Atharva Veda Sukta 42
Kanda 7Anuvaka 5Sukta 422 Mantras

Sukta 42

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (specific ṛṣi ascription varies by Anukramaṇī)

Devata: Soma-Rudra (dual); with Nirṛti and Enas as targeted afflictions

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

AV 7.42 to dwuwersowy zaklęcie uzdrawiające i oczyszczające, które wzywa sparowane moce Somy i Rudry jako boskich lekarzy. Prosi ich o odpędzenie błąkającej się dolegliwości (choroby/złego wpływu), odesłanie Nirṛti (nieszczęścia/zniszczenia) na daleką odległość i poluzowanie wiążącej siły enas (popełnionej winy), która według wierzeń przylega do ciała i domostwa. Moc hymnu leży w jego podwójnym działaniu: wygnaniu nieszczęścia i wewnętrznym rozwiązaniu grzechu jako namacalnej, cielesnej przeszkody.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.42

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

They are invoked as a paired healing power: Soma provides purifying, medicinal essence, while Rudra forcefully drives away affliction and calamity. Together they heal and protect.

Nirṛti is personified ruin or misfortune that must be sent far away. Enas is a fault or guilt that is imagined as something that can cling to a person and even feel ‘bound’ within the body, needing release.

It can be recited for sickness or household misfortune with simple purification acts—sprinkling water, offering a Soma-symbolic drink, and making an ‘untying’ gesture to dramatize the mantra’s request to unbind and remove harm.

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