पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (कुषुम्भकः) अल्पः कुषुम्भो नकुलः (तत्) (अब्रवीत्) ब्रूते (गिरेः) शैलात् (प्रवर्त्तमानकः) प्रकृष्टतया वर्त्तमानः (वृश्चिकस्य) (अरसम्) अविद्यामानरसम् (विषम्) (अरसम्) (वृश्चिकः) यो वृश्चति छिनत्त्यङ्गानि तस्य (ते) तस्य (विषम्) ॥ १६ ॥

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - In fact every poison, it seems, carries its own antidote which has to be isolated, analysed and developed like all the vaccines in modern medicine and all the drugs in homeopathic medicine. The dose of the poison would depend upon the effect desired as in the case of all stimulants, intoxicants and painkillers.$The myth of churning of the ocean by the Devas and Asuras (gods and demons) is an all-time symbol of the contradictions alias complementarities of nature, whichever way you want to put it. It shows that both nectar and poison are born of the ocean of nature and the power that consumes and assimilates the poison for the sake of the continuance of life and existence is Shiva, lord of nature’s justice and ferocity on the one hand, and lord of the saving grace of Divinity on the other. The word for this power of turning contradiction into complementarity, and turning the poison into honey- sweet nectar in this Sukta is ‘Harishtha’. For references to Madhu Vidya or the honey science of nectar we may turn to Yajurveda and the Upanishads specially Chhandogya Upanishad 3, 1-5, and Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, 2, 5, 1-19.