Sukta 41
Rishi: Traditionally associated with Suparṇa/Śyena hymn-complexes (specific ṛṣi ascription varies)
Devata: Suparṇa/Śyena (with Indra as allied power)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Dieser kurze, aus zwei Mantras bestehende Hymnus ruft Suparṇa/Śyena — den schnellen, scharf blickenden göttlichen Vogel — als wohltätigen Träger an, der Ödland, Wasser und die unteren Räume überwindet und in Verbindung mit Indra glückverheißend eintrifft. Er wirkt als apotropäischer Zauber der „gelingenden Überbringung“: Er sichert das unversehrte Eintreffen der ersehnten Kraft/Gabe und die Wiedergewinnung von fortgetragenem Gut, gestützt durch die beständige Sanktion der Ahnen (Pitṛ).
Mantras
Mantra 1
सुपर्णः। अति॒ धन्वा॒न्यत्य॒पस्त॑तर्द श्ये॒नो नृ॒चक्षा॑ अवसानद॒र्शः । तर॒न् विश्वा॒न्यव॑रा॒ रजां॒सीन्द्रे॑ण॒ सख्या॑ शि॒व आ ज॑गम्यात्
Suparṇa: Über Ödland, über die Wasser hat der Falke sich Bahn gebrochen – menschenkundig, scharfäugig, den Ruheort erblickend. Alle unteren Räume durchquerend, in Freundschaft mit Indra, heilvoll möge er hierher kommen.
Mantra 2
श्ये॒नो नृ॒चक्षा॑ दि॒व्यः सु॑प॒र्णः स॒हस्र॑पाच्छ॒तयो॑निर्वयो॒धाः । स नो॒ नि य॑च्छाद् वसु॒ यत् परा॑भृतम॒स्माक॑मस्तु पि॒तृषु॑ स्व॒धाव॑त्
Der Falke, menschenkundig und scharfäugig, himmlisch, schönbefiedert, tausendfüßig, aus hundert Quellen, Kraftspender—er gebe uns zurück das Gut, das fortgetragen wurde; und was uns gehört, sei sicher bei den Vätern, reich an svadhā.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used for safe and successful arrival (of a person, message, help, or boon) and for restoring valuables that have been taken or gone missing, while protecting rightful possession.
Indra represents victorious force and overcoming resistance; the hymn frames the falcon’s swift transit and success as empowered by Indra’s friendship (sakhya).
It asks that one’s goods remain secure under ancestral authority—svadhā signifies the Pitṛs’ sustaining power and a juridical-sacral guarantee that what is ‘ours’ stays protected.
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