Atharva Veda Sukta 59
Kanda 6Anuvaka 6Sukta 593 Mantras

Sukta 59

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective)

Devata: Oṣadhi (Arundhatī) as a personified healing/protective power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (AV domestic-healing style)

Ce bref hymne atharvanique invoque la puissance curative de l’herbe Arundhatī (Oṣadhi) afin de protéger et de rétablir la richesse bovine — bœufs, vaches laitières, vaches taries, veaux et tout le troupeau à quatre pattes. Il demande une étable riche en lait et exempte de maladies, et étend la même protection à la maisonnée humaine, en chassant le redouté « projectile » de Rudra (mortalité soudaine/atteinte épidémique). Dans le style domestique de l’Atharvaveda, la mantra elle-même agit comme une charge protectrice, déposée sur l’étable et le troupeau par la récitation et un simple rite aux herbes.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.59

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

Here Arundhatī is a personified healing herb (oṣadhi), treated as an auspicious, life-giving protective power that safeguards the herd and the cowshed.

Both. It primarily protects cattle and increases milk-yield, but it also asks that the cowshed be free from yákṣma (wasting sickness) and that human members of the household be protected too.

It is a Vedic image for a sudden, dangerous strike—often understood as murrain, epidemic affliction, or abrupt cattle-death—sent away from the herd through Arundhatī’s protective agency and the mantra’s command.

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