Sukta 85
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras rubric; specific r̥ṣi attribution requires pada-anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Varana/Vanaspati as divine healer; secondarily ‘the Gods’ as expellers of yákṣma
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; to be confirmed against metrical scansion in a critical edition)
《阿闼婆吠陀》6.85是一则简短的疗病咒，旨在驱逐“yákṣma”（消耗、痨病/肺痨一类的衰耗症），并通过在病者周围建立防护性的“结界/护围”来阻止其复发。诗中把植物之力（Varana 作为林木之主 Vanaspati）与神圣言语的权威力量（因陀罗—密特罗—伐楼那及诸神）结合，又援引阿耆尼·毗湿婆那罗净化并约束的热力。并以神话类比（弗栗陀罗阻遏诸水）来“阻遏”疾病在体内的蔓延与游走。
Mantras
Mantra 1
यक्ष्मनाशनम्। व॒र॒णो वा॑रयाता अ॒यं दे॒वो वन॒स्पतिः॑ । यक्ष्मो॒ यो अ॒स्मिन्नावि॑ष्ट॒स्तमु॑ दे॒वा अ॑वीवरन्
（此为）消灭痨病（yákṣma）之咒。愿婆罗那（Varana）——这位神圣的林木之主（vanaspati）——将其驱退。那侵入此人身中的痨病，诸神已将它逐出，并使之远离。
Mantra 2
इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वच॑सा व॒यं मि॒त्रस्य॒ वरु॑णस्य च । दे॒वानां॒ सर्वे॑षां वा॒चा यक्ष्मं॑ ते वारयामहे
凭因陀罗（Indra）之言，凭密多罗（Mitra）与伐楼那（Varuṇa）之言，乃至凭一切诸神之言语，我们为你遮止痨病（yákṣma），将它驱退。
Mantra 3
यथा॑ वृ॒त्र इ॒मा आप॑स्त॒स्तम्भ॑ वि॒श्वधा॑ य॒तीः । ए॒वा ते॑ अ॒ग्निना॒ यक्ष्मं॑ वैश्वान॒रेण॑ वारये
如同弗利陀罗（Vṛtra）阻遏这些四方奔流的水，使之尽皆停滞；同样地，我以阿耆尼（Agni）、以毗湿婆那罗（Vaiśvānara）为力，为你遮止痨病（yákṣma），将它驱退。
Frequently Asked Questions
Yákṣma is a wasting, consuming illness (often compared with chronic consumption). In this hymn it is treated as an intrusive affliction that can be expelled and kept away by mantra and protective substances.
Vanaspati means “lord of the forest/plant,” a way of personifying a powerful medicinal tree as a divine healer. The hymn asks Varana-as-Vanaspati to actively repel the disease and guard the patient.
It uses a mythic example of restraint—Vṛtra ‘checking’ the Waters—to symbolize stopping the disease’s spread and movement. Agni Vaiśvānara is then invoked to perform that restraining, purifying action in the patient.
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