Sukta 37
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.37)
Devata: Vāsaḥ (Garment) as charm-medium; Kāma/Manas implicitly
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
ຄຳສົງຄາດອັດທັຣະວິດສັບບົດນີ້ມີພຽງໜຶ່ງບົດອັດທາຣ໌ວາ ໃຊ້ເຄື່ອງນຸ່ງຫົ່ມ (ວາສະຮ໌) ເປັນພາຫະນະທາງກາຍວັດຖຸຂອງຈິດໃຈເພື່ອຜູກມັດຄວາມສົນໃຈ ແລະ ຄວາມຮັກຂອງຜູ້ຊາຍໃຫ້ຢູ່ກັບຜູ້ເວົ້າພຽງຜູ້ດຽວ. ໂດຍການວາງ ຫຼື ໃຊ້ຜ້າຂອງຕົນເອງກັບຜູ້ຊາຍ ບົດສັງການນີ້ມຸ່ງໝັ້ນທີ່ຈະປ່ຽນທິດທາງຈິດໃຈ (ມະນັດ) ແລະ ຄວາມປາຖະໜາ (ກາມ) ຂອງລາວໃຫ້ຫ່າງຈາກແມ່ຍິງຄູ່ແຂ່ງ ເຖິງແມ່ນຜູ້ທີ່ມີຊື່ສຽງໃນສັງຄົມ ໂດຍສ້າງຄວາມຜູກພັນພຽງຜູ້ດຽວຜ່ານເວທະຍະມົນຕຣີ.
Mantras
Frequently Asked Questions
The hymn invokes Vāsaḥ, the garment/cloth, treating it as an active charm-medium that can carry the speaker’s intention through touch and wearing.
To make a man devoted to the speaker alone (kevala), and to prevent other women—even prominent or “famed” ones—from attracting him.
No. The central “substance” is the practitioner’s own garment; the rite works through recitation plus direct contact (placing/draping or briefly having him wear it).
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