Sukta 49
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per anukramaṇī)
Devata: Devapatnīs (consorts of the gods, collective)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (requires metrical confirmation).
AV 7.49は、主要神々の配偶たるデーヴァパトニー（Devapatnīs）を集合的な守護力として招き、進軍・争闘・戦利獲得の場において「われらを前へと護り導け」と祈る。無名の女神たちに加え、インドラーニー、アグネーイー、ヴァルナーニー、アシュヴィニーを名指して召喚し、庇護の安らぎ（śarma）と吉祥なる秩序の発動——とりわけ女性にとっての正しい時節（ṛtu）——を求める。その守りの囲いは大地と水界にまたがる宇宙的な結界として描かれる。
Mantras
Mantra 1
देवपत्न्यः। दे॒वानां॒ पत्नी॑रुश॒तीर॑वन्तु नः॒ प्राव॑न्तु नस्तु॒जये॒ वाज॑सातये । याः पार्थि॑वासो॒ या अ॒पामपि॑ व्र॒ते ता नो॑ देवीः सु॒हवाः॒ शर्म॑ यच्छन्तु
神々の妃たち、喜んで守護する者たちよ、われらに親しみ寄り添え。攻め寄せる戦いと勝利の賞を得るために、われらを前へと護り導け。地に属する者であれ、水の規範（ヴラタ）にある者であれ、呼び招きやすき女神たちよ、われらに庇護の安らぎを授けよ。
Mantra 2
उ॒त ग्ना व्य॑न्तु दे॒वप॑त्नीरिन्द्रा॒ण्य॑१ग्नाय्य॒श्विनी॒ राट्। आ रोद॑सी वरुणा॒नी शृ॑णोतु॒ व्यन्तु॑ दे॒वीर्य ऋ॒तुर्जनी॑नाम्
また、神々の妃たる神聖なる女たちよ、奮い立って働け。インドラーニー（Indrāṇī）、アグネーイー（Agneyī）、そして王者の威をもつアシュヴィニー（Aśvinī）よ。ヴァルナーニー（Varuṇānī）は両界（天と地）に向けて聞き届けよ。女神たちよ、動き働け――女たちの季節、正しき時（ṛtu）である者たちよ。
Frequently Asked Questions
They are the consorts of the major gods, invoked collectively as protective divine women; the hymn also names Indrāṇī, Agneyī, Varuṇānī, and Aśvinī.
Protection and safe advance in an undertaking or contest, success in winning the ‘prize’ (vājasāti), and the gift of sheltering peace (śarma).
Here ṛtu means ‘right time’ or auspicious order; the hymn asks the divine consorts to activate that proper timing for women, supporting regularity, wellbeing, and fertility as part of a broader protective aim.
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