Atharva Veda Sukta 21
Kanda 2Anuvaka 3Sukta 214 Mantras

Sukta 21

Rishi: Not determinable from the single-verse input (requires anukramaṇī data for AVŚ 2.21).

Devata: Sūrya (as punitive heat/śóciḥ).

Chandas: Not determinable from the single-verse input with certainty; likely a common Atharvanic meter (often Anuṣṭubh), but requires full verse scansion.

AVŚ 2.21は、敵意を退けるための簡潔な対呪(制敵)讃歌であり、スーリヤ(Sūrya)の輝き――haras(焼き尽くす力)、arciṣ(光線)、śóciḥ(炎熱)――を武器として、憎しみをその発する者へと跳ね返す。反復される「われらを憎む者、われらが憎む者」という句によって、太陽の熱は道徳的・祭儀的な報復の媒介として位置づけられ、加害者を焼き、退けつつ、誦者の側を守護する。

Mantras

Mantra 1

शत्रुनाशनम्। सूर्य॒ यत् ते॒ तप॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ तप॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

スーリヤ(Sūrya)よ、汝の燃え立つ苦行の力(tapas)をもって、その者に返して灼け。われらを憎む者、われらもまた憎むその者を。

Mantra 2

सूर्य॒ यत् ते॒ हर॒स्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ हर॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

スーリヤよ、汝のその灼けつく光輝をもって——その力で、われらを憎む者、われらもまた憎むその者を、報いとして押し返せ。

Mantra 3

सूर्य॒ यत् ते॒ऽर्चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रत्य॑र्च॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

スーリヤ(Sūrya)よ、汝の光焔(arcis)をもって、その者に返して照らせ。われらを憎む者、われらもまた憎むその者を。

Mantra 4

सूर्य॒ यत् ते॑ शो॒चिस्तेन॒ तं प्रति॑ शोच॒ यो॒३स्मान् द्वेष्टि॒ यं व॒यं द्वि॒ष्मः

太陽神スーリヤよ、汝のその炎光をもって、まさにそれにより報いとして彼を焼き焦がせ——われらを憎む者、われらが憎むその者を。

Frequently Asked Questions

It is used to repel hostility and return harmful intent to the person who directs it, by invoking Sūrya’s scorching radiance as the agent of reversal.

Not in the cited verses. The hymn primarily treats Sūrya’s heat and rays (tejas) as the operative power, so recitation and intention are central.

During daylight—especially at sunrise or in strong sunlight—because the ritual logic depends on aligning the mantra’s action with Sūrya’s manifest radiance.

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