Sukta 25
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi not specified in the provided excerpt; commonly anonymous/Angiras-type attribution in AV healing clusters)
Devata: The charm’s target is the disease-agent (vākāḥ) as a personified affliction; operative power is the mantra itself (brahman)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic healing verses frequently approximate anuṣṭubh; exact metrical scan may be irregular)
AV 6.25は、アタルヴァン系の簡潔な逐出呪であり、vākāḥと名指される群集する病の働き手を追い払う。彼らは群がり押し寄せる力として想像され、頸や肩など特定の関節を「圧迫する」ものとして、患者の領域から放逐されねばならない。五／五十、七／七十、九／九十という増幅する群数でそれらを列挙することにより、讃歌は儀礼的に病霊を「数え出して」散らし、brahman（効力ある言葉・成就する言説）の遂行力によって治癒を封印する。その力は厭勝的で、病と取引するのではなく、「ここから」消え去れと強い退散句で命じる。
Mantras
Mantra 1
मन्याविनाशनम् पञ्च॑ च॒ याः प॑ञ्चा॒शच्च॑ सं॒यन्ति॒ मन्या॑ अ॒भि। इ॒तस्ताः सर्वा॑ नश्यन्तु वा॒का अ॑प॒चिता॑मिव
（これは）憤怒を滅する呪：五つ、また五十が、憤怒となって集まり襲いかかる。それらすべてがここより滅び去れ、放し飼いの牛が散り迷うように。
Mantra 2
स॒प्त च॒ याः स॑प्त॒तिश्च॑ सं॒यन्ति॒ ग्रैव्या॑ अ॒भि। इ॒तस्ताः सर्वा॑ नश्यन्तु वा॒का अ॑प॒चिता॑मिव
七つのもの、また七十のものが、集まりて首（うなじ）に迫りかかる——ここより、それら一切のヴァーカー（Vākā）の病いよ消え去れ。やせ衰えの病の斑（まだら）が退くがごとく。
Mantra 3
नव॑ च॒ या न॑व॒तिश्च॑ सं॒यन्ति॒ स्कन्ध्या॑ अ॒भि। इ॒तस्ताः सर्वा॑ नश्यन्तु वा॒का अ॑प॒चिता॑मिव
九つのもの、また九十のものが、集まりて肩に迫りかかる——ここより、それら一切のヴァーカー（Vākā）の病いよ消え去れ。やせ衰えの病の斑が退くがごとく。
Frequently Asked Questions
In AV 6.25, vākāḥ are treated as personified eruptive or pressure-like afflictions—agents that ‘gather and press upon’ the body and can be commanded to leave.
The counting formula ‘totalizes’ the illness: it ritually includes every hidden strand of the affliction, so the command ‘let them all vanish’ leaves nothing behind.
The verses themselves prescribe no medicine; the primary instrument is the spoken charm with a banishing gesture. Some traditions add washing or a simple protective thread, but these are optional supports.
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