Mantra 3
Sukta 90
यथा शेपो अपायातै स्त्रीषु चासदनावयाः । अवस्थस्य क्नदीवतः शाङ्-कुरस्य नितोदिनः । यदाततमव तत् तनु यदुत्ततं नि तत् तनु
yáthā śépo apā́yātai strī́ṣu cāsadánāvayāḥ | avasthásya knadī́vataḥ śāṅkurásya nitodínaḥ | yád ā́tatam áva tát tanú yád úttatam ní tát tanú
Even as the virile member may pass away from women, together with the hindrance to approach—of the standing, the oozing, the sprout-like, the piercing one—what is stretched out, that do thou let down; what is lifted up, that do thou set down.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (book-level tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī citation)
Devata: Bodily function/organ-state (implicit); operative power of mantra (vac) rather than a named deity
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic medical verses often deviate from strict RV meters)
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