Sukta 2
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-protective usage; r̥ṣi attribution edition-dependent)
Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling offering)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires metrical verification)
Yeh ek raksha mantra hai jo aapko surakshit rakhta hai. Isme Indra ko bulaya jata hai jaldi se. Soma pe karke aur acchi tarah se stuti karke Indra ko shakti milti hai. Phir vajra wale Indra dushmano ko tod deta hai. Raakshasi jaisi bimariyon ko barbad kar deta hai. Aapki jeet ho jati hai aur aap safe rehte ho.
Mantras
Mantra 1
आत्मगोपनम्। इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॑मृत्विजः सु॒नोता च॑ धावत । स्तो॒तुर्यो वचः॑ शृ॒णव॒द्धवं॑ च मे
Yeh mantra apni hifazat ke liye hai. Pujari log, Indra ke liye Som ka ras nikaalo aur jaldi karo. Indra meri prarthana sun le, jo main uski tareef mein bol raha hoon.
Mantra 2
आ यं वि॒शन्तीन्द॑वो॒ वयो॒ न वृ॒क्षमन्ध॑सः । विर॑प्शि॒न् विमृधो॑ जहि रक्ष॒स्विनीः॑
Som ras ped par chidiyon ki tarah chadhta hai. Jo insaan is ras ko peeta hai, uske liye yeh prayer hai. Bhagwan, dushman taakaton ko tod do. Buri shaktiyon ko khatam kar do.
Mantra 3
सु॒नोता॑ सोम॒पाव्ने॑ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । युवा॒ जेतेशा॑नः॒ स पु॑रुष्टु॒तः
Som ko nichodo aur saaf karo. Yeh ras Indra ke liye hai jo vajra leke chalta hai. Woh jawan hai, jeetne wala hai, aur sab uski tarif karte hain.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used for self-protection (ātmagopana): to call Indra through Soma and to drive away hostile forces and rakṣas-like afflictions.
Traditionally Soma is the enabling offering, but many Atharvanic settings allow a consecrated substitute drink; the key is the intention of ‘pressing/purifying’ and the focused recitation.
In Atharvavedic idiom this can denote specific classes of harmful, obstructive influences—personified as rākṣasī-like agents—whom Indra is commanded to destroy for the reciter’s safety.
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