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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (short svāhā formulas; specific r̥ṣi per anukramaṇī for AVŚ 5.9)
Devata: Dyaus/Heaven (cosmic region as recipient); svāhā as offering-power
Chandas: Not metrical in the strict sense; yajus-like offering formula
AVŚ 5.9 は、祭詞(yajus)に似た短い svāhā 供献句から成る、アタルヴァ系の簡潔な連作である。そこでは生命の自己と護持の意図が天界(Dyaus)へと「割り当て/安置」され、宇宙的な庇護が確立される。結びには拡張的な「引き上げ」の句が置かれ、生命・力・思惟・諸機能を高く掲げつつ、kṛtyā(呪詛・妖術)および既に行われた害を追い払い、自己の内に対をなす生命の守護者を据え付ける。
Mantra 1
आत्मा दि॒वे स्वाहा॑
自己を天に、スヴァーハー!
Mantra 2
पृ॒थि॒व्यै स्वाहा॑
地に、スヴァーハー!
Mantra 3
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षाय॒ स्वाहा॑
中空(アンタリクシャ)に——svāhā!
Mantra 4
अ॒न्तरि॑क्षाय॒ स्वाहा॑
中空(アンタリクシャ)に——svāhā!
Mantra 5
दि॒वेस्वाहा॑
天に——スヴァーハー(svāhā)!
Mantra 6
पृ॒थि॒व्यै स्वाहा॑
地に——スヴァーハー(svāhā)!
Mantra 7
सूर्यो॑ मे॒ चक्षु॒र्वातः॑ प्रा॒णो॒३न्तरि॑क्षमा॒त्मा पृ॑थि॒वी शरी॑रम्। अ॒स्तृ॒तो नामा॒हम॒य म॑स्मि॒ स आ॒त्मानं॒ नि द॑धे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वीभ्यां॑ गोपी॒थाय॑
太陽はわが眼、風はわが息、空界(antarikṣa)はわが自己、大地はわが身体である。わが名はアストリタ(Astṛta)。これが我である。ゆえに我は、守護のために、この自己を天と地とに堅く据え置く。
Mantra 8
उदायु॒रुद् बल॒मुत् कृ॒तमुत् कृ॒त्यामुन्म॑नी॒षामुदि॑न्द्रि॒यम्। आयु॑ष्कृ॒दायु॑ष्पत्नी॒ स्वधा॑वन्तौ गो॒पा मे॑ स्तं गोपा॒यतं॑ मा । आ॒त्म॒सदौ॑ मे स्तं॒ मा॑ हिंसिष्टम्
わが命よ、起ち上がれ。わが力よ、起ち上がれ。なされた害は上へ去れ。呪詛の業(kṛtyā)も上へ去れ。わが思慮よ、起ち上がれ。わが感官の勢いよ、起ち上がれ。寿命を作る者と寿命の伴侶よ、svadhā(自性供養)を具えた二柱よ、わが守護者となれ、われを守れ。わが自己の内に住する者たちよ、わがものとなれ、われを傷つけるな。
For consecratory protection and vitality: it aligns the practitioner with Heaven through svāhā and culminates in lifting life-force and expelling kṛtyā (witchcraft) and harm.
A small homa with ghee fits the svāhā style, but the hymn also works as a spoken consecration with a symbolic offering and clear protective intention.
They are paired life-powers—"Life-maker" and "Life’s Consort"—invoked as guardians who increase vitality and dwell within the self without causing harm.
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