Atharva Veda Sukta 31
Kanda 2Anuvaka 4Sukta 315 Mantras

Sukta 31

Rishi: Atharvanic seer tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for bhaiṣajya hymns; specific r̥ṣi for 2.31 varies by anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Kṛmi (worms) as the addressed adversary; vāc/mantra as operative power; implicitly the healing force allied with Atharvanic speech.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing charms; this verse conforms to anuṣṭubh-like cadence though AV metrics can be flexible).

AV 2.31 は療病(bhaisajya)の呪章であり、kṛmi(虫・寄生虫)を滅し追放することを目的とする。kṛmi は身体内の寄生としてのみならず、病をもたらす敵対的存在としても捉えられる。讃歌は治癒を「砕き、打ち据える」行為として反復的に描き、インドラの dṛṣad(搾石・臼石)とアタルヴァ系の vāc(効力ある聖なる言葉/マントラ)を作動力として、身体のあらゆる部位にいる虫を粉砕し、その「生まれ(起源)」(janima)そのものを断って再来を防ぐ。

Mantras

Mantra 1

क्रिमिजम्भनम्। इन्द्र॑स्य॒ या म॒ही दृ॒षत् क्रिमे॒र्विश्व॑स्य॒ तर्ह॑णी । तया॑ पिनष्मि॒ सं क्रिमी॑न् दृ॒षदा॒ खल्वाँ॑ इव

【虫を砕く呪】インドラのあの偉大なる圧石、堅き磨石は、あらゆる虫を打ち倒すもの。その力をもって、われは諸々の虫をことごとく打ち砕く。臼にて磨石で搗くがごとく。

Mantra 2

दृ॒ष्टम॒दृष्ट॑मतृह॒मथो॑ कु॒रूरु॑मतृहम्। अ॒ल्गण्डू॒न्त्सर्वा॑न् छ॒लुना॒न् क्रिमी॒न् वच॑सा जम्भयामसि

見えるもの、見えぬもの――われらはそれらを引き裂き除く。クルール(Kurūru)をもまた引き裂き除く。すべてのアルガンドゥ(Algaṇḍu)、すべてのチャルナー(Chalunā)の虫、クリミ(Krimí)らを、われらは唱えられた言葉の力によって口を開かせ、打ち砕き伏せる。

Mantra 3

अ॒ल्गण्डू॑न् हन्मि मह॒ता व॒धेन॑ दू॒ना अदू॑ना अर॒सा अ॑भूवन्। शि॒ष्टानशि॑ष्टा॒न् नि ति॑रामि वा॒चा यथा॒ क्रिमी॑णां॒ नकि॑रु॒च्छिषा॑तै

アルガンドゥ(Algandū)らを、われは大いなる殺伐をもって打ち倒す。苦しむものも苦しまぬものも、みな汁気を失え。秩序あるものも無秩序のものも、われはヴァーチ(Vāc、言語)の力で押し退ける。虫どもは一匹たりとも残るな。

Mantra 4

अन्वा॑न्त्र्यं शीर्ष॒ण्य॑१मथो॒ पार्ष्टे॑यं॒ क्रिमी॑न्। अ॒व॒स्क॒वं व्य॑ध्व॒रं क्रिमी॒न् वच॑सा जम्भयामसि

腸にいる虫、頭に取りつく虫、また脇に住む虫――これらの虫。アヴァスカヴァ(Avaskava)の虫、ヴィヤードヴァラ(Vyādhvara)の虫――これらの虫を、われらは聖なる言葉(呪句)によって打ち砕き、すり潰して滅ぼす。

Mantra 5

ये क्रिम॑यः॒ पर्व॑तेशु॒ वने॒ष्वोष॑धीषु प॒शुष्व॒प्स्व॑१न्तः । ये अ॒स्माकं॑ त॒न्वऽमाविवि॒शुः सर्वं॒ तद्ध॑न्मि॒ जनि॑म॒ क्रिमी॑णाम्

山々に、森に、薬草に、家畜に、水の中に—内にひそむ—あらゆる虫どもよ。また我らの身体に入り込んだものよ。われはそれらすべてを打ち滅ぼし、虫どもの生起と繁殖とをも断つ。

Frequently Asked Questions

Both. The hymn targets kṛmi as bodily parasites and also as hostile disease-agents; Atharvanic healing speech treats the infestation and the malevolent “grip” behind it.

They provide a concrete ritual model for the cure: just as grain is crushed by stone in a mortar, the worms are imagined as being crushed by Indra-like force and by the mantra’s pressure.

The hymn does not only expel present worms; it also attacks their janima—their birth/source—symbolically severing the line of reproduction so the condition does not return.

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