Mantra 6
Sukta 39
अश्वत्थो देवसदनस्तृतीयस्यामितो दिवि। तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत । स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेन तिष्ठति । तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः
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.
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)
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