Mantra 2
Sukta 35
इमा यास्ते शतं हिराः सहस्रं धमनीरुत। तासां ते सर्वासामहमश्मना बिलमप्यधाम्
imā́ yā́s te śatáṃ hirā́ḥ sahásraṃ dhamánīr utá | tāsā́ṃ te sárvāsām ahám aśmánā bilám ápy adhām ||
These, which are thine—thy hundred veins, and thy thousand ducts besides—over the mouth of them all for thee, I, with a stone, have laid a covering.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi as per Anukramaṇī for 7.35)
Devata: Aśman (Stone) as apotropaic power; bodily channels personified as the field of action
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV domestic/healing charms)
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