Sukta 59
Rishi: Unspecified here (to be resolved via Anukramaṇī for AVŚ 7.59).
Devata: Śāpa (curse) as adversarial force; implicit divine sanction via ‘vidyut’ imagery.
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (to be verified).
एष एकऋचो रक्षाभिचारिकः मन्त्रः शापमोचनं प्रार्थयते। शत्रुभिः कृताः शापवाक्याः स्वस्रोतसि प्रत्यावर्त्यन्तामिति, शापकर्तुः शक्तिः विद्युताऽऽहत इव वृक्षः मूलतः शुष्यतु, तस्याधारश्च छिद्यतामिति सर्वथा प्रत्यावर्तनं शापसमर्थनस्य च्छेदं च प्रतिपादयति।
Mantras
Frequently Asked Questions
It is a protective counter-charm that removes a curse from the person targeted and turns the harmful force back toward whoever sent it.
Lightning symbolizes decisive, heaven-backed power; the image means the hostile person’s strength and support are cut off suddenly and completely, ‘from the root.’
No. The verse works as a spoken/recited reversal formula; optionally, a small twig or root can be used symbolically to represent the ‘root’ of the hostile force being severed.
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