Mantra 1
Sukta 21
केशवर्धनी औषधिः। इमा यास्तिस्रः पृथिवीस्तासां ह भूमिरुत्तमा। तासामधि त्वचो अहं भेषजं समु जग्रभम्
keśavardhanī́ óṣadhiḥ | imā́ yā́s tisráḥ pṛthivī́s tāsā́ṃ ha bhū́mir uttamā́ | tāsā́m ádhi tváco aháṃ bheṣajáṃ sámu jagrabhám
The Hair-Increaser is a herb. Of these three earths, verily the soil is the highest; from their surface-skin have I wholly taken the remedy.
Rishi: Atharvanic seer tradition for oṣadhi hymns (often anonymous/collective in later indices).
Devata: Oṣadhi (the herb) and Bhūmi/Pṛthivī as source of medicinal power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh tendencies with prose-like opening label; metrical classification varies due to the initial rubric-like phrase.
{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From naming and cosmic placement to confident acquisition of the remedy.","listener_experience":"Quiet assurance; sense of being supported by Earth’s stability and plant intelligence.","intensity":4}