Sukta 19
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition
Devata: Prajāpati, Dhātṛ, Puṣṭipati (personified nourishment)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (approximate)
Cet hymne paustika d’un seul vers concentre les forces génératrices et stabilisatrices de Prajāpati et de Dhātṛ afin d’assurer une descendance solidement «mise en place» et bien disposée. Il recherche ensuite la cohésion du foyer — des parents «en concorde, d’un même esprit, d’un même sein/d’une même origine» — et s’achève sur le don de Puṣṭipati : un accroissement prospère et durable, centré sur le patron.
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Frequently Asked Questions
It is a Paustika hymn used to obtain and stabilize offspring, and to secure harmonious, one-minded unity within the household along with sustained nourishment and prosperity.
They represent a complete chain of wellbeing: Prajāpati generates progeny, Dhātṛ ‘sets’ and sustains what is generated, and Puṣṭipati supplies the nourishing increase that lets the family thrive.
No specific herb or amulet is mandated by the single verse. Practitioners may symbolically support puṣṭi with simple nourishing food (milk/ghee/anna), but the primary ‘substance’ is the invoked power of nourishment itself.
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