Sukta 37
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.37)
Devata: Vāsaḥ (Garment) as charm-medium; Kāma/Manas implicitly
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
تستخدم هذه الرُّقية الأثرفانية ذات البيت الواحد ثوبًا (vāsaḥ) بوصفه الحامل المادي للنيّة لربط انتباه الرجل ومودّته حصرًا بالمتكلّمة. فبوضع قماشها أو استعماله على الرجل، تهدف الترنيمة إلى صرف ذهنه (manas) ورغبته (kāma) عن النساء المنافسات، حتى اللواتي يُعَدَدْنَ «مشهورات» اجتماعيًا، وإقامة تعلّقٍ واحدٍ عبر سحر الملامسة.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The hymn invokes Vāsaḥ, the garment/cloth, treating it as an active charm-medium that can carry the speaker’s intention through touch and wearing.
To make a man devoted to the speaker alone (kevala), and to prevent other women—even prominent or “famed” ones—from attracting him.
No. The central “substance” is the practitioner’s own garment; the rite works through recitation plus direct contact (placing/draping or briefly having him wear it).
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