Sukta 113
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)
Devata: Tṛṣṭikā (personified destructive/cutting power)
Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)
AV 7.113は、トリシュティカー（Tṛṣṭikā）を「断ち切り、無力化する力」の人格神として呼び起こし、名指しされた敵を「切断」して恥辱と無力の状態へ追い込む、簡潔なアビチャーラ（呪術）讃歌である。二つのマントラは、刃のイメージ（chindhi「切れ！」）と毒のイメージ（viṣa）を融合させ、敵を同時に傷つけ、毒し、敗走させ、服従させる。
Mantras
Mantra 1
शत्रुनाशनम्। तृष्टि॑के॒ तृष्ट॑वन्दन॒ उद॒मूं छि॑न्धि तृष्टिके । यथा॑ कृ॒तद्वि॒ष्टासो॒ऽमुष्मै॑ शे॒प्याव॑ते
（敵を滅するもの。）鋭さを讃えられるトリシュティカー（Tṛṣṭikā）よ、トリシュティカーよ、かなたの敵を断ち切り、切り払え。作りなされた憎しみの者どもが、あの人に――彼にとって――刑罰の恥辱の因となるように。
Mantra 2
तृ॒ष्टासि॑ तृष्टि॒का वि॒षा वि॑षात॒क्यऽसि । परि॑वृक्ता॒ यथास॑स्यृष॒भस्य॑ व॒शेव॑
汝はまことに鋭刃なるトリシュティカー（Tṛṣṭikā）。汝は毒、毒を帯びるもの。敵が退けられ、追い回され、押し戻されて巡らされんことを――牡牛の前の従順な牝牛のごとく。
Frequently Asked Questions
Tṛṣṭikā is a personified destructive potency—imagined as keen-edged like a blade and also venom-bearing—invoked to disable and turn back an enemy.
It aims to ‘cut away’ a specified foe’s power, drive him into retreat, and impose disgrace and helpless submission through a coercive invocation.
The text uses poison and cutting primarily as ritual-symbolic language; traditional practice may use only symbolic substitutes (gesture, blade-token, effigy) rather than literal harm.
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