Sukta 19
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi attribution for this verse is not securely determinable from the single mantra alone)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (exact metrical diagnosis requires full hymn context and pada scansion)
この短いアグニ讃歌は、アタルヴァ系の凝縮された対呪（反呪）であり、アグニの炎（arciṣ）、灼熱（śocis）、光輝・威光（tejas）を用いて、敵意をその発信者へと反転させる。儀礼的な「反転」（praty-）として、行者を憎む者の力を焼き、焦がし、無力化することを求めると同時に、制御された火の力によって家を守護する、厄除けの意図をもつ。
Mantras
Mantra 1
शत्रुनाशनम्। अग्ने॒ यत् ते॒ तप॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ तप॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
敵滅の呪。アグニよ、汝の熱力（tapas）をもって、その熱力により報いとして、我らを憎む者――我らが憎み、仇とみなす者を灼け。
Mantra 2
अग्ने॒ यत् ते॒ हर॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ हर॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
アグニよ、汝の灼熱の矢・雷（haras）――汝にある熱――をもって、その熱により報いとして、我らを憎む者――我ら自身も憎む者を撃て。
Mantra 3
अग्ने॒ यत् ते॒ऽर्चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रत्य॑र्च॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
アグニ（Agni）よ、汝のその炎光をもって、彼に向けて燃え返せ――われらを憎む者、われらが憎む者に。
Mantra 4
अग्ने॒ यत् ते॑ शो॒चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ शोच॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
アグニよ、汝の焔光（śociṣ）をもって、その焔光により報いとして、我らを憎む者――我ら自身も憎む者を灼け。
Mantra 5
अग्ने॒ यत् ते॒ तेज॒स्तेन॒ तम॑ते॒जसं॑ कृणु॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः
アグニよ、汝のその光輝（tejas）をもって、彼を光輝なき者となせ――われらを憎む者、われらもまた憎むその者を。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to protect oneself and one’s household by ritually reversing hatred or harmful intent back onto the person who is sending it.
Agni is the visible, immediate power of fire; the hymn treats his flame and heat as an executable force that can burn, scorch, and neutralize an enemy’s potency.
The primary ‘substance’ is the fire itself. Traditional performance may add kindling and a small oblation, but the hymn’s main mechanism is directing Agni’s arciṣ/śocis/tejas through recitation.
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