
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (exact r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type for such domestic formulas).
Devata: Āśāpāla (‘Guardian of Hopes’), a functional divine epithet; possibly a high god construed as fulfiller/protector of intentions.
Chandas: Mixed/irregular; predominantly Tr̥ṣṭubh-like cadence with Atharvanic flexibility (requires pada-count verification against the anukramaṇī).
AV 1.31は、アタルヴァ系の簡潔な安寧・繁栄の呪式であり、「subhūti(吉祥なる繁栄)」を確保するため、希望を守り成就させる神格的称号Āśāpālaを、四方を安定させる守護者たちとともに招請する。詩は、ニリṛティ(Nirṛti)の縛る「縄」(不運・閉塞・危難)からの解放という厄除けと、家全体—父母、牛群、人々—への祝福とを結び合わせ、最後に長寿の祈願「われらが久しく太陽を見続けますように」で締めくくられる。
Mantra 1
पाशमोचनम्। आशा॑नामाशापा॒लेभ्य॑श्च॒तुर्भ्यो॑ अ॒मृते॑भ्यः । इ॒दं भू॒तस्याध्य॑क्षेभ्यो वि॒धेम॑ ह॒विषा॑ व॒यम्
【縄を解くこと】Āśāたちに、Āśāの守護者たる四柱の不死者に、また生きものの監督者たちに――われらはここに、この供物を法にかなって捧げ奉る。
Mantra 2
य आशा॑नामाशापा॒लाश्च॒त्वार॒ स्थन॑ देवाः । ते नो॒ निरृ॑त्याः॒ पाशे॑भ्यो मु॒ञ्चतांह॑सो अंहसः
方位の守護者たる汝ら――四柱の神々よ、堅く立て。Nirṛti(破滅・不吉)の縄目より、われらを解き放て、苦難より、苦難より。
Mantra 3
अस्रा॑मस्त्वा ह॒विषा॑ यजा॒म्यश्लो॑णस्त्वा घृ॒तेन॑ जुहोमि । य आशा॑नामाशापा॒लस्तु॒रीयो॑ दे॒वः स नः॑ सुभू॒तमेह व॑क्षत्
我は供物をもって汝を祭り、汝を疲れなきものとす。澄ましバター(ghṛta)をもって汝に注ぎ、汝を損なわれぬものとす。われらの願いを守護する神、第四(turīya)なるその神よ、ここに我らを善き繁栄へと導き来たらしめよ。
Mantra 4
स्व॒स्ति मा॒त्र उ॒त पि॒त्रे नो॑ अस्तु स्व॒स्ति गोभ्यो॒ जग॑ते॒ पुरु॑षेभ्यः । विश्वं॑ सुभू॒तं सु॑वि॒दत्रं॑ नो अस्तु॒ ज्योगे॒व दृ॑शेम॒ सूर्य॑म्
われらの母に安泰あれ、またわれらの父に安泰あれ。牛たちに安泰あれ、動く世界に、人々に安泰あれ。万有がよく安立し、よく施与してわれらに益あらしめよ。長く、まるで永くのごとく、われら太陽を見まもらん。
Āśāpāla means “Guardian of Hopes.” In this hymn it is a divine power that protects intentions, stabilizes prosperity, and brings the desired well-being into the household.
Nirṛti represents misfortune and dissolution. Her “nooses” are a metaphor for binding distress—constraints, ill-luck, peril, or affliction—from which the hymn asks to be released.
The hymn seeks “subhūti,” a state of auspicious thriving (health, success, prosperity), and it seals the blessing with a longevity prayer: “may we long behold the Sun.”
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