Sukta 90
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous in AV; associated with Atharvan/Angiras healing corpus)
Devata: Rudra (as sender and, by appeasement, remover of the missile)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approx.; AV healing verses commonly in anuṣṭubh)
Dieser kurze atharvavedische Heilgesang deutet akuten inneren Schmerz als Rudras „Pfeil“, der in Gliedern und Herz steckt, und zieht ihn durch Mantra heraus, um ihn unschädlich zu machen. Er verbindet die Sprache des Herausreißens/Extrahierens (vi vṛh-) mit der Reinigung der Leitbahnen (dhāmanī-) und endet damit, Rudra zu besänftigen, indem das Geschoss in jeder Phase seines Fluges wiederholt verehrt wird, um ein Wiederkehren zu verhindern.
Mantras
Mantra 1
इषुनिष्कासनम्। यां ते॑ रु॒द्र इषु॒मास्य॒दङ्गे॑भ्यो॒ हृद॑याय च । इ॒दं ताम॒द्य त्वद् व॒यं विषू॑चीं॒ वि वृ॑हामसि
Den Pfeil, den du, o Rudra, abgeschossen hast – in die Glieder und ins Herz –, eben diesen ziehen wir heute von dir heraus, den weithin verwundenden, durchdringenden Schaft.
Mantra 2
यास्ते॑ श॒तं ध॒मन॒योऽङ्गा॒न्यनु॒ विष्ठि॑ताः । तासां॑ ते॒ सर्वा॑सां व॒यं निर्वि॒षाणि॑ ह्वयामसि
Welche hundert Leitbahnen (dhámanayaḥ) von dir längs der Glieder ausgebreitet sind – sie alle rufen wir für dich herbei: die giftlosen Kräfte, die entgiftende Lösung.
Mantra 3
नम॑स्ते रु॒द्रास्य॑ते॒ नमः॒ प्रति॑हितायै । नमो॑ विसृ॒ज्यमा॑नायै॒ नमो॒ निप॑तितायै
Ehrerbietung dir, o Rudra, wenn du schießt; Ehrerbietung dem Pfeil, wenn er angelegt und gerichtet ist; Ehrerbietung, wenn er losgelassen wird; Ehrerbietung, wenn er gefallen ist.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a ritual image for sudden, piercing illness or pain—especially in limbs and the heart—treated as a lodged missile that can be drawn out and neutralized by mantra.
It frames the body as a network through which pain/poison can spread; the mantra calls in “nirviṣa” (poisonless, antidotal) force so the affliction cannot remain or circulate.
Both: it performs extraction (removal) and then uses repeated namas (homage) to calm Rudra and ‘finish’ the missile’s power at every stage, helping prevent a return of the attack.
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