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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (attributed within the Atharvan corpus; specific r̥ṣi assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition for this hymn).
Devata: Āyus (Long Life) / Varṇa (healthy complexion) as functional ‘deities’; implicitly the healing power resident in the charm.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant Atharvanic śloka-meter style)
《阿闼婆吠陀》1.22是一则简短的治病咒,旨在驱逐harimā́——如黄疸或虚弱所呈现的病态“黄气/黄相”——并恢复āyus(长寿)与健全、红润的varṇa(健康气色)。其效力通过“转移魔法”实现:把疾病之色转移到植物容受体与黄色媒介之中,同时在患者周身重新确立吉祥的红色光泽,形成护身的包裹与屏障。
Mantra 1
हृद्रोग-कामिला-नाशनम्। अनु॒ सूर्य॒मुद॑यतां हृद्दयो॒तो ह॑रि॒मा च॑ ते । गो रोहि॑तस्य॒ वर्णे॑न॒ तेन॑ त्वा॒ परि॑ दध्मसि
(除心病与黄疸之咒。)愿它随日而升:愿汝心中之黄变(harimā)发出而去。以赤牛之色泽——即以彼色——我环绕汝身,施与于汝。
Mantra 2
परि॑ त्वा॒ रोहि॑तै॒र्वर्णै॑र्दीर्घायु॒त्वाय॑ दध्मसि । यथा॒यम॑र॒पा अस॒दथो॒ अह॑रितो॒ भुव॑त्
我以赤红诸色环绕你安置此护符,为使你得长寿;愿此人安然无伤,并且愿他不致苍白(亦不发黄)。
Mantra 3
या रोहि॑णीर्देव॒त्या॒३ गावो॒ या उ॒त रोहि॑णीः । रू॒पंरू॑पं वयो॑वय॒स्ताभि॑ष्ट्वा॒ परि॑ दध्मसि
凡属罗希尼(Rohiṇī)之神力所依的母牛,及一切亦名罗希尼者——形复形,岁复岁——我以彼等环绕于汝周身。
Mantra 4
शुके॑षु ते हरि॒माणं॑ रोप॒णाका॑सु दध्मसि । अथो॒ हारि॑द्रवेषु ते हरि॒माणं॒ नि द॑ध्मसि
为汝,我置“黄变”(harimāṇa)于śuká诸草;于ropāṇakā之丛生处,我使之植入。又且,于汝那姜黄之衣裳中,我令此“黄变”伏下、退去。
It targets harimā́—‘yellowness’ associated with jaundice/weakness and inauspicious pallor—and seeks to restore a stable, healthy complexion and long life.
Yellow is treated as the disease-sign to be transferred out, while red (rohitá) is installed as the counter-sign of health and vitality, ritually ‘encircling’ the patient as protection.
The hymn uses transference: the practitioner symbolically deposits the patient’s harimā́ into plant receptacles and turmeric-yellow media, so the affliction leaves the body and is ‘laid down and away’ elsewhere.
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