Atharva Veda Sukta 113
Kanda 7Anuvaka 12Sukta 1132 Mantras

Sukta 113

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Anukramaṇī attribution not supplied in input)

Devata: Tṛṣṭikā (personified destructive/cutting power)

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh (needs metrical verification)

AV 7.113 ଏକ ସଂକ୍ଷିପ୍ତ ଅଭିଚାର ହ୍ୟମ୍ନ, ଯେଉଁଥିରେ ତୃଷ୍ଟିକାକୁ ଏକ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିକୃତ କାଟୁଥିବା ଓ ଅକ୍ଷମ କରୁଥିବା ଶକ୍ତି ଭାବେ ଆହ୍ୱାନ କରାଯାଇଛି—ଚିହ୍ନଟ ଶତ୍ରୁକୁ “ଛେଦ” କରି ତାକୁ ଅପମାନ ଓ ଅସହାୟତାରେ ଠେଲିଦେବା ପାଇଁ। ଦୁଇଟି ମନ୍ତ୍ରରେ ଧାର-ଚିତ୍ରଣ (chindhi, “କାଟ!”) ସହ ବିଷ-ଚିତ୍ରଣ (viṣa) ଏକାତ୍ମ ହୋଇଛି, ଯାହାରେ ଶତ୍ରୁ ଏକାସାଥିରେ ଆହତ, ବିଷାକ୍ତ, ପରାଜିତ/ତାଡ଼ିତ ହୁଏ ଏବଂ ବଶୀଭୂତ କରାଯାଏ।

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 7.113

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tṛṣṭikā is a personified destructive potency—imagined as keen-edged like a blade and also venom-bearing—invoked to disable and turn back an enemy.

It aims to ‘cut away’ a specified foe’s power, drive him into retreat, and impose disgrace and helpless submission through a coercive invocation.

The text uses poison and cutting primarily as ritual-symbolic language; traditional practice may use only symbolic substitutes (gesture, blade-token, effigy) rather than literal harm.

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