Sukta 91
Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition
Devata: Bhaiṣajya (medicine) / Yakṣman-removal power (functional devatā)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.)
この短い治癒讃歌は、yakṣman に似た消耗・衰弱（rapas）を対象とし、儀礼的にそれを「引き返させ」、患者の身体から追い払う。調合した大麦という具体的な薬方に、宇宙の下向きの運行になぞらえた方位的放逐の文句を組み合わせ、最後に万薬にして病を散らす力として「水」を招請して治癒を封じる。
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। इ॒मं यव॑मष्टायो॒गैः ष॑ड्यो॒गेभि॑रचर्कृषुः । तेना॑ ते त॒न्वो॒३रपो॑ ऽपा॒चीन॒मप॑ व्यये
（ヤクシュマン〔消耗病〕を滅する。）この大麦を、彼らは八重の調合、六重の調合によって搗き合わせた。その力によって、汝の身より、衰耗の害（rapas）を追い払う。後ろへ反転させ、はるか彼方へ遣り去る。
Mantra 2
न्य॑१ग्वातो॑ वाति॒ न्यऽक् तपति॑ सूर्यः॑ । नी॒चीन॑म॒घ्न्या दु॑हे॒ न्यऽग् भवतु ते॒ रपः॑
風は下へと吹き、太陽は下へと灼く。侵すべからざる牝牛は下へと乳を搾られる。汝のために、衰耗の害（rapas）もまた下へと追い落とされよ。
Mantra 3
आप॒ इद् वा उ॑ भेष॒जीरापो॑ अमीव॒चात॑नीः । आपो॑ विश्व॑स्य भेष॒जीस्तास्ते॑ कृण्वन्तु भेष॒जम्
水は、まことに薬である。水は病を払い除くもの。水は万有の薬である。願わくは、その水が汝のために治療の薬となれ。
Frequently Asked Questions
In Atharvavedic healing language, yakṣman is a wasting, lingering affliction (often linked with consumption-like decline). Here it is also called rapas, a harmful wasting influence to be driven away.
Barley is treated as a tangible carrier of bhaiṣajya power: it is compounded in measured mixtures (‘yogas’) and empowered by mantra so it can ‘turn back’ and expel the wasting harm from the patient’s body.
The hymn declares the Waters to be medicines and disease-dispersers for all. Consecrated water is used to purify, soothe, and seal the treatment so the remedy becomes complete and enduring.
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