Atharva Veda 7.74.1: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 74, Mantra 1
Sukta 74
गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। अ॒प॒चितां॒ लोहि॑नीनां कृ॒ष्णा मा॒तेति॑ शुश्रुम । मुने॑र्दे॒वस्य॒ मूले॑न॒ सर्वा॑ विध्यामि॒ ता अ॒हम्
apacitā́ṃ lóhinīnām kṛ́ṣṇā mātéti śuśrúma | munér devásya mū́lena sárvā vidhyāmi tā́ ahám ||
Of the red swellings, men say, ‘Black is the mother’: so have we heard. With the root of the divine Sage I cleave them all asunder, even those swellings.
गण्डमालाचिकित्सा। अपचितां लोहिनीनाṃ विषये श्रूयते—‘कृष्णा माता’ इति। देवस्य मुनेः मूलेन अहं ताः सर्वाः अपचितः विद्यामि, भिनद्मि, विच्छिनद्मि।
Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition (specific r̥ṣi not given in supplied excerpt).
Devata: Medicinal root / Kṛṣṇā (as plant-power) / healing efficacy personified.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; two 8-syllable pādas per half-verse in typical AV style).
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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