Atharva Veda Sukta 134
Kanda 6Anuvaka 14Sukta 1343 Mantras

Sukta 134

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in excerpt)

Devata: Indra (Śacīpati) / Vajra as personified force

Chandas: Uṣṇih (explicitly referenced as operative meter)

AV 6.134 es un conjuro rāṣṭrabhṛt-abhicārika compacto que convierte en arma el vajra de Indra—tratado como una fuerza viva y punitiva—para proteger el reino quebrando y «enterrando» a los agresores hostiles. Vincula la protección de los límites políticos con una supresión letal: se golpea y arrebata la vida del enemigo, su movimiento es forzado hacia abajo, dentro de la tierra, y se ordena al vajra perseguirlo incluso hasta el sīmanta (frontera). La afirmación distintiva del himno es que la propia recitación métrica (explícitamente Uṣṇih) funciona como una «herramienta» operativa que afila la eficacia del vajra, evocando la muerte paradigmática de Vṛtra a manos de Indra.

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

It is a polity-protection (rāṣṭrabhṛt) charm with hostile-magical (abhicārika) force, meant to neutralize and destroy an aggressor who threatens the realm—driving him down, preventing his return, and ensuring pursuit even to the border.

The hymn treats chandas as an operative instrument: reciting in/with Uṣṇih is portrayed as strengthening the vajra’s strike, paralleling Indra’s mythic victory over Vṛtra.

Sīmanta is the territorial boundary or limit of jurisdiction; the mantra commands the vajra to chase the attacker up to that boundary, ensuring the threat is not merely expelled but decisively struck down.

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