Sukta 127
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided input; commonly anonymous in AV medical charms)
Devata: Oṣadhi/Vanaspati (medicinal plant as deity-like agent); secondarily the expulsion of Yakṣma and allied diseases
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (medical charms often show non-R̥gvedic regularity; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
この短いアタルヴァ系の治療讃歌は、直接的な医療呪文として、ヤクシュマ（Yakṣma、消耗性疾患）とそれに連なる病態――膿瘍（vidradha）、balāsaの痰、｢赤い｣炎症、そしてvisalpaka（拡がる発疹）――を、余すところなく完全に滅ぼすよう命じる。讃歌は薬草（Oṣadhi/Vanaspati）と名指しの薬剤cīpudruに力を与え、特定の身体部位から病を｢引き裂いて抜き取る｣こと、さらに潜伏する（ajñāta）ヤクシュマを下方へ、はるか遠くへ追放することをうたう。
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। वि॒द्र॒धस्य॑ ब॒लास॑स्य॒ लोहि॑तस्य वनस्पते । वि॒सल्प॑कस्योषधे॒ मोच्छि॑षः पिशि॒तं च॒न
（ヤクシャマ〔Yakṣma〕を滅する呪）膿腫の、バラーサ〔balāsa〕の痰病の、赤き病のために――森の主よ。ヴィサルパカ〔visalpaka〕のために――薬草よ、残りを一つも、肉片すらも残すな。
Mantra 2
यौ ते॑ बलास॒ तिष्ठ॑तः॒ कक्षे॑ मु॒ष्कावप॑श्रितौ । वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं ची॒पुद्रु॑रभि॒चक्ष॑णम्
バラーサよ、汝のその二つは固くとどまり――腋に宿り、睾丸にまといつく。われはその治療薬を知る：チープドゥル〔Cīpudru〕、その力は明らかにして、探り見きわめる。
Mantra 3
यो अङ्ग्यो॒ यः कर्ण्यो॒ यो अ॒क्ष्योर्वि॒सल्प॑कः । वि वृ॑हामो वि॒सल्प॑कं विद्र॒धं हृ॑दयाम॒यम्। परा॒ तमज्ञा॑तं॒ यक्ष्म॑मध॒राञ्चं॑ सुवामसि
四肢にあるヴィサルパカ（visalpaka）、耳にあるもの、眼にあるもの——われらはそのヴィサルパカを引き裂き除き、腫瘍（膿瘍）を除き、心の病を除く。知られざるヤクシュマ（yakṣma）をわれらは遠くへ追い払い、下方へと送り去る。
Frequently Asked Questions
Yakṣma is a wasting, lingering disease-category in Atharvavedic medicine, often treated as a harmful force that must be expelled—especially when it is ‘unknown’ (ajñāta) or hidden in the body.
In the Atharvaveda, medicinal plants are personified as living healers whose power can be invoked by mantra; the herb is treated as an agent that searches out illness and removes it.
The hymn combines (1) naming and locating the disorder, (2) activating a specific remedy (cīpudru), and (3) a forceful ‘tearing out’ and banishing of disease—sending it downward and far away so it cannot remain or return.
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