Atharva Veda Sukta 37
Kanda 6Anuvaka 4Sukta 373 Mantras

Sukta 37

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (often anonymous/Angirasic in such apotropaic hymns)

Devata: Śapatha (personified oath/curse-power) / protective all-seeing force

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (likely; narrative-ritual anuṣṭubh style)

AV 6.37 adalah kidung singkat penangkal kutuk yang memanggil Śapatha—daya sumpah/kutukan yang dipersonifikasikan, maha-melihat—untuk memburu orang yang melontarkan imprecasi yang mencelakakan. Kidung ini mencabut kutuk dari batin dan hati (hṛd) korban, lalu mengalihkan dorongan hukuman kembali kepada si pengutuk dengan keniscayaan seperti api dan kilat. Pada penutupnya, pelaku diserahkan kepada Mṛtyu, mematri pembalikan itu dan memulihkan keselamatan bagi rumah tangga/komunitas.

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 6.37

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

Śapatha is the personified force of the oath/curse: a moral and ritual enforcer. Here it is invoked as a protective power that detects hostile speech and turns it back on its author.

It does both: it removes the curse’s effect from the victim (especially from the heart/mind) and performs pratyāvartana—sending the curse-force back to the one who uttered it, culminating in handing the offender to Mṛtyu.

Recite the three verses near the threshold or hearth with a small lamp (Agni-symbol) and clean water for sprinkling. Visualize the curse leaving you and returning to its source; optionally tie a protective thread afterward as a seal.

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