Atharva Veda 8.7.2: Kanda 8, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 7, Mantra 2
Sukta 7
त्राय॑न्तामि॒मं पुरु॑षं॒ यक्ष्मा॑द् दे॒वेषि॑ता॒दधि॑ । यासां॒ द्यौष्पि॒ता पृ॑थि॒वी मा॒ता स॑मु॒द्रो मूलं॑ वी॒रुधां॑ ब॒भूव॑
trā́yantām imáṃ púruṣaṃ yákṣmād devéṣitā́d ádhi | yā́sāṃ dyáuḥ pitā́ pṛthivī́ mātā́ samudró mū́laṃ vīrúdhāṃ babhū́va ||
Let them protect this man from yakṣma, from the malady the Gods have sent. Of those whose father is the Sky, whose mother is the Earth, whose root and primal source the Ocean-waters have become.
त्रायन्तामिमं पुरुषं यक्ष्माद् देवेषितादधि । यासां द्यौष्पिता पृथिवी माता समुद्रो मूलं वीरुधां बभूव ॥ देवेषितात् यक्ष्मात् इमं पुरुषं ताः (ओषधयः) त्रायन्ताम्। यासां द्यौः पिता, पृथिवी माता; वीरुधां मूलं समुद्रः बभूव।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Oṣadhayaḥ/Vīrudhaḥ (Herbs/Plants) as saviors; disease entity: Yakṣma
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-family; verify against metrical counts in critical editions.
Primary: shanta
Secondary: karuna
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