Atharva Veda Sukta 59
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Sukta 59

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anonymous/collective)

Devata: Oṣadhi (Arundhatī) as a personified healing/protective power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (AV domestic-healing style)

Himne Atharvanik yang ringkas ini menyeru kuasa herba penyembuh Arundhatī (Oṣadhi) agar melindungi dan memulihkan kekayaan ternakan—lembu jantan, lembu perah, lembu kering, anak lembu, serta seluruh kawanan berkaki empat. Ia memohon kandang yang kaya susu dan bebas penyakit, serta meluaskan perlindungan yang sama kepada isi rumah manusia, dengan menghalau ‘peluru’ Rudra yang ditakuti (wabak mendadak/penyakit ternakan yang menular). Dalam gaya domestik Atharvaveda, mantera itu sendiri berfungsi sebagai cas pelindung yang diletakkan pada kandang dan kawanan melalui bacaan serta upacara herba yang sederhana.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Here Arundhatī is a personified healing herb (oṣadhi), treated as an auspicious, life-giving protective power that safeguards the herd and the cowshed.

Both. It primarily protects cattle and increases milk-yield, but it also asks that the cowshed be free from yákṣma (wasting sickness) and that human members of the household be protected too.

It is a Vedic image for a sudden, dangerous strike—often understood as murrain, epidemic affliction, or abrupt cattle-death—sent away from the herd through Arundhatī’s protective agency and the mantra’s command.

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