Sukta 116
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn ascribed in the Anukramaṇī to Atharvan/Angiras-type seers; requires edition-specific confirmation).
Devata: Jvara (Fever) personified; śīta-jvara as a specific form.
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (requires metrical verification against full pada-count in critical text).
この短い治療讃歌は、ジャヴァラ（熱・発熱）を人格化された力として呼びかけ、その鎮静を願う。とりわけ、シータ・ジャヴァラ（寒気を伴う冷性の熱）および間欠的にぶり返す型に注意が向けられる。詩は「ナモ（礼敬）」による宥和と、アタルヴァ系に典型的な追放／転移の術を併せ持ち、再発する熱に去ることを命じ、代替の受け皿（蛙）へと移らせる。ゆえにこの讃歌の力は二重である。名を敬って熱を鎮め、さらにその進路を患者から逸らして取り除く。
Mantras
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a healing (bhaiṣajya) hymn meant to pacify and remove fever, especially cold-fever (śīta-jvara) and fevers that recur on set days.
The frog functions as a substitute recipient in a transference rite: the mantra instructs the recurring fever to leave the patient and ‘go upon’ the frog instead, symbolically carrying the illness away.
Both: it begins with respectful homage to fever’s named forms (appeasement) and then turns to a direct directive that the fever depart and relocate, expressing Atharvanic healing authority.
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