Anuvaka 4
मुख्य विषय: यक्ष्मा आणि पाप्मन् यांचे भैषज्य-स्वरूप मंत्रोपचाराने उच्चाटन करून रुग्णास समायुः (पूर्ण आयुष्य) पुनः प्राप्त करून देणे. उपविषय: (1) ‘वियोजन’—रोगाला रुग्णापासून विधिपूर्वक वेगळे करणे, (2) रुग्णाला पूर्णता, प्राणशक्ती व अविघ्न जीवन यांच्याशी पुन्हा जोडणे, (3) वैद्यकीय कारण मानल्या जाणाऱ्या दुष्ट मलिनतेपासून (पाप्मन्) शुद्धीकरण, (4) क्षय/वेस्टिंग आजार परत होऊ नये म्हणून संरक्षण दृढ करणे. व्यावहारिक उपयोग: क्षयाची/वेस्टिंगची लक्षणे, दीर्घकालीन अशक्तपणा किंवा वारंवार आजार दिसल्यास—आरोग्य, बळ आणि पूर्ण आयुष्य यासाठी वापर.
Kinds of charm
Suktas in Anuvaka 4
Inside Anuvaka 4
The theme
Bhaiṣajya exorcism of yakṣma and pāpman to restore samāyus (complete lifespan)
Threads through it
- Ritual ‘separation’ (viyojana) of disease from the patient
- Re-linking the patient with wholeness, vitality, and unimpaired life
- Purification from malign impurity (pāpman) as a medical cause
- Protective reinforcement against relapse of wasting illness
Who it serves
Used when a person shows signs of wasting/consumption, chronic debility, or recurring illness—aimed at removing the affliction and securing full life and strength.
The deities
- Agnihealer
- Āyus (Samāyus / Full Lifespan)restorer
- Yakṣma (personified disease)destroyer
- Pāpman (malign impurity)destroyer
What it heals
- Yakṣma (wasting disease/consumption) and chronic debilitySukta 3.31
- Pāpman (malign impurity) understood as a contaminating cause of illness and misfortuneSukta 3.31
- Threat to lifespan (shortening of āyus), fear of decline and relapseSukta 3.31
Frequently Asked Questions
Its central aim is Bhaiṣajya healing: the repeated ritual ‘separation’ of the patient from yakṣma (wasting disease) and pāpman (malign impurity), and the restoration of samāyus—an unimpaired, complete lifespan.
Sukta 3.31 is the defining hymn here, focused on driving off yakṣma and pāpman while reuniting the patient with full life (samāyus).
It is primarily mantra-based: the therapeutic action is framed as verbal-ritual expulsion of disease and impurity and verbal restoration of lifespan and vitality.
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