Sukta 39
अ॒श्व॒त्थो दे॑व॒सद॑नस्तृ॒तीय॑स्यामि॒तो दि॒वि। तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ चक्ष॑णं॒ ततः॒ कुष्ठो॑ अजायत । स कुष्ठो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजः सा॒कं सोमे॑न तिष्ठति । त॒क्मानं॒ सर्वं॑ नाशय॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः
aśvatthó devásadanas tṛtī́yasyāmitó diví | tatrā́mṛ́tasya cákṣaṇaṃ tatáḥ kúṣṭho ajāyata | sá kúṣṭho viśvá-bheṣajaḥ sā́kaṃ sómena tiṣṭhati | takmā́naṃ sárvaṃ nāśaya sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ
The Aśvattha, a seat of Gods, in the third, the boundless heaven—there is the visible station of Immortality: thence Kuṣṭha was born. That Kuṣṭha, the universal remedy, standeth together with Soma. Destroy thou every fever, and all the Yātudhānī witches.
ಅಶ್ವತ್ಥವು ದೇವರ ಆಸನ; ಮೂರನೆಯ, ಅಪಾರವಾದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅಮೃತದ ದೃಶ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಾನವಿದೆ; ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಕುಷ್ಠ ಹುಟ್ಟಿತು. ಆ ಕುಷ್ಠವು ವಿಶ್ವಭೇಷಜ (ಸರ್ವರೋಗಹರ ಔಷಧಿ), ಸೋಮದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನಿಂತಿದೆ. ನೀನು ಎಲ್ಲ ತಕ್ಮಾನ (ಜ್ವರ)ವನ್ನು ನಾಶಮಾಡು; ಮತ್ತು ಎಲ್ಲ ಯಾತುಧಾನೀ (ಮಂತ್ರವೈದ್ಯೆ/ಡೈಣಿ)ಗಳನ್ನೂ.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type for Bhaisajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution for AVŚ 19.39 varies by anukramaṇī)
Devata: Kuṣṭha (personified herb) with Soma as co-agent; takman as adversary
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-dominant with prose-like expansions (late Atharvanic style in Book 19)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira
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