Atharva Veda Sukta 22
Kanda 7Anuvaka 3Sukta 222 Mantras

Sukta 22

Rishi: Uncertain (requires anukramaṇī verification for AVŚ 7.22.1).

Devata: Jyotis/Āditya (Light as a deified power).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-like brevity but metrically irregular; requires scansion.

Ce bref hymne en deux vers invoque Jyotis/Āditya — la Lumière comme force cosmique, morale et perceptive — afin de rendre la vision claire et d’accorder la conduite à ṛta (la rectitude ordonnée). En plaçant la « lumière » dans l’ordonnance du dharma et en l’attelant à l’élan de l’aurore et du soleil, le sukta fonctionne comme un charme protecteur et thérapeutique : il dissipe l’obscurité, la confusion et les influences hostiles, tout en soutenant une prospérité opportune (notamment le bétail/la richesse).

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.22

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

For invoking ‘light’ (jyotis) to bring clear perception and ordered conduct, and to protect against confusion, impurity, and hostile influences—often with a dawn-time (uṣas) emphasis.

No. The verses themselves work as a luminous protective-healing charm; at most, practitioners may add simple purity acts like washing or sprinkling clean water.

In Vedic symbolism, ‘go’ can indicate cattle/wealth and also a manifest field of nourishment and radiance; here it seals the hymn’s aim of purity plus flourishing in the properly timed (svásara) order.

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