Atharva Veda 4.37.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 4, Sukta 37, Mantra 1
Sukta 37
कृमिनाशनम्। त्वया॒ पूर्व॒मथ॑र्वाणो ज॒घ्नू रक्षां॑स्योषधे । त्वया॑ जघान क॒श्यप॒स्त्वया॒ कण्वो॑ अ॒गस्त्यः॑
kr̥mí-nāśanam | tváyā́ pū́rvam átharvāṇo jaghnú rákṣāṃsy oṣadhe | tváyā́ jaghāna kaśyápas tváyā́ káṇvo agástyaḥ ||
Worm-slaying art thou. By thee of old the Atharvans smote the Rākṣasas, O Herb; by thee did Kaśyapa slay, by thee did Kaṇva, Agastya.
कृमिनाशनं त्वम्। हे ओषधे, त्वया पूर्वम् अथर्वाणो रक्षांसि जघ्नुः। त्वया कश्यपो जघान; त्वया कण्वोऽगस्त्यश्च।
Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic seers; the verse itself cites Atharvans, Kaśyapa, Kaṇva, Agastya as precedent authorities
Devata: Oṣadhi (the Herb) as personified healer; secondarily anti-rākṣasa power
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
Primary: vira
Secondary: adbhuta
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