Sukta 26
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)
Devata: Pāpmán (personified evil/disease) as the addressed power; the mantra functions coercively
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic prose-title + verse)
AV 6.26は、パープマン（悪・病・災厄）を人格化された力として正面から呼び出し、患者を放すよう強制する、簡潔なアタルヴァ系の逐い出し呪である。そこには治癒の意図（苦しむ者を「吉祥なる世界」へ回復させること）と、より苛烈な転移の論理が併存する。すなわち、悪がなお執着するなら、それは他所へと追い遣られ、ついには敵へと転嫁される——その執行は「千眼の不死者」によって担保される。
Mantras
Mantra 1
पाप्मनाशनम्। अव॑ मा पाप्मन्त्सृज व॒शी सन् मृ॑डयासि नः । आ मा॑ भ॒द्रस्य॑ लो॒के पा॑प्मन् धे॒ह्यवि॑ह्रुतम्
（これは）パープマン（Pāpmán）を滅するもの。パープマンよ、去れ——われを放て。制せられたる者として、われらに慈しみを示せ。パープマンよ、われを吉祥なる最上の世界に置け——害されず、奪われず。
Mantra 2
यो नः॑ पाप्म॒न् न जहा॑सि॒ तमु॑ त्वा जहिमो व॒यम्। प॒थामनु॑ व्या॒वर्त॑ने॒ऽन्यं पा॒प्मानु॑ पद्यताम्
われらを離れぬ罪穢（パープマン）よ――まさに汝を、われらは追い払う。道に沿い、身をかわす曲がり角において、罪穢（パープマン）はほかの者に従い行け。
Mantra 3
अ॒न्यत्रा॒स्मन्न्युऽच्यतु सहस्रा॒क्षो अम॑र्त्यः । यं द्वेषा॑म॒ तमृ॑च्छतु॒ यमु॑ द्वि॒ष्मस्तमिज्ज॑हि
千眼の不死者よ、それをわれらから離れた別の所に置かしめよ。われらが憎む者のもとへそれが赴け。われらがまことに憎むその者を――その者をこそ、汝は打て。
Frequently Asked Questions
In Atharvanic usage, Pāpmán is a personified harmful force that can appear as illness, misfortune, pollution, or malign influence. The hymn treats it as something that can be commanded to release and depart.
The “path/turning-point” imagery is a ritual technology for expulsion: harm is sent out of the patient’s sphere and diverted at a liminal place so it does not return, symbolically switching it onto another course.
Its primary aim is healing and protection (removing Pāpmán and restoring auspiciousness). The third verse can be used in an abhicāra mode by redirecting the remaining harm toward an enemy under the agency of the thousand‑eyed Immortal (Indra).
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