Sukta 30
यदन्त॑रं॒ तद् बाह्यं॒ यद् बाह्यं॒ तदन्त॑रम्। क॒न्याऽनां वि॒श्वरू॑पाणां॒ मनो॑ गृभायौषधे
yád ántaraṁ tád bā́hyaṁ yád bā́hyaṁ tád ántaram | kanyā́nāṁ viśvárūpāṇā́ṁ máno gṛbhāyauṣadhe ||
What is within, that is without; what is without, that is within. The mind of maidens, of manifold forms, do thou seize, O Herb.
యది అంతరంలో ఉన్నదో అదే బాహ్యంలోనూ ఉంది; యది బాహ్యంలో ఉన్నదో అదే అంతరంలోనూ ఉంది. విశ్వరూపములైన కన్యల మనస్సును నీవు గ్రహించుము, ఓ ఔషధీ (ఔషధ దేవతా).
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Āṅgirasa attribution for such charms; specific r̥ṣi not determinable from the single mantra alone).
Devata: Oṣadhi (Herb), as personified magical-healing power; secondarily 'Manas' (mind) as the object of seizure.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (8+8+8+8, with Atharvanic flexibility)
Primary: adbhuta
Secondary: shringara
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