Sukta 67
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often anonymous in such restorative formulas)
Devata: Indriya/Ātman (personified faculties); Agni (as dhīṣṇya fires)
Chandas: Bṛhatī/related (the input notes ‘uṣṇig-bṛhatī’ tradition; metrical confirmation depends on recensional padapāṭha)
Mantras
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to call back a person’s vigor and sense of self after illness, shock, depletion, or loss—along with prosperity and sacred efficacy—so life and ritual order become stable again.
Because the dhīṣṇya fires represent ‘right placement’ and household order. Asking them to set things “in their proper station” symbolically re-seats the person’s scattered faculties and fortunes.
Not necessarily. The verse is designed as a compact spoken restoration; if available, reciting near a clean household fire (with a small offering or water sprinkling) supports the hymn’s theme of re-ordering and return.
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