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Sukta 10.164
Traditionally attributed within RV 10.164 to an Atharvaṇic/Āṅgirasa milieu (exact rishi varies by tradition)
Manas-pati (Lord of Mind); with explicit counter-force to Nirṛti
Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm by scan)
Is mantra mein Nirriti se bachne ki prayer hai. Nirriti matlab nasha, barbaadi aur kharab kismat. Yeh humare mann ko life aur achhi taraf le jaata hai. Agar hum jaagte ya sote hue koi galti kar dein, woh maaf ho jaaye. Darr se, kisi ki bad-dua se, ya galat irade se hui galtiyan mit jaayen. Agni sab khot saaf karta hai. Burai humse door ho jaaye, yehi yeh mantra maangta hai.
Mantra 1
अपेहि मनसस्पतेऽप क्राम परश्चर । परो निॠत्या आ चक्ष्व बहुधा जीवतो मनः ॥
Hey mann ka malik, ab chala ja. Door ho ja aur aage badh ja. Nasht wali taraf mat dekh. Jeete hue insaan ka mann chaaron taraf fail jaata hai.
Mantra 2
भद्रं वै वरं वृणते भद्रं युञ्जन्ति दक्षिणम् । भद्रं वैवस्वते चक्षुर्बहुत्रा जीवतो मनः ॥
Log accha hi chunte hain. Woh acche kaam mein lag jaate hain. Surya ke dwaara jo drishti milti hai woh badi acchi hai. Jeete hue insaan ka mann bahut jagah khush rehta hai.
Mantra 3
यदाशसा निःशसाभिशसोपारिम जाग्रतो यत्स्वपन्तः । अग्निर्विश्वान्यप दुष्कृतान्यजुष्टान्यारे अस्मद्दधातु ॥
Umeed ya nirasha se, ya kisi badi baat se, humne jo kiya hai, chahe jaage rahein ya sote rahein, Agni sab buri harkatein door kar de. Jo bhagwan ko pasand nahi aaye woh sab humse door ho.
Mantra 4
यदिन्द्र ब्रह्मणस्पतेऽभिद्रोहं चरामसि । प्रचेता न आङ्गिरसो द्विषतां पात्वंहसः ॥
Indra, jo shabd ke bhi malik hain, agar hum kisi se bura karte hain ya tod dete hain, toh Angira rishi humein dushmano ke paap aur takleef se bacha lein.
Mantra 5
अजैष्माद्यासनाम चाभूमानागसो वयम् । जाग्रत्स्वप्नः संकल्पः पापो यं द्विष्मस्तं स ऋच्छतु यो नो द्वेष्टि तमृच्छतु ॥
Aaj hum jeet gaye. Humne apna maan liya aur ab hum bina dosh ke hain. Jaagne ya sapne mein jo bura irada aata hai, woh uske paas chale jaaye jise hum nahi pasand karte. Aur jise hum pasand nahi karte woh bhi wahi chale jaaye.
Manas-pati means “Lord of the mind.” In this hymn he is invoked to pull the mind away from destructive, inauspicious fixation (Nirṛti) and to restore clear, life-oriented perception.
It treats both states as sources of impurity or error—bad intentions, fear, or curse-effects can arise in waking or in dreams. The hymn asks that all such faults be purified and driven far away.
Its main intent is protection and expiation for the reciter. The final verse uses a warding formula—sending “evil intention” away from oneself—typical of apotropaic ritual language rather than a general ethic of aggression.
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