Atharva Veda 19.39.8: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 8
Sukta 39
यत्र॒ नाव॑प्र॒भ्रंश॑नं॒ यत्र॑ हि॒मव॑तः॒ शिरः॑ । तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ चक्ष॑णं॒ ततः॒ कुष्ठो॑ अजायत । स कुष्ठो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजः सा॒कं सोमे॑न तिष्ठति । त॒क्मानं॒ सर्वं॑ नाशय॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः
yátra nā́va-prabhraṃ́śanaṃ yátra himávataḥ śíraḥ | tatrā́mṛ́tasya cákṣaṇaṃ tatáḥ kúṣṭho ajāyata | sá kúṣṭho viśvá-bheṣajaḥ sā́kaṃ sómena tiṣṭhati | takmā́naṃ sárvaṃ nāśaya sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ
Where is the ship’s slipping-down, where the head of Himavat—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.
जिथे नौकेचे घसरून-उतरणे आहे, जिथे हिमवताचे शिर आहे—तेथे अमृताचे प्रत्यक्ष स्थान आहे; तेथून कुष्ठ उत्पन्न झाला. तो कुष्ठ, विश्वभेषज, सोमासह एकत्र स्थित राहतो. तू सर्व तक्ष्मा (ज्वर) नाश कर; आणि सर्व यातुधानी स्त्रियांचाही नाश कर.
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Kuṣṭha (herb) and Soma; adversaries: takman, yātudhānīs
Chandas: Late Atharvanic, refrain-based anuṣṭubh-like
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: vira
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