Atharva Veda 19.38.2: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 38, Mantra 2
Sukta 38
विष्व॑ञ्च॒स्तस्मा॒द् यक्ष्मा॑ मृ॒गा अश्वा॑ इवेरते । यद् गु॑ल्गु॒लु सै॑न्ध॒वं यद् वाप्यासि॑ समु॒द्रिय॑म्
víṣvañcaḥ tasmā́d yákṣmā mṛgā́ áśvā iva īrate | yád gúlgulu saíndhavám yád vā apyā́si samudríyam
From him, on every side, consumption fleeth away, as wild beasts, as horses, rush in flight—when guggulu, Sindhu-salt, or sea-born salt thou admixest (therewith).
विष्वञ्चस्तस्माद् यक्ष्मा मृगा अश्वा इवेरते—यद् गुल्गुलु सैन्धवं यद् वा अप्यासि समुद्रियम्।
Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (specific r̥ṣi uncertain without Anukramaṇī).
Devata: Bheṣaja (guggulu + salt) as anti-yákṣma power.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like.
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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