Sukta 95
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (traditional for śatrunāśana hymns; requires padapāṭha-anukramaṇī confirmation)
Devata: Apotropaic forces; personified pains/portents (no single high deity foregrounded)
Chandas: Predominantly Anuṣṭubh-like cadence (to be metrically verified against pada counts)
この短いシャトルナ―シャナ（śatrunāśana、敵滅）讃歌は、対をなす敵対的な働きを追い払う。すなわち、闇の死鳥として想像されるものと、敵の心身に宿り刺さる「灼き／刺し貫く」苦痛の加害者である。詠唱者は強制的な支配を宣言し、それらを持ち上げ、追放し、最後には縛り固めて、凶兆を退かせ、犯した者の活力――とりわけ性の力――を抑え込む。ゆえに本スークタは、脅威を無力化し社会秩序を守るための、辟邪的な追放・拘束の呪法として機能する。
Mantras
Mantra 1
शत्रुनाशनम्। उद॑स्य श्या॒वौ वि॑थु॒रौ गृध्रौ॒ द्यामि॑व पेततुः । उ॒च्छो॒च॒न॒प्र॒शो॒च॒नाव॒स्योच्छोच॑नौ हृ॒दः
（敵を滅する。）上へ、遠くへ――彼の二つの黒きもの、震える二羽の禿鷲は、天へ飛び去るかのように舞い上がった。焼く者と徹底して焼く者、その二つの焼く者よ――彼の心臓から追い払われよ。
Mantra 2
अ॒हमे॑ना॒वुद॑तिष्ठिपं॑ गावौ॑ श्रान्त॒सदा॑विव । कु॒र्कु॒रावि॑व॒ कूज॑न्तावु॒दव॑न्तौ॒ वृका॑विव
われはこの二つを持ち上げ、退けて据え置いた――疲れて伏す二頭の牝牛のように、吠え立てる二匹の子犬が駆け上がり去るように、また（囲いから追い払われた）二匹の狼のように。
Mantra 3
आ॒तो॒दिनौ॑ नितो॒दिना॒वथो॑ संतो॒दिना॑वु॒त। अपि॑ नह्याम्यस्य॒ मेढ्रं॒ य इ॒तः स्त्री पुमा॑न् ज॒भार॑
刺し迫る二者、突き下ろす二者、しかも貫き刺す二者――さらに、ここから女を奪い去ったその者、男（凌辱者）のその者の男根を、われは固く縛りしめる。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to drive away hostile agencies and ill-omens from an enemy and, in its final verse, to restrain a sexual offender by a binding charm aimed at his potency.
These are banishing images: vultures signal death-portents, while yelping dogs and driven wolves convey disgrace, noise, weakness, and forcible expulsion from the protected space.
No. Its focus is Atharvanic operative power—expulsion and binding—addressing personified pains/tormentors (burners and piercers) rather than foregrounding one major deity.
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