
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input; commonly treated as Atharvan/Angirasic healing corpus)
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ (with Trita as mythic purifier; grahi as adversary)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; not metrically verified here)
この短い治療・厄除けの讃歌は、「grāhi」(人を掴み取る病厄/憑依)を打ち砕く。まず、トリタ(Trita)の浄化という神話的先例にならい、人の enas(罪科・穢れ)を取り除く。ついで、人格化された悪である pāpmān を、光線・煙・靄・川の泡といった散逸させる自然の担い手へと追い放つ。詩はヴィシュヴェー・デーヴァー(Viśve Devāḥ)とプーシャン(Pūṣan)を招き、durita(災い/過失)を「拭い去り」、brahman(マントラの力)によって掴み手を滅ぼすよう祈る。
Mantra 1
पापनाशनम्। त्रि॒ते दे॒वा अ॑मृजतै॒तदेन॑स्त्रि॒त ए॑नन्मनु॒ष्येऽषु ममृजे । ततो॒ यदि॑ त्वा॒ ग्राहि॑रान॒शे तां ते॑ दे॒वा ब्रह्म॑णा नाशयन्तु
【罪滅ぼし】トリタ(Trita)において神々はこの罪過を拭い去り、トリタは人々の間でそれを拭い去った。そののち、もし「掴み取る者」(Grahi)が汝を捉えたなら、神々が梵呪(brahman)によって、それを汝のために滅ぼし尽くさせよ。
Mantra 2
मरी॑चीर्धू॒मान् प्र वि॒शानु॑ पाप्मन्नुदा॒रान् गच्छो॒त वा॑ नीहा॒रान्। न॒दीनां॒ फेनाँ॒ अनु॒ तान् वि न॑श्य भ्रूण॒घ्नि पू॑षन् दुरि॒तानि॑ मृक्ष्व
光線の中へ、煙の中へと去れ、悪(pāpmán)よ。裂け目へ行け、あるいは靄へ行け。川々の泡に沿い——それに従って——消え失せよ。プーシャン(Pūṣan)よ、胎を殺す者よ、禍(durita)を拭い去れ。
Mantra 3
द्वा॒द॒श॒धा निहि॑तं त्रि॒तस्याप॑मृष्टं मनुष्यैन॒सानि॑ । ततो॒ यदि॑ त्वा॒ ग्राहि॑रान॒शे तां ते॑ दे॒वा ब्रह्म॑णा नाशयन्तु
それは十二重に秘め置かれている――トリタ(Trita)のものとして――人の罪過より払い清められた。もしその後、「捕らえる者」が汝を捉えるなら、その災いを神々がブラフマン(聖呪)の力によって汝のために滅ぼさんことを。
Grāhi is the ‘seizer’—a harmful force imagined as taking hold of a person (like a sudden affliction, possession, or gripping illness). The hymn asks the Gods to destroy it through brahman (mantra-power).
Trita is presented as a mythic purifier: the Gods wipe off enas in Trita, and Trita wipes it off among humans. This precedent is used to make the patient’s cleansing ritually certain and effective.
Not necessarily. The text itself emphasizes brahman (the spoken formula) and a cleansing action (wiping/sprinkling). Natural dispersal symbols—smoke, mist, or flowing water imagery—support the expulsion described in the verses.
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