Atharva Veda Sukta 47
Kanda 7Anuvaka 5Sukta 472 Mantras

Sukta 47

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution uncertain/variable)

Devata: Kuhū

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence with AV flexibility (longer pādas than strict anuṣṭubh)

Dieser kurze Paustika-Hymnus ruft Kuhū an – die glückverheißende Mondkraft der Neumondnacht –, damit sie das Opfer wirksam mache und dem Opfernden umfassenden, auserlesenen Reichtum «zuteile». Durch wiederholtes Anrufen (johavīmi) und die Bitte, das havis anzunehmen, zielt die Sukta auf rāyas-poṣa (Mehrung des Wohlstands) und auf die Gabe eines kräftigen Helden-Sohnes (vīra). Ihre Wirkkraft liegt darin, die häusliche Darbringung mit Kuhūs empfangendem, fruchtbarkeittragendem Aspekt zu verbinden, sodass Fülle und Nachkommenschaft zugleich gesichert werden.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.47

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

Kuhū is a lunar goddess associated with the dark/new-moon phase, invoked here as a beneficent power who accepts offerings and turns the sacrifice into prosperity and fertility.

It asks for wealth of every desirable kind (viśvavāra rayi), sustained increase of resources (rāyas-poṣa), and the gift of a vīra—understood as a strong, worthy son or heroic strength for the household.

It fits especially well around amāvāsyā (new-moon observances) or any domestic offering for prosperity. Recite the two mantras with a simple havis offering, asking Kuhū to accept and ‘hear’ the rite so the requested increase manifests.

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