Atharva Veda Sukta 27
Kanda 7Anuvaka 3Sukta 271 Mantras

Sukta 27

Devata: Iḍā (Vaiśvadevī / All-Gods-associated Iḍā).

এই এক-মন্ত্ৰীয় সূক্তত বৈশ্বদেৱী ইলাক শুদ্ধিকাৰিণী আৰু সমৃদ্ধিদায়িনী উপস্থিতি হিচাপে প্ৰতিষ্ঠা কৰা হৈছে—যি যজ্ঞৰ কাষত “থিয় হৈ” থাকে আৰু ব্ৰত (নিয়মিত আচৰণ)ৰ দ্বাৰা যজমানক আৱৰি ধৰে। ঘৃত-পদা আৰু সোম-পৃষ্ঠাৰূপে তেওঁৰ বৰ্ণনাই যজ্ঞস্থানক পবিত্ৰ কৰে, উপাসকসকলক শোধন কৰে, আৰু যজ্ঞক অস্থিৰ কৰিব পৰা অশুচিতা আৰু বৈৰী শক্তিসমূহক দূৰ কৰি ৰাখে।

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.27

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

Iḍā is a personified ritual power linked with nourishment and purity. Here she is called Vaiśvadevī, meaning aligned with the All-Gods, and is envisioned as standing beside the sacrifice to protect and cleanse.

It asks her to encompass the sacrificer through disciplined observance (vrata) and to cleanse the god-seeking participants at her ritual ‘station,’ keeping the yajña steady and undefiled.

They mark Iḍā as concretely empowered by core sacrificial substances: ghee (clarity, offering, nourishment) and Soma (ritual vitality). The imagery signals that her protection operates from within the yajña itself.

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