Sukta 32
दर्भः। शतकाण्डो दुश्च्यवनः सहस्रपर्ण उत्तिरः । दर्भो य उग्र ओषधिस्तं ते बध्नाम्यायुषे
dárbhaḥ | śatá-kāṇḍo duścyavanáḥ sahásra-parṇa uttiráḥ | dárbho yá ugró óṣadhis táṃ te badhnā́my ā́yuṣe
Darbha—hundred-stemmed, hard to dislodge, thousand-leaved, surpassing. That Darbha which is a fierce herb, that do I bind upon thee for life.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (herb/amulet hymn; r̥ṣi not specified in excerpt).
Devata: Darbha as personified herb (Oṣadhi).
Chandas: Mixed; descriptive epithets with concluding binding clause (late AV style).
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