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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages for maṇi and bheṣaja hymns; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on Anukramaṇī tradition for this sukta).
Devata: Jāṅgiḍa (as personified remedy/amulet) and the apotropaic power opposed to Viṣkandha and Attrins.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; short pādas with Atharvanic cadence—confirmable against pada-count in a metrical edition).
この短いアタルヴァ系の呪歌は、ジャーンギダ(Jāṅgiḍa)を神より授けられたマニ(護符/霊薬)として力づけ、身につける者をヴィシュカンダ(Viṣkandha)類の病厄、ラークシャサの勢力、そして「貪り食う者たち」(attrins)から守護する。さらにそれを「万病の薬」(viśvabheṣaja)として位置づけ、敵対する霊的作用や呪詛(kṛtyā)を退けるだけでなく、人の寿命を危難の彼方へと「運び進める」ものとして語る。
Mantra 1
दीर्घायुःप्राप्तिः। दी॒र्घा॒यु॒त्वाय॑ बृह॒ते रणा॒यारि॑ष्यन्तो॒ दक्ष॑माणाः॒ सदै॒व। म॒णिं वि॑ष्कन्ध॒दूष॑णं जङ्गि॒डं बि॑भृमो व॒यम्
長寿を得るために、偉大なる闘争のために。われらは常に損なわれず、力を奮い立たせつつ、護符――Jāṅgiḍa(ジャーンギダ)――を身に帯びる。これはViṣkandha(ヴィシュカンダ)の禍を砕き、奪い害する者をも腐らせるもの。
Mantra 2
जङ्गि॒डो ज॒म्भाद् वि॑श॒राद् विष्क॑न्धादभि॒शोच॑नात्। म॒णिः स॒हस्र॑वीर्यः॒ परि॑ णः पातु वि॒श्वतः॑
Jambha(ジャンバ)より、Viśará(ヴィシャラー)より、Viṣkandha(ヴィシュカンダ)より、Abhiśocana(アビショーチャナ)より――千の力を具えたこの護符が、四方よりわれらを取り巻き守護せよ。
Mantra 3
अ॒यं विष्क॑न्धं सहते॒ऽयं बा॑धते अ॒त्त्रिणः॑ । अ॒यं नो॑ वि॒श्वभे॑षजो जङ्गि॒डः पा॒त्वंह॑सः
これはヴィシュカンダ(Viṣkandha)を制し、これは喰らう者どもを追い払う。万薬の薬たるこのジャーンギダ(Jāṅgiḍa)が、われらを苦難と害より守護せよ。
Mantra 4
दे॒वैर्द॒त्तेन॑ म॒णिना॑ जङ्गि॒डेन॑ मयो॒भुवा॑ । विष्क॑न्धं॒ सर्वा॒ रक्षां॑सि व्याया॒मे स॑हामहे
神々より授けられた護符、安楽をもたらすジャṅギḍa(Jaṅgiḍa)の珠によって、われらは戦列においてヴィシュカンダ(Viṣkandha)と一切のラクシャサ(Rākṣasa)を打ち破る。
Mantra 5
श॒णश्च॑ मा जङ्गि॒डश्च॒ विष्क॑न्धाद॒भि र॑क्षताम्। अर॑ण्याद॒न्य आभृ॑तः कृ॒ष्या अ॒न्यो रसे॑भ्यः
シャナ(Śaṇa)とジャṅギḍa(Jaṅgiḍa)とが、ヴィシュカンダ(Viṣkandha)からわれを守護せよ。一つは林より携え来たもの、もう一つは耕地より、草木の汁液より得たもの。
Mantra 6
कृ॒त्या॒दूषि॑र॒यं म॒णिरथो॑ अराति॒दूषिः॑ । अथो॒ सह॑स्वान् जङ्गि॒डः प्र ण॒ आयुं॑षि तारिषत्
この護符は作為の呪詛(kṛtyā)を破り、また敵意と災いをも破る。さらに、力あるジャṅギḍa(Jaṅgiḍa)が、われらの寿命を安らかに渡し越えさせよ。
Jāṅgiḍa is the name of a protective remedy treated as a living power embodied in an amulet (maṇi). The hymn speaks to it as an active guardian that repels afflictions and hostile forces.
Viṣkandha is an Atharvanic term for a harmful, obstructive affliction—often imagined as a binding force that causes distress. The sukta’s aim is to overpower and drive it away using the Jāṅgiḍa-maṇi.
The verses are recited over a prepared amulet while it is held and then tied onto the person (neck/arm/waist) as protection. The hymn explicitly frames the object as ‘this’ effective remedy, meant to be worn or applied.
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