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Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the supplied excerpt)
Devata: Indra (Śakra, Maghavan)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
ຄຳສົງຄາດສັດຕະວະນີໜຶ່ງບົດນີ້ເປັນການອວຍພອນແບບພົວສະຕິກະ ທີ່ຮຽກຮ້ອງອິນທຣະເປັນຜູ້ປົກປ້ອງ ແລະ ຜູ້ຊ່ວຍເຫຼືອ ໂດຍເນັ້ນຄວາມພ້ອມຂອງພະອົງທີ່ຈະຖືກຮຽກຫາໃນທຸກເວລາ. ພະອົງຖືກເອີ້ນຊື່ຫຼາຍຊື່ ເຊັ່ນ: ສູຣະ, ສັກຣະ, ປຸຣຸຮູຕະ, ມາຄະວັນ ແລະ ສິ້ນສຸດລົງດ້ວຍການຂໍໃຫ້ອິນທຣະປັບປຸງສວັດຕິ ຄື ຄວາມສຸກສະຫງົບ ແລະ ຄວາມອານຸພາບຢ່າງດີໃຫ້ແກ່ຊຸມຊົນ.
It is used to obtain Indra’s protective guardianship and to establish svasti—general welfare, safety, and auspicious conditions—for a family or community.
The repetition underscores Indra’s accessibility and responsiveness; the hymn’s method is to intensify protection by continual, successful invocation (su-hava, puru-hūta).
No specific substances are prescribed in the verse; its efficacy is primarily verbal—recitation and focused intention. Optional simple purity acts (ācamana) may accompany it.
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