Sukta 3
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific r̥ṣi not stated in the provided excerpt; commonly indexed to Atharvan/Angiras lineages for healing hymns).
Devata: Bheṣaja (the Remedy) / the mountain-born healing power (implicit).
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvavedic healing prose-verse tendency; not securely determinable from a single mantra without full hymn metrical audit).
Ye ek ilaj wala mantra hai jo body se galat nikalti cheez ko rokne ke liye bola jata hai. Jaise koi zakhm se khoon ya maav nikal ke ruk nahi raha, usse band karne ke liye ye prayog karte hain. Is mantra mein pahad, dharti aur samundar ki taakat se medicine ko charge kiya jata hai. Ye roga ko shant karke bhagane ka kaam karta hai. Mantra mein baar baar ye kehte hain ki dawa ne bimari ko maarna shuru kar diya hai. Isse body ka system theek ho jata hai aur aasraav ruk jata hai.
Mantras
Mantra 1
आस्रावस्य भेषजम्। अ॒दो यद॑व॒धाव॑त्यव॒त्कमधि॒ पर्व॑तात्। तत् ते॑ कृणोमि भेष॒जं सुभे॑षजं॒ यथास॑सि
Zakhm se jo paani beh raha hai, uski dawai yahan hai. Jo paani pahad se neeche aa raha hai, usse main dawai bana raha hoon. Yeh bahut acchi dawai hai. Isse tumhara zakhm theek ho jayega, saaf ho jayega.
Mantra 2
आद॒ङ्गा कु॒विद॒ङ्गा श॒तं या भे॑ष॒जानि॑ ते । तेषा॑मसि॒ त्वमु॑त्त॒मम॑नास्रा॒वमरो॑गणम्
Tumhare ang, tumhare shareer ke hisse, tumhe pata hai ang kya hote hain. Tumhari sau dawaiyan hain, tumhare paas. In sab mein se tum sabse badi dawai ho. Tum zakhm ko rokta hai, bimari ko bhagata hai.
Mantra 3
नी॒चैः ख॑न॒न्त्यसु॑रा अरु॒स्राण॑मि॒दं म॒हत्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मनीनशत्
Asura log neeche khodte hain. Yeh bada zakhm hai jo beh raha hai. Uske liye badi dawai chahiye. Woh dawai zakhm ke liye hai, aur bimari ko gayab kar deti hai.
Mantra 4
उ॒प॒जीका॒ उद् भ॑रन्ति समु॒द्रादधि॑ भेष॒जम्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मशीशमत्
Upajika naam ki jeev samundar se dawaai laati hain. Yeh us zaakhm ki dawaai hai jo bahta hai. Yeh bimari ko theek karti hai aur roog ko shant kar deti hai.
Mantra 5
अ॒रु॒स्राण॑मि॒दं म॒हत् पृ॑थि॒व्या अध्युद्भृ॑तम्। तदा॑स्रा॒वस्य॑ भेष॒जं तदु॒ रोग॑मनीनशत्
Yeh bahut badi dawaai hai jo dharti se upar aayi hai. Yeh us phode ya zaakhm ke liye hai jo bahta rehta hai. Yeh dawaai bimari ko mita deti hai aur roog door kar deti hai.
Mantra 6
शं नो॑ भवन्त्व॒प ओष॑धयः शि॒वाः । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रो॒ अप॑ हन्तु र॒क्षस॑ आ॒राद् विसृ॑ष्टा॒ इष॑वः पतन्तु र॒क्षसा॑म्
Paani aur saari jadi-bootiyan humein shanti dein aur bhala karein. Indra ki vajra buri taakaton ko maar bhagaye. Teer door se chal kar un buri taakaton par giren.
Frequently Asked Questions
It targets āsrāva—an abnormal “running” discharge such as an oozing sore or bleeding/flux—and aims to stop the flow and restore health.
The hymn invokes Bheṣaja, the Remedy itself, treating medicine as a divine healing power sourced from mountain, earth, and sea.
A healer recites it over a prepared medicine (herb/mineral and water), then applies it to the affected area as a wash or dressing, repeating the refrain that it is “the remedy for āsrāva.”
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