Atharva Veda Sukta 40
Kanda 20Anuvaka 4Sukta 403 Mantras

Sukta 40

Rishi: Traditionally aligned with Ṛgvedic provenance in AV 20 (late appendix); specific seer uncertain without full anukramaṇī context.

Devata: Agni/Svadhā (functional focus on fire and svadhā-power; Pitṛ-oriented efficacy).

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh or related (requires full pada count verification).

AV 20.40 はリグ・ヴェーダ由来の三頌からなる短い讃歌で、インドラ的な無畏と祭儀の輝きを、祖霊に向けられた火の行為へと結びつける。そこではスヴァダー(Svadhā)が「順に燃える」ようにされ、再受肉のイメージによって継承の連続性が回復される。この讃歌の力は、勝利的で瑕疵なき祭力(インドラのガナに支えられる makha)を、アグニとスヴァダーの変容作用と結合させ、儀礼を防護的であると同時に連続性を生み出すものとする点にある。三つの筆致で、顕現する臨在と共有される光輝から、克服の供犠へ、そして決定的な燃焼によって効験ある「祭儀の名」を再確立するところへと進む。

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.40

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

For paustika aims: strengthening prosperity and continuity by making the rite powerful and faultless, granting fearlessness and radiance, and sealing Pitṛ-facing efficacy through Agni and Svadhā.

Indra supplies victorious protection and shared splendour that stabilizes the practitioner and rite, while Svadhā (carried by Agni) supplies ancestral authorization and continuity-power—together they make success both protective and generative.

It is renewal imagery: a ‘return to embryo-state’ as a ritual way of speaking about reconstitution—restoring embodied continuity, identity, and efficacy—sealed by establishing the yajñiya (sacrificial) Name.

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