Sukta 91
Kanda 6Anuvaka 10Sukta 913 Mantras

Sukta 91

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Bhaiṣajya (medicine) / Yakṣman-removal power (functional devatā)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

In Atharvavedic healing language, yakṣman is a wasting, lingering affliction (often linked with consumption-like decline). Here it is also called rapas, a harmful wasting influence to be driven away.

Barley is treated as a tangible carrier of bhaiṣajya power: it is compounded in measured mixtures (‘yogas’) and empowered by mantra so it can ‘turn back’ and expel the wasting harm from the patient’s body.

The hymn declares the Waters to be medicines and disease-dispersers for all. Consecrated water is used to purify, soothe, and seal the treatment so the remedy becomes complete and enduring.