Sukta 27
Devata: Iḍā (Vaiśvadevī / All-Gods-associated Iḍā).
Cet hymne d’un seul vers établit Iḍā (Vaiśvadevī) comme une présence purificatrice et porteuse de prospérité, qui «se tient auprès» du yajña et enveloppe le sacrifiant par le vrata (observance ordonnée). En la décrivant comme «aux pieds de ghee» et «soutenue par le Soma», il sacralise l’espace rituel, purifie les adorants et repousse l’impureté ainsi que les forces hostiles susceptibles de déstabiliser le sacrifice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Iḍā is a personified ritual power linked with nourishment and purity. Here she is called Vaiśvadevī, meaning aligned with the All-Gods, and is envisioned as standing beside the sacrifice to protect and cleanse.
It asks her to encompass the sacrificer through disciplined observance (vrata) and to cleanse the god-seeking participants at her ritual ‘station,’ keeping the yajña steady and undefiled.
They mark Iḍā as concretely empowered by core sacrificial substances: ghee (clarity, offering, nourishment) and Soma (ritual vitality). The imagery signals that her protection operates from within the yajña itself.
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