Sukta 16
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Remedy/Herb as potent agent (implicit); alternatively the addressed power behind the medicine
Chandas: Not fully determinable from the truncated opening; Atharvanic mixed style
这首治病赞歌以层层递进的方式加持一味药性之灵：将其称作力量日增的“公牛”，又称作奔流的汁液（rasa），使之得以安抚名为 vṛṣa-roga 的病患。通过同一化的宣言式言语（“若汝是……”），药力被不断唤起并凝聚；最终归于清凉与净化的结局，药灵化为“赐水者”（apodaka），复归身心的均衡与生机。
Mantras
Mantra 1
वृषरोगशमनम्। यद्ये॑कवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
（平息vṛṣa病之咒。）若你是唯一之公牛（vṛṣa），若你是汁液流溢者——
Mantra 2
यदि॑ द्विवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具双重公牛之力，若汝为流注之精髓——愿如是成就。
Mantra 3
यदि॑ त्रिवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具三重公牛之力，若汝汁液奔流不息——愿如是成就。
Mantra 4
यदि॑ चतुर्वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具四重公牛之力，若汝汁液奔流不息——愿如是成就。
Mantra 5
यदि॑ पञ्चवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具五重公牛之力，若汝汁液奔流不息——愿如是成就。
Mantra 6
यदि॑ षड्-वृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具六重公牛之力，若汝具流注之精汁（sṛjā-rasa）——愿其如是。
Mantra 7
यदि॑ सप्तवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具七重公牛之力，若汝具 sṛjā 之精汁（sṛjā-rasa）。
Mantra 8
यद्य॑ष्टवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝具八重公牛之力，若汝具 sṛjā 之精汁（sṛjā-rasa）。
Mantra 9
यदि॑ नववृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝为九雄牛者，若汝具sṛjā之汁液（arasa）者。
Mantra 10
यदि॑ दशवृ॒षोऽसि॑ सृ॒जार॒सोऽसि
若汝为十雄牛者，若汝具sṛjā之汁液（arasa）者。
Mantra 11
यद्ये॑काद॒शोऽसि॒ सोऽपो॑दको ऽसि
若汝为十一者，汝即为赐水者。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to calm and cure an illness named vṛṣa-roga by empowering a medicinal sap/juice (rasa) through mantra-recitation and then applying or administering it.
That formula is a consecration technique: the remedy is identified with increasing measures of strength (“bull-power”), so the medicine is ritually intensified and made protective as well as curative.
It signals the final healing mode: the empowered agent is aligned with the purifying Waters—bringing cooling, cleansing, and restorative hydration, especially suitable for heat, irritation, or impurity-linked illness.
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