Sukta 23
Rishi: Uncertain (requires anukramaṇī verification for AVŚ 7.23.1).
Devata: Rakṣoghna-brahman (the mantra’s own power); implicitly Indra/Agni as destroyers of rakṣas in Atharvanic idiom.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires scansion).
AVŚ 7.23 এটা সংক্ষিপ্ত ৰক্ষোঘ্ন মন্ত্র, যিয়ে নিশাচৰ আৰু মনো-দেহীয় কষ্টসমূহৰ সমগ্ৰ গুচ্ছক লক্ষ্য কৰে—দুঃস্বপ্ন, “কুজীৱন”, দানৱীয় পীড়ন, আৰু বৈৰী বাক্য। একেটা অনুষ্টুভ-ধাঁচৰ উচ্চাৰণতে ই বিপদসমূহক নাম ধৰি উল্লেখ কৰি সিহঁতক নিৰ্বাসিত কৰে, লক্ষ্য হ’ল নিৰাপদ নিদ্ৰা, প্ৰাণশক্তি, আৰু সামাজিক-ভাষিক কল্যাণ পুনঃস্থাপন।
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Frequently Asked Questions
It protects against bad dreams and the forces believed to cause them—demonic oppression, life-wasting misfortune, deathward influences, and harmful/hostile speech.
No. The verse itself is designed as a self-sufficient rakṣoghna-brahman: the spoken mantra is the primary instrument, though simple cleansing or sprinkling water may be added optionally.
Before sleep is the most natural timing; it can also be recited right after a disturbing dream or whenever one feels pressured by misfortune, fear, or slander.
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