Sukta 85
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। व॒र॒णो वा॑रयाता अ॒यं दे॒वो वन॒स्पतिः॑ । यक्ष्मो॒ यो अ॒स्मिन्नावि॑ष्ट॒स्तमु॑ दे॒वा अ॑वीवरन्
yákṣmanāśanam | varaṇó vā́rayātā ayáṃ devó vanaspátiḥ | yákṣmo yó asmínnā́viṣṭás tám u devā́ avīvaran
A slayer of wasting-sickness: let Varana, this god, the Lord of the Forest, repel it. The wasting-disease which hath entered into this man—him have the Gods driven forth and kept afar.
यह मंत्र बिमारी को मारता है। वरण देवता, जो जंगल का स्वामी है, वो इसे रोक देगा। जो बिमारी इस आदमी में घुसी है, देवता उसे बाहर भगा देंगे और दूर रखेंगे।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric; specific r̥ṣi attribution requires pada-anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as divine healer; secondarily ‘the Gods’ as expellers of yákṣma
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against metrical scansion in a critical edition)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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