Atharva Veda Sukta 42
Kanda 7Anuvaka 5Sukta 422 Mantras

Sukta 42

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi ascription varies by Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Soma-Rudra (dual); with Nirṛti and Enas as targeted afflictions

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

AV 7.42 تعويذة موجزة من بيتين للشفاء والتطهير، تستدعي القوتين المقترنتين سوما ورودرا بوصفهما طبيبين إلهيين. وتلتمس منهما طرد البلاء الجائل (المرض/التأثير الشرير)، ونفي نيرْرِتي (النكبة/الهلاك) إلى مسافة بعيدة، وإرخاء قوة الربط التي لـ«إينَس» (ذنب مُرتكَب/شعور بالذنب) والتي يُعتقد أنها تلتصق بالجسد وبالبيت. وتكمن قوة النشيد في فعله المزدوج: إخراج الشؤم وفكّ قيود الخطيئة في الداخل بوصفها قيدًا جسديًا ملموسًا.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.42

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

They are invoked as a paired healing power: Soma provides purifying, medicinal essence, while Rudra forcefully drives away affliction and calamity. Together they heal and protect.

Nirṛti is personified ruin or misfortune that must be sent far away. Enas is a fault or guilt that is imagined as something that can cling to a person and even feel ‘bound’ within the body, needing release.

It can be recited for sickness or household misfortune with simple purification acts—sprinkling water, offering a Soma-symbolic drink, and making an ‘untying’ gesture to dramatize the mantra’s request to unbind and remove harm.

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