Mantra 1
Sukta 32
महद्ब्रह्म। इदं जनासो विदथ महद् ब्रह्म वदिष्यति । न तत् पृथिव्यां नो दिवि येन प्राणन्ति वीरुधः
mahád bráhma | idáṃ jánāso vidátha mahád bráhma vadiṣyati | ná tát pṛthivyā́ṃ nó diví yéná prāṇánti vīrúdhaḥ
A mighty spell is this: know ye it, O men; a mighty spell he will pronounce. There is not on earth, nor yet in heaven, aught like that whereby the plants draw breath and live.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly attributed at hymn-level in Anukramaṇī—requires collation).
Devata: Brahman (Mantra) / Oṣadhī-Vīrudh (Plants as living healing agents)
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly triṣṭubh-like cadence in sense-units (requires metrical verification against pada-count in a critical edition).
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