Anuvaka 2
Suktas in Anuvaka 2
Sukta 11
This one-verse Paustika hymn invokes Sarasvatī as the inexhaustible, nourishing breast from which “choice treasures” (vāryāṇi) grow and thrive. By praising her as delight-giving, favor-seeking, easy to call, and generous, the mantra aims to secure steady increase of valuables, prosperity, and well-being through her flowing abundance.
Sukta 12
Atharvaveda 7.12 is a social-success charm for entering the sabhā (assembly) and samiti (council) with protection, acceptance, and persuasive speech. It frames Sabhā and Samiti as Prajāpati’s concordant “daughters,” invokes Indra for a recognized share in the council’s fortune, and uses a mind-turning formula to draw the audience’s attention and consent toward the speaker.
Sukta 13
This brief Atharvanic enemy-destruction hymn operates by a solar analogy: as Sūrya outshines and ‘takes’ the lights of the stars at dawn, so the practitioner ritually appropriates the varcas (splendour, efficacy, prestige) of hostile rivals. It is a two-mantra charm meant to expose approaching sapátna-s (competitors/enemies) and render them powerless—left ‘asleep’ while the reciter stands in victorious radiance.
Sukta 14
This four-mantra Savitar hymn harnesses the Deity’s “true impulsion” (satyasava) to set the worshipper’s intention (mati) on an auspicious track and to draw in desirable goods (vāryāṇi), especially cattle and stable prosperity. By recalling Savitar’s primeval act of granting loftiness and wide space to the “first father,” it frames present prosperity as a lawful continuation of cosmic order (dharma) and ancestral well-being.
Sukta 15
This one-mantra Paustika hymn petitions Savitar for a “true-impelling” (satyasavā) favor that is beautiful, discerning, and universally beneficial. It frames prosperity as something that can be “milked out” in abundance—thousand-streamed—so that Bhaga may apportion it as one’s rightful share, bringing well-being and choice-worthy good fortune.
Sukta 16
This single-mantra Paustika hymn petitions Savitar and Bṛhaspati to expand the beneficiary’s vitality, clarity, and social-luminous “good fortune” (saubhāgya). It asks that the person become fully “set to success,” able to overpass obstacles, and be welcomed by the assent and favor of all the gods as a confirming divine assembly.
Sukta 17
This brief Paustika hymn petitions the divine “setters-in-place” of order and increase—Dhātṛ, Savitṛ, Prajāpati, Agni, Tvaṣṭṛ, and Viṣṇu—to accept the offering and stabilize the sacrificer’s household fortune. Its power lies in securing a life-sustaining dwelling, choicest goods within the home, and the crowning aim of progeny, framed as a unified assent of many gods. The sukta seals prosperity as something ‘placed’ (dhā-) into the yajamāna’s life: habitation, wealth (draviṇa), and lineage together.
Sukta 18
AV 7.18 is a compact rain-compulsion hymn that treats the cloud as a sealed container and commands it to be split open so the celestial waters may pour down for the community. It enlists Earth as the receptive field-body and Dhātṛ as the cosmic regulator who “opens the waterskin,” ensuring rain that is nourishing rather than destructive. The second verse widens the aim from mere rainfall to balanced weather—free from scorching drought and killing frost—so that welfare and fertility prevail where Soma (auspicious vitality/ritual order) abides.
Sukta 19
This one-verse Paustika hymn concentrates the generative and stabilizing forces of Prajāpati and Dhātṛ to secure offspring that are firmly “set in place” and well-disposed. It further seeks household cohesion—kin “in concord, of one mind, of one womb/origin”—and culminates in Puṣṭipati’s gift of sustained thriving increase centered on the patron.
Sukta 20
This six-verse hymn petitions Anumati—divine Consent and approving Providence—to “think well” of the sacrificer and ratify the offering among the gods. By securing assent, it aims to make the yajña unobstructed and fruitful: welfare, good fields, strong sons, and well-generated progeny. The hymn’s power lies in turning ritual performance into accepted, protected efficacy—approval becomes the gateway to prosperity and domestic continuity.
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