Atharva Veda 6.22.1: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 22, Mantra 1
Sukta 22
भैषज्यम्। कृ॒ष्णं नि॒यानं॒ हर॑यः सुप॒र्णा अ॒पो वसा॑ना॒ दिव॒मुत् प॑तन्ति । त आव॑वृत्र॒न्त्सद॑नादृ॒तस्यादिद् घृ॒तेन॑ पृथि॒वीं व्यूऽदुः
bhaiṣajyám | kṛṣṇáṃ niyānáṃ hára yaḥ supárṇā ápo vásānā dívam út patanti | té āvavṛtrán sádanād ṛtásyā́d íd ghṛténa pṛthivī́ṃ ví ū’duḥ
A remedy is this: the dark, down-leading (mass); the tawny, fair-winged ones, clad with waters, fly aloft to heaven. They encompassed the seat of Order; and then, with ghee, they opened and moistened the Earth abroad.
यह एक इलाज है। काला बादल नीचे की तरफ ले जाता है। पानी पहने हुए पक्षी आसमान में उड़ते हैं। वो सत के स्थान को घेर लेते हैं। फिर घी से धरती को खोला और गीला किया।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV healing hymns)
Devata: Āpas (Waters), with Marutic/cloud agencies implied
Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Triṣṭubh-like cadence in Saunaka book 6 hymnic style
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shanta
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