Sukta 14
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Bheṣaja/Healing power (implicit); the addressed force is the expulsion-command against Balāsa
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
《阿闼婆吠陀》6.14是一首简短的阿闼婆系治病咒，所针对的是名为balāsa的病邪：它如同滞留其内、使之松脱的疾患，侵扰骨、关节、肢体，乃至心胸之域。全诗三颂（anuṣṭubh体）先指认此患，继而命令将其“系缚”与“根本”斩断而彻底拔除，最后把它驱逐为衰弱无害，使其不得复归。
Mantras
Mantra 1
बलासनाशनम्। अ॒स्थि॒स्रं॒सं प॑रुस्रं॒समास्थि॑तं हृदयाम॒यम्। ब॒लासं॒ सर्वं॑ नाशयाङ्गे॒ष्ठा यश्च॒ पर्व॑सु
（为）摧灭 balāsa：那使骨松脱、使关节离散、盘踞为心疾者——请你毁灭一切 balāsa，无论它立于诸肢，或藏于诸节。
Mantra 2
निर्ब॒लासं॑ बला॒सिनः॑ क्षि॒णोमि॑ मुष्क॒रं य॑था । छि॒नद्म्य॑स्य॒ बन्ध॑नं॒ मूल॑मुर्वा॒र्वा इ॑व
“婆罗娑（Balāsa）”退去！对那患婆罗娑者，我将它消灭，如人除尽蘑湿迦罗（muṣkara）之赘生。我斩断它的系缚，砍断它的根，如人割断乌尔瓦鲁（uṛvārū）藤蔓。
Mantra 3
निर्ब॑लासे॒तः प्र प॑ताशु॒ङ्गः शि॑शु॒को य॑था । अथो॒ इट॑ इव हाय॒नोप॑ द्रा॒ह्यवी॑रहा
从巴拉萨（Balāsa）中得解脱吧；钝挫而飞去，如同小小的孩童。又如被掷出的矢镖，如同流逝的一年，悄然下沉而远遁——你这不杀英雄者。
Frequently Asked Questions
Balāsa is treated as a disease-agent that causes loosening and disorder in bones and joints and can also lodge as distress in the heart-region. The hymn addresses it as something to be commanded out, not appeased.
It uses strong metaphors of surgery and uprooting: the illness is imagined as bound to the patient and rooted in them. By ‘cutting’ the bond and ‘hewing’ the root, the charm aims to prevent the disease from returning.
The verses do not mandate a substance. They rely primarily on the spoken expulsion; however, the imagery of uṛvārū-vine severing and “consuming” a muṣkara-growth can be paired with simple symbolic gestures or exemplars in practice.
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