Sukta 127
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (commonly anonymous in AV medical charms)
Devata: Oṣadhi/Vanaspati (medicinal plant as deity-like agent); secondarily the expulsion of Yakṣma and allied diseases
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (medical charms often show non-R̥gvedic regularity; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
ຄຳອະທິບາຍການປິ່ນປົວອັດຮະວານິກສັ້ນໆນີ້ແມ່ນຄຳສົງຄາດທາງການແພດໂດຍກົງ ທີ່ສັ່ງໃຫ້ຍັກສະມາ (ພະຍາດຜອມຜ່ອມ) ແລະ ພະຍາດທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງ - ບິດສະຫຼາ (ກິມບວມ), ເສມະບາລາສະຟຼິນ, ການອັກເສບ "ສີແດງ", ແລະ ວິສັນປະກະ (ຜື່ນທີ່ລຸດລາມ) - ຕ້ອງຖືກກຳຈັດອອກຢ່າງສິ້ນເຊີງໂດຍບໍ່ເຫຼືອ. ຄຳສົງເພີ່ມພະລັງໃຫ້ພືດສະມຸນໄພ (ໂສທິ/ວະນັສປະຕິ) ແລະ ຢາທີ່ມີຊື່ (ຈິປຸດຣູ) ໃຫ້ "ຖອນ" ພະຍາດອອກຈາກບ່ອນເຈັບສະເພາະ ແລະ ໄລ່ຍັກສະມາທີ່ເຊື່ອນໄວ້ (ອັຊຍາຕະ) ໃຫ້ຕົກລົງ ແລະ ໄລຍະອອກໄປ.
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। वि॒द्र॒धस्य॑ ब॒लास॑स्य॒ लोहि॑तस्य वनस्पते । वि॒सल्प॑कस्योषधे॒ मोच्छि॑षः पिशि॒तं च॒न
ຄາຖາສຳລັບການຂັບຂ້າຍັກສະຫມັກ. ຂອງກາກບວມ, ຂອງເສມບາລາສະ, ຂອງພະຍາດແດງ, ໂອ ພຣະຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າຂອງປ່າ - ຂອງວິສັນປະກະ, ໂອ ສະມຸນໄພ - ຂໍໃຫ້ພຣະອົງບໍ່ປ່ອຍເຫຼືອຮ່ອງຮອຍ, ບໍ່ມີເນື້ອເຫຼືອເລີຍ.
Mantra 2
यौ ते॑ बलास॒ तिष्ठ॑तः॒ कक्षे॑ मु॒ष्कावप॑श्रितौ । वेदा॒हं तस्य॑ भेष॒जं ची॒पुद्रु॑रभि॒चक्ष॑णम्
ສອງສິ່ງນັ້ນຂອງເຈົ້າ, ໂອ ບາລາສະ, ທີ່ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໝັ້ນຄົງ - ຝັງຢູ່ໃນຮົ້ວແຂນ, ຍຶດເກາະຢູ່ອວະຍະພາບ - ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮູ້ຢາປົວຂອງມັນ: ຊີປຸດຣູ, ທີ່ມີຄຸນສົມບັດຊັດເຈນ ແລະ ຊອກຫາໄດ້.
Mantra 3
यो अङ्ग्यो॒ यः कर्ण्यो॒ यो अ॒क्ष्योर्वि॒सल्प॑कः । वि वृ॑हामो वि॒सल्प॑कं विद्र॒धं हृ॑दयाम॒यम्। परा॒ तमज्ञा॑तं॒ यक्ष्म॑मध॒राञ्चं॑ सुवामसि
ວິສັນປະກະໃດຢູ່ໃນອົວ, ໃດຢູ່ໃນຫູ, ໃດຢູ່ໃນຕາ - ພວກເຮົາຂູດຖອນວິສັນປະກະ, ກາກບວມ, ພະຍາດໃນຫົວໃຈ. ຍັກສະຫມັກທີ່ບໍ່ຮູ້ຈັກນັ້ນ ພວກເຮົາຂັບໄລຍະໄກ, ລົງສູ່ທາງລຸ່ມ ພວກເຮົາສົ່ງມັນໄປ.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yakṣma is a wasting, lingering disease-category in Atharvavedic medicine, often treated as a harmful force that must be expelled—especially when it is ‘unknown’ (ajñāta) or hidden in the body.
In the Atharvaveda, medicinal plants are personified as living healers whose power can be invoked by mantra; the herb is treated as an agent that searches out illness and removes it.
The hymn combines (1) naming and locating the disorder, (2) activating a specific remedy (cīpudru), and (3) a forceful ‘tearing out’ and banishing of disease—sending it downward and far away so it cannot remain or return.
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