Rig Veda Sukta 186
Mandala 10Sukta 1863 Mantras

Sukta 186

Sukta 10.186

Devata

Vāta (Wind as life-force and healer)

Ce bref hymne en trois strophes invoque Vāta (le Vent) comme un guérisseur bienveillant, qui apporte paix et joie au cœur et porte le souffle vital vers la plénitude de la vie. Le lien s’approfondit en s’adressant à Vāta comme à un père, un frère et un ami ; enfin, on demande une part du « trésor d’immortalité » que l’on croit conservé dans la demeure même de Vāta — c’est‑à‑dire une vitalité soutenante, sans mort, pour continuer à vivre.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Vāta is the wind as a divine power—both the outer moving air and the inner life-breath (prāṇa). The hymn treats him as a healer who supports calmness, vitality, and longevity.

The hymn asks Vāta to come as a remedy, bring peace and joy into the heart, and carry the worshipper’s life-breaths forward into a fuller, protected life-term.

It is an image for a deathless store of vitality (amṛta) associated with Vāta. The prayer asks that some of this sustaining, undiminishing life-power be granted ‘for living’—to strengthen and preserve life.

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