Atharva Veda Sukta 7
Kanda 3Anuvaka 1Sukta 77 Mantras

Sukta 7

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/collective in medical charms)

Devata: Bheṣaja (Remedy) / Viṣāṇa (Horn) as empowered healing agent; implicitly anti-yákṣma force

Chandas: Mixed; predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic healing style)

AV 3.7は、yakṣma(消耗性の病)に近い、根を張って慢性的に「居座る」病患kṣetriyaを断ち切り、追い払うことを目的とする簡潔なアタルヴァン系の治療呪である。とりわけ頭辺に置かれる鹿/羚羊の角を、具体的な薬(bheṣaja)として力づけると同時に、星々(tārakāḥ)という「救い手」を招き、星の没する時や暁といった境界的な宇宙の刻を用いて、病の投げ縄を解き放ち、遠くへ駆逐する。

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.7

Mantras

Mantra 1

यक्ष्मनाशनम्। ह॒रि॒णस्य॑ रघु॒ष्यदोऽधि॑ शी॒र्षणि॑ भेष॒जम्। स क्षे॑त्रि॒यं वि॒षाण॑या विषू॒चीन॑मनीनशत्

消耗の病を滅するもの。すばやく滑る鹿の薬を頭上に据える。それは角によって、横にひろがる病、クシェートリヤ(kṣetriya)を追い払った。

Mantra 2

अनु॑ त्वा हरि॒णो वृषा॑ प॒द्भिश्च॒तुर्भि॑रक्रमीत्। विषा॑णे॒ वि ष्य॑ गुष्पि॒तं यद॑स्य क्षेत्रि॒यं हृ॒दि

強き牡鹿は汝に従い、四つの足で踏み進んだ。角によって、固く付着したものを引き裂き、散らせ――彼の心にあるクシェートリヤ(kṣetriya)を。

Mantra 3

अ॒दो यद॑व॒रोच॑ते॒ चतु॑ष्पक्षमिव च्छ॒दिः । तेना॑ ते॒ सर्वं॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमङ्गे॑भ्यो नाशयामसि

かなたに輝き出づるもの、四つの翼ある覆いのごときもの——それをもって、汝の肢体より一切の kṣetriya を滅ぼし尽くさん。

Mantra 4

अ॒मू ये दि॒वि सु॒भगे॑ वि॒चृतौ॒ नाम॒ तार॑के । वि क्षे॑त्रि॒यस्य॑ मुञ्चतामध॒मं पाश॑मुत्त॒मम्

天にあるかのものどもよ、吉祥なる者よ——名を「さまよう星」といい、救いの光よ——kṣetriya から離して、下の縄と上の縄とを解き放て。

Mantra 5

आप॒ इद् वा उ॑ भेष॒जीरापो॑ अमीव॒चात॑नीः । आपो॒ विश्व॑स्य भेष॒जीस्तास्त्वा॑ मुञ्चन्तु क्षेत्रि॒यात्

水はまことに薬なり——水は病を追い払うもの。水は万有の薬なり:その水どもよ、汝を kṣetriya から解き放て。

Mantra 6

यदा॑सु॒तेः क्रि॒यमा॑णायाः क्षेत्रि॒यं त्वा॑ व्यान॒शे। वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं क्षे॑त्रि॒यं ना॑शयामि॒ त्वत्

搾り(ソーマ)の作業が行われ、儀礼の働きが進むその時、われは汝を追い詰め包囲する、クシェートリヤ(Kṣetriya)よ。その薬(治療法)をわれは知る。クシェートリヤを滅し、汝より去らしめる。

Mantra 7

अ॒प॒वा॒से नक्ष॑त्राणामपवा॒स उ॒षसा॑मु॒त। अपा॒स्मत् सर्वं॑ दुर्भू॒तमप॑ क्षेत्रि॒यमु॑च्छतु

星々が退く時、曙(うしお)が退く時もまた――われらより一切の悪しきものは去れ。クシェートリヤ(Kṣetriya)もまた追い払われ、遠くへ放たれよ。

Frequently Asked Questions

In Atharvanic medical language, kṣetriya is a deeply “settled” or chronic affliction—something lodged in the body/lineage—treated here as a binding disease that must be loosened and driven out.

The horn functions as a tangible carrier of bheṣaja (remedy-power). Placed at the head, it becomes an amulet-like instrument through which the mantra asserts expulsion and protection.

The hymn calls the stars ‘rescuers’ who can release bonds, and it times final expulsion to liminal celestial moments (stars’ withdrawing, dawn), symbolically supporting the disease’s departure.

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