
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution varies)
Devata: Vājīkaraṇa (virility) / the empowered ‘member’ as functional devatā
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
AV 6.101 ist ein knappes Vājīkaraṇa-Zauberlied, das Erregung, Wachstum und Festigkeit des männlichen Zeugungsgliedes als heilenden und kräftigenden Akt ausspricht. Mit eindringlicher zoomorpher und martialischer Bildsprache (Bullenbrunst; Bogen und straff gespannte Sehne) wandelt der Hymnus Schwäche oder Schlaffheit in beherrschte Spannung und zielt auf gelingende sexuelle Leistung und erneuerte Kraft.
Mantra 1
वाजीकरणम्। आ वृ॑षायस्व श्वसि॒हि वर्ध॑स्व प्र॒थय॑स्व च । य॒था॒ङ्गं व॑र्धतां॒ शेप॒स्तेन॑ यो॒षित॒मिज्ज॑हि
Schwelle wie ein Stier; atme in Glut hervor; wachse und breite dich aus. Damit das Glied — der śepas — wachse: damit überwinde wahrlich die Frau.
Mantra 2
येन॑ कृ॒षं वा॒जय॑न्ति॒ येन॑ हि॒न्वन्त्यातु॑रम्। तेना॒स्य ब्र॑ह्मणस्पते॒ धनु॑रि॒वा ता॑नया॒ पसः॑
Womit man den mageren Mann kräftig macht, womit man den Kranken zur Stärke antreibt — damit, o Brahmaṇaspati, spanne sein Glied straff, wie einen Bogen.
Mantra 3
आहं त॑नोमि ते॒ पसो॒ अधि॒ ज्यामि॑व॒ धन्व॑नि । क्रम॒स्वर्श॑ इव रो॒हित॒मन॑वग्लायता॒ सदा॑
Ich spanne dir oben die Schlinge, wie am Bogen die straff gezogene Sehne. Schreite voran, wie der Rohit, der dahingleitet; ohne Wanken, immer ohne Nachlassen.
It is used as a vājīkaraṇa (potency) charm to restore strength and induce firm, sustained sexual vitality, especially when weakness or illness has reduced vigor.
The bowstring image ritualizes ‘tautness’: the mantra is imagined to tighten and stabilize potency the way a string is drawn tight on a bow—firm, directed, and not slack.
The verses themselves do not name a specific herb; practice often pairs such charms with a strengthening tonic (e.g., milk/ghee with vājīkaraṇa herbs) and a symbolic cord (pāśa) to enact the ‘tightening’ motif.
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