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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn classified by function: sapátna-kṣayaṇa)
Devata: Indra (as expeller/smasher of foes)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (typical for concise expulsive charms)
AV 6.75 est un charme sapátna-kṣayaṇa concis qui expulse un rival hostile de la demeure et scelle son non-retour. Indra y est invoqué comme l’écraseur décisif des ennemis, chassant l’adversaire au-delà de la limite domestique (okas) et le poussant vers les régions les plus lointaines, hors de la société et même au-delà des sphères cosmiques lumineuses.
Mantra 1
सपत्नक्षयणम्। निर॒मुं नु॑द॒ ओक॑सः स॒पत्नो॒ यः पृ॑त॒न्यति॑ । नै॒र्बा॒ध्येऽन ह॒विषेन्द्र॑ एनं॒ परा॑शरीत्
Chasse hors de la demeure ce rival qui suscite le combat. Dans le rite Nairbādhya, avec l’oblation, qu’Indra le frappe à fond et le rejette au loin.
Mantra 2
प॒र॒मां तं प॑रा॒वत॒मिन्द्रो॑ नुदतु वृत्र॒हा। यतो॒ न पुन॒राय॑ति शश्व॒तीभ्यः॒ समा॑भ्यः
Vers la contrée la plus lointaine qu’Indra, le tueur de Vṛtra, le pousse, d’où il ne revient plus, pour des années éternelles.
Mantra 3
एतु॑ ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वत॒ एतु॒ पञ्च॒ जनाँ॒ अति॑ । एतु॑ ति॒स्रोऽति॑ रोच॒ना यतो॒ न पुन॒राय॑ति । शश्व॒तीभ्यः॒ समा॑भ्यो॒ यावत् सूर्यो॒ अस॑द् दि॒वि
Qu’il aille vers les trois régions lointaines; qu’il passe au-delà des cinq peuples; qu’il passe au-delà des trois domaines lumineux—d’où il ne revient plus, pour des années éternelles, tant que le Soleil demeure au ciel.
It is used to drive a hostile rival out of one’s dwelling or settlement and to prevent that person from returning, by invoking Indra’s coercive power.
No. The text centers on command-formulae and boundary logic (the house/threshold), with a simple havis offering (often ghee or food) as the supporting ritual act.
These are totalizing boundaries: the ‘five peoples’ represent the full human social world, and the ‘three rocanā’ extend the banishment beyond luminous cosmic domains—so the rival is excluded from every sphere of return.
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