Sukta 37
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per Anukramaṇī for 7.37)
Devata: Vāsaḥ (Garment) as charm-medium; Kāma/Manas implicitly
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)
हा एक-ऋचीय आथर्वण मंत्र ‘वासः’ (वस्त्र) याला संकल्प वाहून नेणारे भौतिक माध्यम मानून, पुरुषाचे लक्ष व प्रेम केवळ वक्त्रीकडेच बांधण्यासाठी वापरतो. स्वतःचे वस्त्र त्याच्यावर ठेवून/त्याच्या संपर्कात आणून, त्याचे मन (मनस्) आणि काम (काम) प्रतिस्पर्धी स्त्रियांपासून—सामाजिकदृष्ट्या ‘प्रसिद्ध’ असलेल्या स्त्रियांपासूनही—वळवून, स्पर्श-आधारित जादू (contact-magic) द्वारे एकनिष्ठ, एकमेव आसक्ती प्रस्थापित करण्याचा हेतू आहे.
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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