Mantra 1
Sukta 90
इषुनिष्कासनम्। यां ते रुद्र इषुमास्यदङ्गेभ्यो हृदयाय च । इदं तामद्य त्वद् वयं विषूचीं वि वृहामसि
yā́m te rudrá iṣúm ā́syad áṅgebhyo hṛ́dayāya ca | idáṃ tā́m adyá tvád vayáṃ viṣū́cīṃ ví vṛ́hamasi
The arrow which thou, O Rudra, didst shoot—unto the limbs and unto the heart—this self-same, to-day, from thee, we pluck forth utterly, the far-wounding shaft.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous in AV; associated with Atharvan/Angiras healing corpus)
Devata: Rudra (as sender and, by appeasement, remover of the missile)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; AV healing verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)
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