Sukta 127
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (commonly anonymous in AV medical charms)
Devata: Oṣadhi/Vanaspati (medicinal plant as deity-like agent); secondarily the expulsion of Yakṣma and allied diseases
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (medical charms often show non-R̥gvedic regularity; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
Ce bref hymne thérapeutique d’inspiration atharvanique est un charme médical direct qui ordonne à Yakṣma (maladie de dépérissement) et aux affections morbides associées — abcès (vidradha), balāsa‑phlegme, inflammation « rouge » et visalpaka (éruption qui s’étend) — d’être totalement éradiqués sans reste. L’hymne investit d’efficacité une plante médicinale (Oṣadhi/Vanaspati) et un remède nommé (cīpudru) afin qu’ils « arrachent » la maladie de sites corporels précis et qu’ils bannissent le Yakṣma caché (ajñāta) vers le bas et au loin.
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। वि॒द्र॒धस्य॑ ब॒लास॑स्य॒ लोहि॑तस्य वनस्पते । वि॒सल्प॑कस्योषधे॒ मोच्छि॑षः पिशि॒तं च॒न
Charme pour abattre le Yakṣma. Contre l’abcès, contre le flegme Balāsa, contre le mal rouge, ô Seigneur de la Forêt ; contre le Visalpaka, ô Plante médicinale (oṣadhi) — ne laisse aucun reste, aucune chair du tout.
Mantra 2
यौ ते॑ बलास॒ तिष्ठ॑तः॒ कक्षे॑ मु॒ष्कावप॑श्रितौ । वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं ची॒पुद्रु॑रभि॒चक्ष॑णम्
Ces deux tiens, ô Balāsa, qui demeurent fixés — logés dans l’aisselle, attachés aux testicules — j’en connais le remède : Cīpudru, à la vertu manifeste et pénétrante qui scrute.
Mantra 3
यो अङ्ग्यो॒ यः कर्ण्यो॒ यो अ॒क्ष्योर्वि॒सल्प॑कः । वि वृ॑हामो वि॒सल्प॑कं विद्र॒धं हृ॑दयाम॒यम्। परा॒ तमज्ञा॑तं॒ यक्ष्म॑मध॒राञ्चं॑ सुवामसि
Quelle visalpaka est dans les membres, quelle dans les oreilles, quelle dans les yeux — nous arrachons la visalpaka, l’abcès, le mal du cœur. Ce yakṣma inconnu, nous le chassons au loin ; vers le bas, nous l’envoyons.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yakṣma is a wasting, lingering disease-category in Atharvavedic medicine, often treated as a harmful force that must be expelled—especially when it is ‘unknown’ (ajñāta) or hidden in the body.
In the Atharvaveda, medicinal plants are personified as living healers whose power can be invoked by mantra; the herb is treated as an agent that searches out illness and removes it.
The hymn combines (1) naming and locating the disorder, (2) activating a specific remedy (cīpudru), and (3) a forceful ‘tearing out’ and banishing of disease—sending it downward and far away so it cannot remain or return.
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