Sukta 2
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-protective usage; r̥ṣi attribution edition-dependent)
Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling offering)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires metrical verification)
この短いラクショーグナ（魔障破り）の讃歌は、「ātma-gopana（自己護持）」の護身呪として、ソーマの圧搾と効力ある讃嘆の言葉によってインドラを切迫して招き、個人の守護を確立する。ソーマが入りてインドラを増力するとき、讃歌は金剛（vajra）を執る者に、敵対する勢力を裂き、羅刹女（rākṣasī）的な苦患・災厄を滅して、誦者に勝利の安全を打ち立てるよう祈願する。
Mantras
Mantra 1
आत्मगोपनम्। इन्द्रा॑य॒ सोम॑मृत्विजः सु॒नोता च॑ धावत । स्तो॒तुर्यो वचः॑ शृ॒णव॒द्धवं॑ च मे
自らを護る（呪）。祭官たちよ、インドラのためにソーマ（Soma）を搾り、急ぎ進め。讃える者の言葉を、そしてわが呼びかけをも、かれが聞きたまえ。
Mantra 2
आ यं वि॒शन्तीन्द॑वो॒ वयो॒ न वृ॒क्षमन्ध॑सः । विर॑प्शि॒न् विमृधो॑ जहि रक्ष॒स्विनीः॑
ソーマの滴が彼に入り込む――鳥が木に入るように――搾りし飲料のその者に。おお、広き手の者よ、敵対する力どもを打ち散らし、羅刹女・魔なる女らを討て。
Mantra 3
सु॒नोता॑ सोम॒पाव्ने॑ सोम॒मिन्द्रा॑य व॒ज्रिणे॑ । युवा॒ जेतेशा॑नः॒ स पु॑रुष्टु॒तः
ソーマを搾れ、ソーマを浄める者よ――金剛を持つインドラ（Indra）のためにソーマを搾れ。彼は若く、勝利し、主宰者、そして多く讃えられる者である。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used for self-protection (ātmagopana): to call Indra through Soma and to drive away hostile forces and rakṣas-like afflictions.
Traditionally Soma is the enabling offering, but many Atharvanic settings allow a consecrated substitute drink; the key is the intention of ‘pressing/purifying’ and the focused recitation.
In Atharvavedic idiom this can denote specific classes of harmful, obstructive influences—personified as rākṣasī-like agents—whom Indra is commanded to destroy for the reciter’s safety.
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