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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attributed within the Atharvan corpus; specific r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn).
Devata: Āyus (Long Life) / Varṇa (healthy complexion) as functional ‘deities’; implicitly the healing power resident in the charm.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant Atharvanic śloka-meter style)
『アタルヴァ・ヴェーダ』1.22は、harimā́(黄疸・衰弱に伴う病的な「黄み」)を追い払い、āyus(長寿)と健やかで赤みのさすvarṇa(健康な顔色)を回復させる短い治療呪である。作用は転移呪術によって説明され、病の色を植物の受け皿や黄色の媒介へ移し替える一方、患者の周囲に吉祥の赤い色調をあらためて打ち立て、守護の包膜としてまとわせる。
Mantra 1
हृद्रोग-कामिला-नाशनम्। अनु॒ सूर्य॒मुद॑यतां हृद्दयो॒तो ह॑रि॒मा च॑ ते । गो रोहि॑तस्य॒ वर्णे॑न॒ तेन॑ त्वा॒ परि॑ दध्मसि
(心の病と黄疸を滅するもの。)太陽の昇るに随って、それもまた起これ。汝の心より黄変(harimā)は出で去れ。赤き牝牛の色――その色をもって――われ汝を取り巻き、授け置く。
Mantra 2
परि॑ त्वा॒ रोहि॑तै॒र्वर्णै॑र्दीर्घायु॒त्वाय॑ दध्मसि । यथा॒यम॑र॒पा अस॒दथो॒ अह॑रितो॒ भुव॑त्
われらは赤き諸の色をもって汝をめぐらし、この護符を長寿のために据える。かくしてこの人が傷つかず、さらに蒼白(または黄ばみ)とならぬように。
Mantra 3
या रोहि॑णीर्देव॒त्या॒३ गावो॒ या उ॒त रोहि॑णीः । रू॒पंरू॑पं वयो॑वय॒स्ताभि॑ष्ट्वा॒ परि॑ दध्मसि
ローヒニー(Rohiṇī)を神格として宿す牝牛、またさらにローヒニーと呼ばれる牝牛――形は形に、齢は齢に重なりて――それらをもって汝を四方より取り巻き、守り置く。
Mantra 4
शुके॑षु ते हरि॒माणं॑ रोप॒णाका॑सु दध्मसि । अथो॒ हारि॑द्रवेषु ते हरि॒माणं॒ नि द॑ध्मसि
汝のために、śukáの草々に「黄変」(harimāṇa)を据え、ropāṇakāの繁みにはそれを植え込む。さらにまた、汝の鬱金(うこん)色の衣に、その「黄変」を伏せ置き、退かしめる。
It targets harimā́—‘yellowness’ associated with jaundice/weakness and inauspicious pallor—and seeks to restore a stable, healthy complexion and long life.
Yellow is treated as the disease-sign to be transferred out, while red (rohitá) is installed as the counter-sign of health and vitality, ritually ‘encircling’ the patient as protection.
The hymn uses transference: the practitioner symbolically deposits the patient’s harimā́ into plant receptacles and turmeric-yellow media, so the affliction leaves the body and is ‘laid down and away’ elsewhere.
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