Sukta 57
Devata: Sarasvatī
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (probable due to longer pādas; exact meter requires full pada-count verification)
この短いアタルヴァ・ヴェーダの讃歌は、サラスヴァティーを癒やし手として招き、憂いに揺さぶられ、さまよう嘆願に心が定まらず、あるいは身体の内に「裂け目」を覚えるとき、内なる確かさと肉体の全体性を回復させるよう祈る。ギー（ghṛta）を養いの充溢の象徴として、また七つの流れる流れのモティーフをもって、個人と家の系譜に、健康・力・そしてṛta（正しい秩序）にかなう整った繁栄という、あらゆる面での隆盛を求める。
Mantras
Mantra 1
सरस्वती। यदा॒शसा॒ वद॑तो मे विचुक्षु॒भे यद् याच॑मानस्य॒ चर॑तो॒ जनाँ॒ अनु॑ । यदा॒त्मनि॑ त॒न्वोऽमे॒ विरि॑ष्टं॒ सर॑स्वती॒ तदा पृ॑णद् घृ॒तेन॑
サラスヴァティーよ——望みを抱いて語るとき、わたしが揺り動かされるとき；乞い願う者としてさまよい、人々の後を追うとき；わが自己に、わが身（タンヌー）に裂け目が生じるとき——そのとき、サラスヴァティーよ、ギー（酥油）をもってそれを満たし、充たしきれ。
Mantra 2
स॒प्त क्ष॑रन्ति॒ शिश॑वे म॒रुत्व॑ते पि॒त्रे पु॒त्रासो॒ अप्य॑वीवृतन्नृ॒तानि॑ । उ॒भे इद॑स्यो॒भे अ॑स्य राजत उ॒भे य॑तेते उ॒भे अस्य पुष्यतः
七つの流れはその幼子のために注ぎ出で、マルトの力を帯びる父のために流れる。さらに子らはṛta（宇宙の秩序）の定めを開き放った。彼の両面――まことに両面――は輝き現れ、両面は動き起こり、両面は彼に繁栄と養いをもたらす。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a healing metaphor: ghṛta represents concentrated nourishment and wholeness. The mantra asks Sarasvatī to restore what feels broken or depleted—physically and mentally—by replenishing vitality and coherence.
Both. The first verse explicitly mentions being shaken while speaking in hope and wandering as a supplicant, then links that disturbance to an inner bodily ‘rift,’ treating the condition as psychosomatic and curable through replenishment.
Recite 7.57.1 while holding or lightly anointing with a small amount of clean ghee (or symbolically touching the heart/affected area), then recite 7.57.2 to affirm abundance and all-round thriving, ending with a quiet moment of steadiness.
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