Atharva Veda 9.3.23: Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 23
Sukta 3
इ॒मा आपः॒ प्र भ॑राम्यय॒क्ष्मा य॑क्ष्म॒नाश॑नीः । गृ॒हानुप॒ प्र सी॑दाम्य॒मृते॑न स॒हाग्निना॑
imā́ ā́paḥ prá bharāmy ayakṣmā́ yakṣmanā́śanīḥ | gr̥hā́n úpa prá sīdāmy amr̥téna sahā́gnínā ||
These Waters I bring forth—free from wasting-sickness, destroyers of wasting-sickness. Unto the houses I draw near and settle me, with Deathlessness, together with Agni.
ഈ ആപഃ (ജലങ്ങൾ) ഞാൻ മുന്നോട്ടു കൊണ്ടുവരുന്നു—യക്ഷ്മരഹിതം, യക്ഷ്മനാശിനി. ഗൃഹങ്ങളിലേക്കു ഞാൻ സമീപിച്ചു പാർക്കും—അമൃതത്വം (അമൃത) സഹിതം, അഗ്നിയോടൊപ്പം.
Rishi: Atharvanic domestic-healing corpus (not explicit here)
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters), Agni, Amṛta (as sacral potency)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Primary: shanta
Secondary: adbhuta
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