Sukta 78
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition.
Devata: Agni (as purifier and stabilizer of the release).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-rubric + metrical line; likely Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in the metrical portion (requires metrical check).
この短いアタルヴァ系の讃歌は、儀礼的な「ほどき」を行う。言葉の力によって、捕縛・病厄・敵対的な拘束を象徴する縄、くびき、結び目を解き放つ。束縛を解いたのち、ただちに神聖なブラフマンの力でアグニを「軛にかけ」、解放された状態を確かなものとして安定させる。これにより受益者は、クシャトラに似た守護の力、吉祥、富を得る。二つの運動――解縛と再賦権――を通して、アグニは浄化者であると同時に、新たに得られた無縛の状態の保証者となる。
Mantras
Mantra 1
वन्दमोचनम्। वि ते॑ मुञ्चामि रश॒नां वि योक्त्रं॒ वि नि॒योज॑नम्। इ॒हैव त्वमज॑स्र एध्यग्ने
束縛の解放。汝のために、縄をほどき、くびきの革紐をほどき、結び付けの留めをほどく。ここに、まさにここにて、絶えず増し強くあれ、アグニ（Agni）よ。
Mantra 2
अ॒स्मै क्ष॒त्राणि॑ धा॒रय॑न्तमग्ने यु॒नज्मि॑ त्वा॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ दैव्ये॑न । दी॒दि॒ह्य॑१स्मभ्यं॒ द्रवि॑णे॒ह भ॒द्रं प्रेमं वो॑चो हवि॒र्दां दे॒वता॑सु
この人のために王権の力を支える者、アグニ（Agni）よ、我は天なるブラフマン（brahman）をもって汝を軛に繋ぐ。ここにて我らのために燃え輝き、財へ、吉祥なる善へと導け。供物を与える者よ、神々の中にてこの言葉を宣べよ。
Frequently Asked Questions
It can mean literal restraint (cords, yokes, captivity) and also symbolic constraint—illness, fear, hostile magic, or obligations felt as something that ‘ties’ a person down.
Agni purifies and transforms: he ‘burns away’ constriction, carries the prayer through oblation, and then stands as a steady presence so the released condition remains firm and protected.
This hymn is materially simple: it centers on a cord/strap as the binding symbol and a fire (Agni). An oblation is implied in the second mantra, but the emphasis is on the act of untying and the mantra’s stabilizing ‘yoking’ of Agni.
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