Sukta 27
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angiras-type attribution (hymn-level assignment varies by anukramaṇī tradition; verse itself is weapon-apotropaic).
Devata: Rudra/Pināka as invoked power-symbol; the operative deity is the protective, weapon-bearing force that cuts and disperses evil.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; pāda-structure suggests the common AV anuṣṭubh cadence).
अथर्ववेदस्य १.२७ सूक्तं संक्षिप्तं रक्षोघ्नम् अभिचारिकं च; अत्र मन्त्र एवायुधत्वेन कल्प्यते—स शत्रुचित्तं दुष्टसंकल्पं च विकिरति, छिनत्ति, अपसारयति; गृहं प्रति प्रहितं प्रत्यमित्राभिचारं, प्रेतसम्बद्धाम् अमङ्गलतां च निवारयति। रुद्रस्य पिनाकप्रतिमानं छेदन-विक्षेप-शक्तिं ददाति; इन्द्राणी च द्वाराग्रे/प्राग्भागे जयिनीं उपस्थितिं स्थाप्यते, येन गृहे पुनः क्षेमं कल्याणं च पूर्यते, दुष्टेच्छकाः पराभवन्ति।
Mantras
Mantra 2
विषू॑च्येतु कृन्त॒ती पिना॑कमिव॒ बिभ्र॑ती । विष्व॑क् पुन॒र्भुवा॒ मनोऽस॑मृद्धा अघा॒यवः॑
विषूच्येतु कृन्तती पिनाकमिव बिभ्रती । विष्वक् पुनर्भुवा मनोऽसमृद्धा अघायवः ॥
Mantra 3
न ब॒हवः॒ सम॑शक॒न् नार्भ॒का अ॒भि दा॑धृषुः । वे॒णोरद्गा॑ इवा॒भितोऽस॑मृद्धा अघा॒यवः॑
न बहवः समशकन् नार्भका अभि दाधृषुः। वेणोरद्गा इवाभितोऽसमृद्धा अघायवः॥
Mantra 4
प्रेतं॑ पादौ॒ प्र स्फु॑रतं॒ वह॑तं पृण॒तो गृ॒हान्। इ॒न्द्रा॒ण्येऽतु प्रथ॒माजी॒तामु॑षिता पु॒रः
प्रेतं पादौ प्र स्फुरतं वहतं पृणतो गृहान्। इन्द्राण्येतु प्रथमा अजीतामुषिता पुरः॥
Frequently Asked Questions
For protection: it cuts and disperses hostile intent or sorcery, drives out inauspicious presence from the home, and restores steadiness of mind.
Pināka functions as a power-symbol of decisive apotropaic force—the mantra is imagined as a weapon that ‘hews’ through and scatters harm so it cannot consolidate.
Indrāṇī is invoked as ‘foremost, unconquered’ and asked to dwell at the front (threshold), acting like a stationed guardian so what is expelled does not return and the house remains filled with welfare.
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