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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer attribution varies by anukramaṇī for this hymn)
Devata: Saṁvanana/vaśīkaraṇa (the charm’s coercive ‘binding’ power; effectively the addressed person as object of the rite)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common for AV domestic charms)
AV 6.9は、望む相手の心身を行者へと引き寄せ、従わせることを狙う、簡潔なサンヴァナナ/ヴァシーカラナ(和合・攝伏)の呪歌である。内容は、まず渇愛(kāma)を燃え立たせ、ついで「縛り」の力によって執着を固着させ(腕や心を結び留めるかのように)、最後に、母牛とギーを抗しがたい母性的誘引として用いる牽引の比喩へと至り、相手をこちらへ引き込む像を示す。
Mantra 1
कामात्मा वाञ्छ॑ मे त॒न्वं॑१ पादौ॒ वाञ्छा॒क्ष्यौ॒३वाञ्छ॑ स॒क्थ्यौऽ। अ॒क्ष्यौऽ वृष॒ण्यन्त्याः॒ केशा॒ मां ते॑ कामे॑न शुष्यन्तु
欲を魂とする汝よ、わが身を慕え。わが足を慕え。わが眼を慕え。わが腿を慕え。欲に燃える女よ、汝の髪の毛は、わたしへの欲によって乾ききれ。
Mantra 2
मम॑ त्वा दोषणि॒श्रिषं॑ कृ॒णोमि॑ हृदय॒श्रिष॑म्। यथा॒ मम॒ क्रता॒वसो॒ मम॑ चि॒त्तमु॒पाय॑सि
われは汝を腕に結び、汝を心に結ぶ。わが企てを助ける者よ、わが思いへ、わがもとへ来たれ。
Mantra 3
यासां॒ नाभि॑रा॒रेह॑णं हृ॒दि सं॒वन॑नं कृ॒तम् । गावो॑ घृ॒तस्य॑ मा॒तरो॒ ऽमूं सं वा॑नयन्तु मे
その臍は舐められるためにあり、その心には招き寄せの呪が施されている者たち——酥(ギー)の母なる牛たちよ、かの者を余すところなく我へと引き寄せよ。
It is used to attract a specific person—stirring longing, ‘binding’ their mind and heart, and drawing them to approach the practitioner.
Cows are called the “mothers of ghee,” symbolizing nourishing, maternal pull; that natural ‘drawing power’ is redirected to draw the target (amūm) wholly toward the speaker.
The verses do not mandate substances. Ghṛta (ghee) is thematically suggested by the final mantra and may be used optionally as a supportive offering or focus during recitation.
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