Atharva Veda 19.39.7: Kanda 19, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 39, Mantra 7
Sukta 39
हि॒र॒ण्ययी॒ नौर॑चर॒द्धिर॑ण्यबन्धना दि॒वि। तत्रा॒मृत॑स्य॒ चक्ष॑णं॒ ततः॒ कुष्ठो॑ अजायत । स कुष्ठो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजः सा॒कं सोमे॑न तिष्ठति । त॒क्मानं॒ सर्वं॑ नाशय॒ सर्वा॑श्च यातुधा॒न्यः
hiraṇyáyī náur acarad hiraṇyabandhanā diví | tatrā́mṛ́tasya cákṣaṇaṃ tatáḥ kúṣṭho ajāyata | sá kúṣṭho viśvá-bheṣajaḥ sā́kaṃ sómena tiṣṭhati | takmā́naṃ sárvaṃ nāśaya sárvāś ca yātudhānyàḥ
A golden ship went moving in the heaven, gold-bound. 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.
हिरण्ययी नौरचरद्धिरण्यबन्धना दिवि। तत्रामृतस्य चक्षणं ततः कुष्ठो अजायत। स कुष्ठो विश्वभेषजः साकं सोमेण तिष्ठति। तक्मानं सर्वं नाशय सर्वाश्च यातुधान्यः।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Kuṣṭha (herb-deity) with Soma; adversaries: takman and yātudhānīs
Chandas: Late Atharvanic, anuṣṭubh-like with refrain
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: bhayankara
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