Anuvaka 2
Is mantra mein devata se raksha maangi jaati hai. Indra ko bulaya jaata hai dushmano se bachane ke liye. Charo disha ke rakshak aate hain aur kile jaisi suraksha banti hai. Usha, yani subah, andhera door karti hai aur accha laya laati hai. Isse raste par, yagya mein, aur ladai mein dar nahi rehta. Mantra kavach ki tarah kaam karta hai aur hamla wapas jata hai. Aise hi jan aur samaj surakshit rehte hain. Yeh mantra dar ko shaant karta hai aur jaldi maut roke.
Kinds of charm
Suktas in Anuvaka 2
Sukta 11
Yeh mantra kisi bhi pooja ya rite ko acha se baithane ke liye hai. Isme bahut saari taakaton se sahmati maangi jaati hai. Satya ke rakshak logon se leke dhan ke cheen - ghode aur gaay - sab ko bulaya jaata hai. Pichle purkha bhi isme saath dete hain. Samundar aur saanp jaise gehre taakat bhi isme aate hain. Aakhir mein Aditya, Rudra aur Vasu sab ko sunne ko kehte hain. Woh log naya kiye gaye brahman ko maan kar haan kahein.
Sukta 12
Ye ek mantra hai Usha ke liye, jo subah ki devi hain. Isme Usha se pray kiya ja raha hai ki wo andhera bhaga de. Ye andhera raat ka bhi hai aur buri cheezon ka bhi. Mantra kehta hai ki hamari zindagi acchi disha mein chale. Hum wo cheez paayein jo hamare liye likhi gayi hai. Aashirwad mein khushi aur lambi umar hai, sau saal tak. Aulad se barkat ho, ye bhi isme hai.
Sukta 13
Is mantra mein Indra ki dono baahein jeevant shaktiyan maan ke bulayi gayi hain. Inhe ek akeli yoddha aur uski sena mein basaya jaata hai. Yeh isliye ki ladai mein hamla, hathiyar aur jhanda sab jeet jayein. Jeet ko Indra ki purani vijay ki tarah dikhaya gaya hai. Khatra paar karke, dushman ko ojas se kuchal ke, maal aur gaon hasil karna hai. Yoddha khud Indra ban jaata hai ladai mein. Pura fauj uske jhande ke aas paas jud jaata hai.
Sukta 14
Yeh mantra ek shanti ki prarthana hai. Isme bhagwan se kaha ja raha hai ki dar ka mahaul khatam ho. Aasman aur dharti dono humare liye acchi ban jayein. Charon dishaon mein koi bair na rahe. Dushman taqat shant ho jayein. Logon mein nafrat na ho. Har taraf suraksha ki chhaya ho. Ant mein kalyan aur shubh parinam aaye.
Sukta 15
Yeh mantra Indra ko bulata hai taaki hum dar se azaad ho jayein. Indra humare dushmanon aur har taraf se aane wale khatre se bachata hai. Hum Indra se kehte hain ki humein ek chaura aur ujali jagah le jayein. Indra ki pakki baanhon ke neeche hum surakshit mehsoos karte hain. Din aur raat koi bhi humein takleef nahi de paata. Dushman bhi humein kuch nahi kar sakta jab Indra saath hai. Yeh mantra hum mein himmat bharta hai aur dar bhaga deta hai. Indra ki shakti se hum nirbhik ho jate hain.
Sukta 16
Yeh ek suraksha mantra hai jo dar ko khatam karta hai. Isme Savita aur Indra ko bulaya jata hai. Woh charo dishaon mein raksha karte hain. Yeh ek kawach ki tarah kaam karta hai. Aasman aur dharti ki shaktiyan humein gher leti hain. Koi bhi dushman humein nuksan nahi pahuncha sakta. Isse vyakti nirbhik ho jata hai. Charo taraf se suraksha mil jati hai.
Sukta 17
Ye ek raksha mantra hai jo aapke aas paas ek suraksha chhata bana deta hai. Is mantra mein devi devta ko charo dishaon mein rakshak bana kar bulaya jata hai. Har disha ka ek paharedar hai jo buri taqat ko wapas bhaga deta hai. Mantra kehte hai ki main is suraksha chhata mein kadam rakhta hoon. Phir aap apne aap ko us rakshak shakti ke hawale kar dete hain. Aise darr aur buri nazar bahar hi ruk jati hai. Ye mantra aapko charo taraf se surakshit kar deta hai.
Sukta 18
Yeh ek raksha mantra hai jo dushmano ke hamle ko rokne ke liye banaya gaya hai. Isme har disha ka ek rakshak diya hai jaise poorv mein Agni aur akash mein Vayu. Jo log bura sochke hamla karte hain unhe alag disha mein bhej diya jata hai. Uttar disha mein Vishvakarman aur saat Rishi log raksha karte hain. Is tarah ek suraksha chakkar banta hai jahan koi bura kar nahi sakta. Yeh mantra dushmano ko wapas kar deta hai aur shanti banaye rakhta hai.
Sukta 19
Yeh mantra ek aisi surakshit jagah banata hai jise pur kehte hain. Isme sabko andar aane ko kaha jaata hai. Har line mein koi na koi devta aage badhta hai. Woh devta is pur ko mazboot banate hain. Ant mein yeh prayog karta hai ki humein sharma mile, yaani suraksha mile. Sath hi varma bhi mile, yani koi humein chot na pahuncha sake. Is tarah mantra se ek surakshit kshetra ban jata hai. Sab log usme ghus kar safe ho jate hain.
Sukta 20
Yeh mantra ek khaas suraksha kawach banata hai jo insaan ko gher leta hai. Ismein bahut saare devi-devata ko bulaya jaata hai dushman taakat se bachne ke liye. Pushan ko khaas roop se sambhalkarta bataya gaya hai jo maut ko door rakhta hai. Yeh swarg aur dharti, din aur suraj sab ko protection ke liye lagata hai. Isse koi bura taakat, chahe woh wapas aane wala bura ho, paas nahi aa sakta. Maut ka dar isse door bhag jaata hai. Har taraf se devata ki protection ki chhatr chha jaati hai. Yeh mantra insaan ko surakshit karta hai aur uske upar ek kawach bana deta hai.
Inside Anuvaka 2
The theme
All-around protection and auspicious stabilization through mantra-fortress, directional guardians, and fearlessness (abhaya)
Threads through it
- Śānti–paustika assent of cosmic powers to secure a rite
- Directional apotropaic mapping and repulsion of hostile assault (abhidāsa)
- Installation of pur (fortress/enclosure) and kavaca/varman (armor)
- Indraic empowerment for victory, courage, and rival-less security (asapatna)
- Dawn (Uṣas) as remover of darkness/inauspicious obstruction (tamas)
Who it serves
Safeguarding persons and community during rites, travel, and conflict; turning fear into steadiness; averting hostility, accidents, and untimely death; creating a protected living-space or ritual enclosure.
The deities
- Indraprotector
- Uṣas (Dawn)restorer
- Viśve Devāḥ (All Gods)stabilizer
- Dikpālas / Deities of the Quartersprotector
- Varman/Kavaca (Divine Armor as protective power)protector
- Pur (Mantra-fortress/enclosure as ritually founded protection)protector
What it heals
- Fear, anxiety, and insecurity (loss of abhayam)Sukta 19.14, 19.15, 19.16
- Hostile attack, malice, and plotted harm (abhidāsa; māghāyavaḥ)Sukta 19.18, 19.19, 19.20
- Risk of untimely death and human-caused violenceSukta 19.20
- Obstruction and inauspiciousness affecting rites (subtle impediments; lack of śam)Sukta 19.11, 19.14
- Darkness/inauspicious stagnation (tamas) and loss of right life-momentumSukta 19.12
- Battlefield vulnerability and defeat (need for force, cohesion, and victory)Sukta 19.13, 19.15
Frequently Asked Questions
To establish an all-sided field of safety—abhaya—by seating rites in śam (auspicious peace), installing directional guardians, and forming a mantra-fortress (pur) and divine armor (varman).
Suktas 19.17 and 19.19 emphasize the pur motif, placing the practitioner/community within a ritually founded enclosure and repeatedly commanding safe entry under divine warding.
It redirects hostile forces through directional apotropaic strategy (19.18), reinforces enclosure- and quarter-guardianship (19.16–19.19), and seals the reciter with varman-armor against violence and premature death (19.20).
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