Sukta 6
यः कृणोति मृतवत्सामवतोकामिमां स्त्रियम्। तमोषधे त्वं नाशयास्याः कमलमञ्जिवम्
yáḥ kṛṇóti mṛtávatsām ámavatokām imā́ṃ stríyam | tám oṣadhe tváṃ nāśayāsyā́ḥ kámalam añjí vam ||
Whoso makes this woman a mother of dead babes, desiring offspring yet unblest—him, O Herb, do thou destroy; from her drive out the kamala and the añjiva.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (generic attribution)
Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb, personified) as healing agent
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
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