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).
ຄານບູຮົມບັນເທົາຮັກສາສັ້ນໆນີ້ອວຍພູຜູ້ເປັນພະຍາດໄຂ້ທີ່ສະແດງເປັນພະລັງບຸກຄົນ ແລະ ຂໍໃຫ້ມັນສະຫງົບລົງ, ໂດຍໃຫ້ຄວາມສົນໃຈພິເສດຕໍ່ຊີຕະຊວະຣະ ຫຼື ໄຂ້ໜາວ ແລະ ຮູບແບບທີ່ເກີດຊ້ຳໆ. ມັນປະສົມການງຽບສະຫງົບດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາຮູ້ກັບຍຸດທຳອາທາວະນະແບບດັ້ງເດີມຂອງການຂັບໄລ່ ຫຼື ການຖ່າຍໂອນ, ໂດຍສັ່ງໃຫ້ໄຂ້ທີ່ເກີດຊ້ຳໆຈາກໄປ ແລະ ໄປຕັ້ງຢູ່ທີ່ສິ່ງທົດແທນ ຄື ກົບ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ, ພະລັງຂອງຄານບູຮົມຈຶ່ງມີສອງດ້ານ: ເພື່ອສະຫງົບໄຂ້ໂດຍການເຄົາຮູ້ຊື່ຂອງມັນ ແລະ ເພື່ອຂັບໄລ່ມັນໂດຍການປ່ຽນທິດທາງໃຫ້ຫ່າງຈາກຄົນເຈັບ.
Mantras
Mantra 1
ज्वरनाशनम्। नमो॑ रू॒राय॒ च्यव॑नाय॒ नोद॑नाय धृ॒ष्णवे॑ । नमः॑ शी॒ताय॑ पूर्वकाम॒कृत्व॑ने
ຄຳນົບຄຳນັບຕໍ່ພະຣູຣະ, ຕໍ່ພະຈະຍະວະນະ, ຕໍ່ຜູ້ປັບປຸງ, ຕໍ່ຜູ້ກ້າຫານ. ຄຳນົບຄຳນັບຕໍ່ໄຂ້ຫວ້າ, ຕໍ່ຜູ້ປະຕິບັດຄວາມປາຖະຫນາກ່ອນ.
Mantra 2
यो अ॑न्ये॒द्युरु॑भय॒द्युर॒भ्येती॒मं म॒ण्डूकम॒भ्येऽत्वव्र॒तः
ໄຂ້ຊະນິດໃດ, ບໍ່ວ່າຈະເປັນໄຂ້ຂອງມື້ຕໍ່ໄປ ຫຼື ໄຂ້ທັງສອງມື້, ທີ່ມາຮຸກຮານ, ຈົ່ງໃຫ້ຜູ້ບໍ່ມີກົດລະບຽບນັ້ນອອກໄປສູ່ກົບນີ້.
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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