Sukta 7
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-cycle attribution; often treated as Atharvanic in ritual manuals)
Devata: Devas as coercive agents; the 'preṣa' itself functions quasi-deity-like as operative force
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (contextual; confirm by full hymn metrical scan)
Is sukta mein koi apne dushman ko deviyon ke hawale kar raha hai. Yeh ek aisa bol hai jo dushman ko barbaad karne bheja jata hai. Devas aur pran is kaam mein madad karte hain. Bol ko ek taakat ki tarah istemal kiya jata hai. Dushman ko ghar se nikalne aur uski jaan lene ki baat hai. Isme ek aur mantra bhi hai jo buri sapne door karta hai.
Mantras
Mantra 1
तेनै॑नं विध्या॒म्यभू॑त्यैनं विध्यामि॒ निर्भू॑त्यैनं विध्यामि॒ परा॑भूत्यैनं विध्यामि॒ ग्राह्यै॑नं विध्यामि॒ तम॑सैनं विध्यामि
Main us shakti se us aadmi ko maarta hoon. Main usey khaali kar deta hoon, mita deta hoon, gira deta hoon. Main usey pakad leta hoon, andhere mein daal deta hoon.
Mantra 2
दे॒वाना॑मेनं घो॒रैः क्रू॒रैः प्रै॒षैर॑भि॒प्रेष्या॑मि
Main use bhagaa raha hoon. Deviyan ne kaha hai bhagao, to main bhaga raha hoon. Woh bade kathor hain, darane wale hain. Main use door bhej raha hoon.
Mantra 3
वै॒श्वा॒न॒रस्यै॑नं॒ दंष्ट्र॑यो॒रपि॑ दधामि
Main use Vaishvanar ke daanto mein gira raha hoon. Wahan use pakad liya jayega.
Mantra 4
ए॒वाने॒वाव॒ सा ग॑रत्
Aisa hi ho, madad ho. Aur woh use nigal jaye.
Mantra 5
यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ तमा॒त्मा द्वे॑ष्टु॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः स आ॒त्मानं॑ द्वेष्टु
Jo humse nafrat karta hai, uska apna aap use nafrat kare. Aur jisse hum nafrat karte hain, woh khud apne aap se nafrat kare.
Mantra 6
निर्द्वि॒षन्तं॑ दि॒वो निः पृ॑थि॒व्या निर॒न्तरि॑क्षाद् भजाम
Jo humare dushman hain, unko hum aasman se hata denge. Dharti se bhi unko bahar karenge. Hawa mein se bhi unko alag kar denge. Yeh mantra dushman ko door bhagane ke liye hai.
Mantra 7
सुया॑मंश्चाक्षुष
Yeh accha chal raha hai. Aur aankhon ke liye bhi theek hai.
Mantra 8
इ॒दम॒हमा॑मुष्याय॒णे॒३मुष्याः॑ पु॒त्रे दु॒ष्वप्न्यं॑ मृजे
Main us aadmi ke bete se bura sapna hata raha hoon. Woh bura sapna jo uski maa ki wajah se aaya tha.
Mantra 9
यद॒दोअ॑दो अ॒भ्यग॑च्छन् यद् दो॒षा यत् पूर्वां॒ रात्रि॑म्
Jo bhi bura uske paas aaya, yahan ya wahan. Raat mein jo hua, ya pehli raat mein jo hua.
Mantra 10
यज्जाग्र॑द् यत् सु॒प्तो यद् दिवा॒ यन्नक्त॑म्
Jab woh jaag raha tha, ya jab so raha tha. Din mein jo hua, ya raat mein jo hua.
Mantra 11
यदह॑रहरभि॒गच्छा॑मि॒ तस्मा॑देन॒मव॑ दये
Jo cheez roz mera saamne aati hai, main usey hata deta hoon. Main usey door bhaga deta hoon.
Mantra 12
तं ज॑हि॒ तेन॑ मन्दस्व॒ तस्य॑ पृ॒ष्टीरपि॑ शृणीहि
Use maaro, usse maar do. Phir khush ho jao, shaant ho jao. Uski peeth tod do, uska poora base hi tod ke rakh do. Woh gir jaye, uth na paaye.
Mantra 13
स मा जी॑वी॒त् तं प्रा॒णो ज॑हातु
Woh jiyega nahi. Uski saans chhod de, uski jaan nikal jaaye. Us aadmi ko praan chhod dein, zindagi usko chor de.
Frequently Asked Questions
Preṣa is an authoritative ritual ‘dispatch’ or commission—spoken as a command that sends the target away and places them under coercive divine enforcement.
Its dominant aim is hostile expulsion/neutralization, but it also contains a practical cleansing formula (mārjana) that removes duṣvapnya—harmful dream influence—from a specifically identified person.
Prāṇa is treated as the decisive life-force. Commanding prāṇa to abandon the target functions as the final seal that turns expulsion into complete neutralization (marana-register).
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