatáḥ kúṣṭho ajāyata | sá kúṣṭho viśvá-bheṣajaḥ sā́kaṃ sómena tiṣṭhati | takmā́naṃ sárvaṃ nāśaya sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ
The Aśvattha, a seat of Gods, in the third, the boundless heaven—there is the visible station of Immortality: thence Kuṣṭha was born. That Kuṣṭha, the universal remedy, standeth together with Soma. Destroy thou every fever, and all the Yātudhānī witches.
पीपल का पेड़ देवियों का बसेरा है, तीसरे आसमान में। वहाँ अमृत दिखाई देता है। वही से कुष्ठ पैदा हुआ। यह कुष्ठ हर बीमारी का इलाज है, सोमा के साथ रहता है। इससे सब बुखार और जादू-टोनी का नाश हो।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for Bhaisajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 19.39 varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Kuṣṭha (personified herb) with Soma as co-agent; takman as adversary
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-dominant with prose-like expansions (late Atharvanic style in Book 19)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira
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