Sukta 78
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (to be confirmed from anukramaṇī).
Devata: Pauṣṭika powers of increase; implicitly the efficacy of havis and household prosperity (no single named deity in this verse).
Chandas: Mixed/Anuṣṭubh-like (to be confirmed by full hymn metrical scan).
Dieser kurze Pauṣṭika‑Hymnus segnet ein Ehepaar mit erneuter Fülle (pyāyati), nährender Lebenskraft (rasa/payas), Reichtum (rayi) und festem Bestand/tragfähiger Ordnung (rāṣṭra). Wohlstand erscheint nicht als bloßer Besitz, sondern als dauerhafter Zustand des Hauses: unvermindertes (anupakṣita) Wachstum, fruchtbarer Saft und langes Leben, besiegelt durch die Anrufung Tvaṣṭṛs, des göttlichen Formers des ehelichen Bandes.
Mantras
Mantra 1
दम्पत्यो रयिप्राप्तये प्रार्थना। तेन॑ भू॒तेन॑ ह॒विषा॒यमा प्या॑यतां॑ पुनः॑ । जा॒यां याम॑स्मा॒ आवा॑क्षु॒स्तां रसे॑ना॒भि व॑र्धताम्
Ein Gebet für Mann und Frau zum Gewinn von Reichtum. Mit dieser wirksamen Opfergabe (havis) mögen die beiden wieder voll werden. Die Gattin, die man ihm hierher gebracht hat — möge sie durch Saft und Wesen wachsen, reichlich sich mehren.
Mantra 2
अ॒भि व॑र्धतां॒ पय॑सा॒भि रा॒ष्ट्रेण॑ वर्धताम्। र॒य्या स॒हस्र॑वर्चसे॒मौ स्तामनु॑पक्षितौ
Mögen sie durch Milch wachsen; mögen sie durch Herrschaft wachsen. Mit Reichtum, mit tausendfachem Glanz — mögen diese beiden ungeschmälert bestehen.
Mantra 3
त्वष्टा॑ जा॒याम॑जनय॒त् त्वष्टा॑स्यै॒ त्वां पति॑म्। त्वष्टा॑ स॒हस्र॒मायूं॑षि दी॒र्घमायुः॑ कृणोतु वाम्
Tvaṣṭṛ zeugte die Gattin; Tvaṣṭṛ zeugte für sie dich als Gatten. Tvaṣṭṛ — möge er euch beiden tausend Lebensmaße zuteilen, möge er langes Leben schaffen.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is recited to help a husband and wife thrive together—gaining nourishment, wealth, stable standing in society, and sustained (non-diminishing) prosperity, along with long life.
Milk and ‘sap’ are Vedic images for nourishment and life-force. Here they symbolize bodily thriving, fertility-like vitality, and the steady replenishment of household prosperity.
Tvaṣṭṛ is the divine fashioner/artisan. The hymn invokes him to affirm that the marital bond is rightly ‘formed’ and to request that he appoint long life and enduring vitality for both spouses.
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