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Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (ascribed generically; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī tradition)
Devata: Karambha/food as pacifying medium; implicitly the healing power of Oṣadhi and apotropaic speech (vāc)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation against pada-count in a critical text)
此颂为安抚与疗愈之咒,借由仪式性地“分拣”并隔离危险,将有害之力(毒、凶煞影响、敌对作法)加以消解;并以卡兰婆(大麦糊/麦粥调和物)备成安全、维生的一份。它把食物作为息灾(śānti)之媒,与阿闼婆系的言语之力相结合,使病者之状况“稳固确立”,安定形体,建立抵御既往或仍在进行之巫术/咒害的护卫屏障。
Mantra 1
विषनाषनम् वारि॒दं वा॑रयातै वर॒णाव॑त्या॒मधि॑ । तत्रा॒मृत॒स्यासि॑क्त॒ तेना॑ ते वारये वि॒षम्
此水能灭毒;愿它在瓦罗那瓦蒂(Varāṇāvatī)之上为你遮护、驱退。彼处倾注着甘露;我以那甘露为你禳除毒害。
Mantra 2
अ॒र॒सं प्रा॒च्यंऽवि॒षम॑र॒सं यदु॑दी॒च्यऽम्। अथे॒दम॑धरा॒च्यं॑ कर॒म्भेण॒ वि क॑ल्पते
东方之分无汁无力;北方之分亦无害而无汁。于是这南方之分,便以karambha(卡兰婆)粥调制,依仪安置而成。
Mantra 3
क॒र॒म्भं कृ॒त्वा ति॒र्यंऽपीबस्पा॒कमु॑दार॒थिम्। क्षु॒धा किल॑ त्वा दुष्टनो जक्षि॒वान्त्स न रू॑रुपः
制成karambha(卡兰婆)之后,侧身而饮——这是我们使你舒缓的饮剂。饥饿确已驱迫了你,噢形体不善者、吞噬成性者;因此你莫再造成畸形与损害。
Mantra 4
वि ते॒ मदं॑ मदावति श॒रमि॑व पातयामसि । प्र त्वा॑ च॒रुमि॑व॒ येष॑न्तं॒ वच॑सा स्थापयामसि
噢,令人狂乱者啊,你的狂醉之势,我们将其击落,如同射落一支箭;你虽沸腾翻涌,我们以言语使你安定坚立,如人把熟祭供(caru)安置在其位。
Mantra 5
परि॒ ग्राम॑मि॒वाचि॑तं॒ वच॑सा स्थापयामसि । तिष्ठा॑ वृ॒क्ष इ॑व॒ स्थाम्न्यभ्रि॑खाते॒ न रू॑रुपः
如人把四周筑就、构造完备的村落安置得牢固,我们也以言语使你坚立。你当立于本位,如树立在掘出的树穴中:莫要歪曲变形。
Mantra 6
प॒वस्तै॑स्त्वा॒ पर्य॑क्रीणन् दू॒र्शेभि॑र॒जिनै॑रु॒त। प्र॒क्रीर॑सि॒ त्वमो॑ष॒धेऽभ्रि॑खाते॒ न रू॑रुपः
他们以筛罗将你围拢并买取,又以皮带与兽皮一并(相系)。你已被买出、被带出,噢,药草(oṣadhi)啊;在那掘出的安置处,莫要失效,也莫要造成畸形。
Mantra 7
अना॑प्ता॒ ये वः॑ प्रथ॒मा यानि॒ कर्मा॑णि चक्रि॒रे॑। वी॒रान्नो॒ अत्र॒ मा द॑भ॒न् तद् व॑ ए॒तत्पु॒रो द॑धे
愿你们中那些未成就者——最先做下那些作为的人——不在此欺凌、迷惑我们的勇士;我把这道护卫之物为你们置于前方,作防御。
Karambha is a barley-meal gruel used as a pacifying medium. In this hymn it represents a safe, nourishing share that can absorb and neutralize harmful potency and then be ritually ‘made ready’ for use.
Both. It has a healing (bhaiṣajya) aim—restoring stability and proper form—and an apotropaic aim, explicitly placing a defense ‘in front’ to block hostile rites and baneful influence.
It is a model for re-establishing firmness: the patient is to be ‘set’ securely in their proper station, like a tree fixed in a prepared hollow, so instability and deformity are prevented.
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