
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV medical hymns)
Devata: Bhaiṣajya (healing power) personified as Ābaya/Anābaya; implicitly the medicinal ‘rasa’
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic irregularities noted in some recensions)
AV 6.16は、眼病(akṣi-roga)を対象とする簡潔なアタルヴァ系の治療呪である。そこでは薬効(Bhaiṣajya)がĀbaya/Anābayaとして擬人化され、薬の「rasa」(汁・精髄)が暗に中心に据えられる。調製された食物の媒介であるkarambhaによってその精髄の力を発動させる一方、病をもたらす諸形態と霊的名を列挙して捕捉し、名指して退散させることで、眼疾の侵入を断ち切る。
Mantra 1
अक्षिरोगभैषजम्। ३ बृहतीगर्भा ककुम्मत्यनुष्टुप्, ४ त्रिपदा प्रतिष्ठा। आब॑यो॒ अना॑बयो॒ रस॑स्त उ॒ग्र आ॑बयो । आ ते॑ कर॒म्भम॑द्मसि
(眼病の薬。)おおĀbayaよ、害なきAnābayaよ――汝の汁液は猛き力をもつ、Ābayaよ。汝のために、ここにてkarambha(カランバ)の混合食をわれらは食す。
Mantra 2
वि॒हह्लो॒ नाम॑ ते पि॒ता म॒दाव॑ती॒ नाम॑ ते मा॒ता। स हि॑न॒ त्वम॑सि॒ यस्त्वमा॒त्मान॒माव॑यः
Vihahlaという名が汝の父、Madāvatīという名が汝の母。まこと汝は、(この人に)己をまといつかせる者である。
Mantra 3
तौवि॑लि॒केऽवे॑ल॒यावा॒यमै॑ल॒ब ऐ॑लयीत्। ब॒भ्रुश्च॑ ब॒भ्रुक॑र्ण॒श्चापे॑हि॒ निरा॑ल
おおTauvīlikeよ、おおAvelayāvaよ――Ailabaが病ませるものよ。BabhruもBabhru耳も同じく:去れ!外へ!ここより遠ざかれ!
Mantra 4
अ॒ल॒साला॑सि॒ पूर्व॑ सि॒लाञ्जा॑ला॒स्युत्त॑रा । नी॒ला॒ग॒ल॒साला॑
汝はアラサーラー(Alasālā)、先なるもの。汝はシラーンジャーラー(Silāñjālā)、後なるもの――汝はニーラーガラサーラー(Nīlāgalasālā)である。
It is used to treat and ward off eye-disease (akṣi-roga) by empowering a medicinal preparation and driving away the affliction named in multiple forms.
Ābaya/Anābaya is the personified healing potency of the remedy—its rasa (sap/essence)—described as fierce against disease yet harmless to the patient.
Atharvanic medical hymns often name the disease and its agents to gain control over them; listing variants ensures the ailment is addressed in every form and then expelled.
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