Sukta 8
अ॒ङ्ग॒भे॒दम॑ङ्गज्व॒रं वि॑श्वा॒ङ्ग्यंऽ वि॒सल्प॑कम्। सर्वं॑ शीर्ष॒ण्यंऽ ते॒ रोगं॑ ब॒हिर्निर्म॑न्त्रयामहे
aṅgabhédam aṅgajvaráṃ viśvāṅgyàṃ visálpakam | sárvaṃ śīrṣaṇyàṃ te rógaṃ bahír nírmantrayāmahé ||
Limb-rending pain, fever of the limbs, the all-pervading malady, and visalpaka—every head-affliction of thine, O disease, we charm forth and drive without.
अङ्गभेदम् अङ्गज्वरं विश्वाङ्ग्यं विसल्पकम् च। सर्वं शीर्षण्यं ते रोगं बहिर्निर्मन्त्रयामहे।
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (healing seer; specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt)
Devata: Roga/Takman complex as personified disease to be expelled (apotropaic address)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (4 pādas of ~8 syllables; refrain-like cadence)
Primary: vira
Secondary: raudra
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