Sukta 40
Rishi: Traditionally aligned with Ṛgvedic provenance in AV 20 (late appendix); specific seer uncertain without full anukramaṇī context.
Devata: Agni/Svadhā (functional focus on fire and svadhā-power; Pitṛ-oriented efficacy).
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or related (requires full pada count verification).
Mantras
Mantra 1
इन्द्रे॑ण॒ सं हि दृक्ष॑से संजग्मा॒नो अबि॑भ्युषा। म॒न्दू स॑मा॒नव॑र्चसा
With Indra, verily, thou art made manifest, assembling with the fearless one—O gladdening power—of equal splendour.
Mantra 2
अ॒न॒व॒द्यैर॒भिद्यु॑भिर्म॒खः सह॑स्वदर्चति । ग॒णैरिन्द्र॑स्य॒ काम्यैः॑
With faultless, overmastering powers the Sacrifice, mighty, lifts its song—by Indra’s companies, desirable and wish-bestowing.
Mantra 3
आदह॑ स्व॒धामनु॒ पुन॑र्गर्भ॒त्वमे॑रि॒रे। दधा॑ना॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञिय॑म्
Burn on, in ordered course, the Svadhā-power: again they have set a return to embryo-state in motion, establishing the sacrificial Name.
Frequently Asked Questions
For paustika aims: strengthening prosperity and continuity by making the rite powerful and faultless, granting fearlessness and radiance, and sealing Pitṛ-facing efficacy through Agni and Svadhā.
Indra supplies victorious protection and shared splendour that stabilizes the practitioner and rite, while Svadhā (carried by Agni) supplies ancestral authorization and continuity-power—together they make success both protective and generative.
It is renewal imagery: a ‘return to embryo-state’ as a ritual way of speaking about reconstitution—restoring embodied continuity, identity, and efficacy—sealed by establishing the yajñiya (sacrificial) Name.
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