Shloka 30
Āloka-dāna (Dīpa-dāna), Sumanas–Dhūpa–Dīpa Phala: Manu–Suvarṇa and Śukra–Bali Exempla
ओपषध्यो रक्तपुष्पाश्न कटुका: कण्टकान्विता: । शत्रूणामभिचारार्थमाथर्वेषु निदर्शिता:
oṣadhyo raktapuṣpāś ca kaṭukāḥ kaṇṭakānvitāḥ | śatrūṇām abhicārārtham ātharveṣu nidarśitāḥ ||
シュクラは言った。「アタルヴァの伝承には、敵を害するためのアビチャーラ（敵対の呪法）の儀礼には、赤い花をつけ、味は苦く、棘を備えた薬草を用いるべしと示されている。」
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse records an Atharvavedic prescription: certain plant qualities (red flowers, bitterness, thorns) are associated with abhicāra—harm-intending rites against enemies—thereby highlighting that some ritual knowledge is explicitly oriented toward aggression rather than healing.
Śukra, speaking as an authority on policy and specialized knowledge, cites Atharvavedic indications about which kinds of herbs are used in enemy-directed hostile rites, describing their identifying features rather than narrating a specific event.