Sukta 78
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).
Devata: Agni (as purifier and stabilizer of the release).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-rubric + metrical line; likely Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in the metrical portion (requires metrical check).
Este breve himno de tradición atharvánica realiza un «desatar» ritual: mediante la palabra afloja cuerdas, yugos y ataduras que significan cautiverio, aflicción o ligadura hostil. Tras liberar los vínculos, estabiliza de inmediato el estado de libertad «unciendo» a Agni mediante el brahman divino, para que el beneficiario obtenga una fuerza protectora semejante al kṣatra, buen augurio y riqueza. En dos movimientos —desvinculación y re‑empoderamiento— Agni queda constituido como purificador y garante de la nueva condición, ya sin ataduras.
Mantras
Mantra 1
वन्दमोचनम्। वि ते॑ मुञ्चामि रश॒नां वि योक्त्रं॒ वि नि॒योज॑नम्। इ॒हैव त्वमज॑स्र एध्यग्ने
Liberación del atamiento. Para ti desato la cuerda, desato la correa del yugo, desato la sujeción. Aquí mismo, sí aquí, fortalécete sin cesar, oh Agni.
Mantra 2
अ॒स्मै क्ष॒त्राणि॑ धा॒रय॑न्तमग्ने यु॒नज्मि॑ त्वा॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ दैव्ये॑न । दी॒दि॒ह्य॑१स्मभ्यं॒ द्रवि॑णे॒ह भ॒द्रं प्रेमं वो॑चो हवि॒र्दां दे॒वता॑सु
A ti, oh Agni, que sostienes para este hombre los poderes regios, te unzo con el brahman divino. Arde para nosotros aquí hacia la riqueza, hacia el bien auspicioso; pronuncia esta palabra, oh dador de oblación, entre las deidades.
Frequently Asked Questions
It can mean literal restraint (cords, yokes, captivity) and also symbolic constraint—illness, fear, hostile magic, or obligations felt as something that ‘ties’ a person down.
Agni purifies and transforms: he ‘burns away’ constriction, carries the prayer through oblation, and then stands as a steady presence so the released condition remains firm and protected.
This hymn is materially simple: it centers on a cord/strap as the binding symbol and a fire (Agni). An oblation is implied in the second mantra, but the emphasis is on the act of untying and the mantra’s stabilizing ‘yoking’ of Agni.
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