Sukta 16
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Remedy/Herb as potent agent (implicit); alternatively the addressed power behind the medicine
Chandas: Not fully determinable from the truncated opening; Atharvanic mixed style
Yeh ek ilaj wala mantra hai jisme dawa ko bulaya ja raha hai. Pehle use bail bola ja raha hai jo taqatwar hai. Phir use rasa bola ja raha hai jo bah raha hai. Mantra kehta hai agar tum yeh ho to tum vris-roga ko thik kar sakte ho. Aise bol ke dawa ko taqat milti hai. Ant mein dawa pani dene wala ban jata hai. Yeh rog ko shant karta hai aur shakti wapas lata hai.
Mantras
Mantra 1
वृषरोगशमनम्। यद्ये॑कवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Yeh mantra bimari ko shant karne ke liye hai. Agar tum ek bail ho, aur tumhare andar taakat bah rahi hai, toh yeh tumhe theek karega.
Mantra 2
यदि॑ द्विवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tum mein do bail jaisi taakat hai, aur tum mein ras bah raha hai, toh theek hai. Aisa hi raho.
Mantra 3
यदि॑ त्रिवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tum mein teen bail jaisi taakat hai, aur tum mein ras bah raha hai, toh theek hai. Aisa hi raho.
Mantra 4
यदि॑ चतुर्वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tum mein chaar bail jaisi taakat hai, aur tum mein ras bah raha hai, toh theek hai. Aisa hi raho.
Mantra 5
यदि॑ पञ्चवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tum mein paanch bail jaisi taakat hai, aur tum mein ras bah raha hai, toh theek hai. Aisa hi raho.
Mantra 6
यदि॑ षड्-वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tumme chh saand jaisi taakat ho, toh theek hai. Agar tumhare andar ras bahe jaise ped ka ras, toh bhi theek hai. Yeh mantra kehta hai ki tumhari taakat maan li gayi hai.
Mantra 7
यदि॑ सप्तवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tumme saat saand jaisi taakat ho, toh bhi maan liya. Agar tumhare andar ras bahe, toh woh bhi sahi hai. Yeh mantra tumhari taakat ko maanta hai.
Mantra 8
यद्य॑ष्टवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tumme aath saand jaisi taakat ho, woh bhi theek hai. Agar tumhare andar ras bahe, toh woh bhi maan liya. Yeh mantra kehta hai ki tumhari shakti kabhi kam nahi hoti.
Mantra 9
यदि॑ नववृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tumme nau saand jaisi taakat ho, toh bhi sahi hai. Agar tumhare andar ras bahe, toh woh bhi theek hai. Yeh mantra tumhari taakat ko badhte jaane ka sign hai.
Mantra 10
यदि॑ दशवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
Agar tumme das saand jaisi taakat ho, toh bhi maan liya. Agar tumhare andar ras bahe, toh woh bhi sahi hai. Ab yeh bahut badi taakat hai aur mantra ise maanta hai.
Mantra 11
यद्ये॑काद॒शोऽसि॒ सोऽपो॑दको ऽसि
Agar tum gyarah ho, toh tum paani dene wale ho. Yeh bol raha hai ki gyarah ki taakat paani laane mein hai.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to calm and cure an illness named vṛṣa-roga by empowering a medicinal sap/juice (rasa) through mantra-recitation and then applying or administering it.
That formula is a consecration technique: the remedy is identified with increasing measures of strength (“bull-power”), so the medicine is ritually intensified and made protective as well as curative.
It signals the final healing mode: the empowered agent is aligned with the purifying Waters—bringing cooling, cleansing, and restorative hydration, especially suitable for heat, irritation, or impurity-linked illness.
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