Atharva Veda Sukta 84
Kanda 6Anuvaka 9Sukta 844 Mantras

Sukta 84

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the provided excerpt)

Devata: Nirṛti (and implicitly Bhūmi as the receiving/covering power)

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like Atharvanic anuṣṭubh tendency (long pādas; AV style)

この短いアタルヴァン系の呪詞は「ニルリティ(Nirṛti)からの解放」を目的とし、災厄の力を追い払い、不幸・病・死の凶兆に苦しむ者を縛る桎梏を解く。ニルリティの恐るべき座に供物を投じ、彼女の二重の相——万物を受け入れ覆い隠す大地(Bhūmi)であると同時に、万象を解体する否定としてのニルリティ——を名指すことで、鉄の投げ縄を断ち切らせ、患者を生へと回復させる。もし死が不可逆であるなら、阎魔(Yama)と祖霊たる父祖に委ね、安全な上昇を得させる。

Mantras

Mantra 1

निर्ऋतिमोचनम्। यस्या॑स्त आ॒सनि॑ घो॒रे जु॒होम्ये॒षां ब॒द्धाना॑मव॒सर्ज॑नाय॒ कम्। भूमि॒रिति॑ त्वाभि॒प्रम॑न्वते॒ जना॒ निरृ॑ति॒रिति॑ त्वा॒हं परि॑ वेद स॒र्वतः॑

【ニリティ(Nirṛti)からの解放】汝の恐るべき座において、われは供火を捧ぐ。縛られし者らを解き放つために。人々は汝を「大地(Bhūmi)」と想い名づく。されど我は、四方より汝を「ニリティ(Nirṛti)」として知る。

Mantra 2

भूते॑ ह॒विष्म॑ती भवै॒ष ते॑ भा॒गो यो अ॒स्मासु॑ । मु॒ञ्चेमान॒मूनेन॑सः॒ स्वाहा॑

おお力よ、供物によって満ち豊かになれ。ここに汝の分け前、われらのうちにあるその分がある。彼方の罪科よりこれらを解き放て——スヴァーハー(Svāhā)!

Mantra 3

ए॒वो ष्व॑१स्मन्नि॑रृतेऽने॒हा त्वम॑य॒स्मया॒न् वि चृ॑ता बन्धपा॒शान्। य॒मो मह्यं॒ पुन॒रित् त्वां द॑दाति॒ तस्मै॑ य॒माय॒ नमो॑ अस्तु मृ॒त्यवे॑

かくして、ニリティ(Nirṛti)よ、われらより去れ。鉄の縛め、結びの縄を断ち切り、引き裂け。ヤマ(Yama)はまことに汝を再び我に返し与える。かのヤマに敬礼あれ——死(Mṛtyu)に敬礼あれ。

Mantra 4

अ॒य॒स्मये॑ द्रुप॒दे बे॑धिष इ॒हाभिहि॑तो मृ॒त्युभि॒र्ये स॒हस्र॑म्। य॒मेन॒ त्वं पि॒तृभिः॑ संविदा॒न उ॑त्त॒मं नाक॒मधि॑ रोहये॒मम्

汝は鉄の(枷の)木の足枷に穿たれて横たわり、ここにて千重の「死」によって押し伏せられている。ヤマ(Yama)とともに、祖霊(Pitṛ)と相和しつつ、この人を上へ導き、最上の天へと登らせよ。

Frequently Asked Questions

Nirṛti is the Atharvavedic power of misfortune and dissolution—what ‘binds’ a person into bad fate, illness, or death-pressure. The hymn compels her to depart and be absorbed/contained by Earth (Bhūmi).

Because the affliction is treated as a death-bond. The hymn both commands release and respectfully addresses Death’s jurisdiction so the patient can be ‘given back’—or, if not, be guided safely with Yama and the ancestors.

They are the strongest imagined fetters of calamity—deathlike constraints that feel unbreakable. Ritually they can be represented by a cord (and optionally an iron token) that is loosened or symbolically cut during recitation.

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