Atharva Veda Sukta 4
Kanda 19Anuvaka 1Sukta 44 Mantras

Sukta 4

Rishi: Ākūti (personified) / Atharvanic tradition (as per late-book anukramaṇī tendencies).

Devata: Ākūti and Agni (Jātavedas).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with prose-like opening tag ‘Ākūtiḥ’).

AV 19.4 は、供献を「通らせる」隠れた力としての Ākūti(集中された祭儀の意向)を灌頂し、決意(ākūti)・唱えられる式文/言葉(vāc)・火を運ぶジャータヴェーダス(Jātavedas、アグニ)を一致させることを説く。意向そのものが第一の供物であり、正しく招請され svāhā によって封印されると、アグニが供物(havis)を運び、ブリハスパティが言葉に権威を与えて、繁栄(bhaga)と欲求の成就(kāma)が確実に随伴すると枠づける。

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 19.4

Mantras

Mantra 1

आकूतिः। यामाहु॑तिं प्रथ॒मामथ॑र्वा॒ या जा॒ता या ह॒व्यमकृ॑णोज्जा॒तवे॑दाः । तां त॑ ए॒तां प्र॑थ॒मो जो॑हवीमि॒ ताभि॑ष्टु॒प्तो व॑हतु ह॒व्यम॒ग्निर॒ग्नये॒ स्वाहा॑

意向(Ākūti)よ――アタルヴァン(Atharvan)が宣言した最初の供物、すでに生じ、ジャータヴェーダス(Jātavedas)が供物として成したそれを、我はまず汝のために呼び招く。これにより満ち足りて、アグニが供物を運べ――アグニに、スヴァーハー(svāhā)!

Mantra 2

आकू॑तिं दे॒वीं सु॒भगां॑ पु॒रो द॑धे चि॒त्तस्य॑ मा॒ता सु॒हवा॑ नो अस्तु । यामा॒शामे॑मि॒ केव॑ली॒ सा मे॑ अस्तु॒ विदे॑यमेनां॒ मन॑सि॒ प्रवि॑ष्टाम्

女神アークーティ(Ākūti)、吉祥にして姿整う者を、われは前に据える。彼女は思惟の母——われらにとって呼び招きやすき者となれ。われが従いゆく望みは、ことごとく我がものとなれ。彼女を得ん——心に入り、意のうちに確立せるその女神を。

Mantra 3

आकू॑त्या नो बृहस्पत॒ आकू॑त्या न॒ उपा ग॑हि । अथो॒ भग॑स्य नो धे॒ह्यथो॑ नः सु॒हवो॑ भव

アークーティ(意向)によって、ブリハスパティ(Bṛhaspati)よ、アークーティによってわれらに近づき来たれ。さらに、バガ(Bhaga、福分)の分け前をわれらに据えよ。なおまた、われらにとって呼び招きやすき者となれ。

Mantra 4

बृह॒स्पति॑र्म॒ आकू॑तिमाङ्गिर॒सः प्रति॑ जानातु॒ वाच॑मे॒ताम्। यस्य॑ दे॒वा दे॒वताः॑ संबभू॒वुः स सु॒प्रणी॑ताः॒ कामो॒ अन्वे॑त्व॒स्मान्

アンギラス族のブリハスパティ(Bṛhaspati)よ、わがアークーティ(意向)——この、われが発した言葉を認めよ。神々・神格らが一つに会合せしその御方のもと、善き導きにより、カーマ(Kāma、欲求)がわれらに随い来たれ。

Frequently Asked Questions

Ākūti is personified “intention” or focused resolve. The hymn treats it as a consecrated power that makes speech effective and ensures the offering reaches the gods properly.

Agni Jātavedas is the carrier who transports the oblation, while Bṛhaspati authorizes and guides the mantra-speech and intention. Together they secure both correct delivery and correct sanction of the rite.

It is used at the start of an offering or important undertaking to steady resolve, make invocation ‘easy,’ and support success—especially when seeking prosperity (Bhaga) and the fulfillment of a specific aim (kāma).

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