Sukta 20
Rishi: To be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 6.20 (not provided in excerpt).
Devata: Takman (Fever), with yakṣma as the targeted affliction.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-like expansion (requires metrical verification; the verse is longer than standard Anuṣṭubh).
Is mantra mein Takman naam ke bukhar ko bulaya gaya hai. Ye bukhar aur kamzori ko ek shakti maan ke treat kiya hai. Mantra kehta hai ki bukhar patient ko chhod ke chale jaye. Woh logon ko dhundhe jo koi niyam nahi follow karte. Ghar wale bar bar naman karke apna bachav karte hain. Ye ek healing mantra hai jo bukhar ko door bhagane ke liye hai. Thoda sa redirection bhi hai ki bimari dusre ki taraf jaye. Isse ghar mein suraksha milti hai aur patient theek hota hai.
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। अ॒ग्नेरि॑वास्य॒ दह॑त एति शु॒ष्मिण॑ उ॒तेव॑ म॒त्तो वि॒लप॒न्नपा॑यति । अ॒न्यम॒स्मदि॑च्छतु॒ कं चि॑दव्र॒तस्तपु॑र्वधाय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु त॒क्मने॑
Yeh mantra bimari ko aag ki tarah jala ke bhaga deta hai. Bimari aadmi ke andar se nikal ke bhaagti hai, jaise nasha mein aadmi chillata hai waise bimari rona chilla ke hatati hai. Ab woh bimari kisi aur ko dhoond le, koi bhi ho, jo vrat nahi rakhta, usse pakad le. Takman naam ki bimari ko pranaam hai.
Mantra 2
नमो॑ रु॒द्राय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु त॒क्मने॒ नमो॒ राज्ञे॒ वरु॑णाय॒ त्विषी॑मते । नमो॑ दि॒वे नमः॑ पृथि॒व्यै नम॒ ओष॑धीभ्यः
Rudra ko pranaam ho. Bukhar ko bhi pranaam ho. Varuna raja hai, unko bhi pranaam ho. Aasmaan ko pranaam, dharti ko pranaam, aur saari podhon ko pranaam ho.
Mantra 3
अ॒यं यो अ॑भिशोचयि॒ष्णुर्विश्वा॑ रू॒पाणि॒ हरि॑ता कृ॒णोषि॑ । तस्मै॑ तेऽरु॒णाय॑ ब॒भ्रवे॒ नमः॑ कृणोमि॒ वन्या॑य त॒क्मने॑
Yeh bukhar sab cheezon ko peela kar deta hai. Yeh jalta hai aur sab rang badal deta hai. Main tum peele aur bhure rang wale bukhar ko pranaam karta hoon. Tum jungle mein paida hue ho.
Frequently Asked Questions
It addresses takman (fever) together with yakṣma (wasting/consumptive sickness), aiming to drive the affliction out and prevent its return.
That line reflects a common Atharvanic “turning away/transfer” strategy: the disease is commanded to leave the patient and be redirected away from the ritually ordered household.
The hymn offers homage to the plants as empowered healers; it sacralizes herbal treatment by placing it under cosmic protection (Heaven–Earth) and divine oversight (Rudra/Varuṇa).
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