Sukta 94
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Saṃmanasya hymns often treated as communal charms)
Devata: Saṃmanasya (Concord) as an abstract power; implicitly the collective order (ṛta/dharma-like)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantras
Mantra 1
सांमनस्यम्। सं वो॒ मनां॑सि॒ सं व्र॒ता समाकू॑तीर्नमामसि । अ॒मी ये विव्र॑ता॒ स्थन॒ तान् वः॒ सं न॑मयामसि
Concord of mind: your minds together, your vows together, your purposes in union—these we reverently salute. Those yonder who stand vowless, them among you we bend down into accord.
Mantra 2
अ॒हं गृ॑भ्णामि॒ मन॑सा॒ मनां॑सि॒ मम॑ चि॒त्तमनु॑ चि॒त्तेभि॒रेत॑ । मम॒ वशे॑षु॒ हृद॑यानि वः कृणोमि॒ मम॑ या॒तमनु॑वर्त्मान॒ एत॑
I seize with mind your minds: after my thought, with your thoughts—come! Your hearts I make to be within my dominion: go ye my way, following my track—come!
Mantra 3
ओते॑ मे॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी ओता॑ दे॒वी सर॑स्वती । ओतौ॑ म॒ इन्द्र॑श्चा॒ग्निश्च॒र्ध्यास्मे॒दं स॑रस्वति
Woven for me are Heaven and Earth; woven in is the Goddess Sarasvatī. Woven in for me are Indra and Agni: establish thou this for us, O Sarasvatī.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used to create enforceable unity in a group—aligning everyone’s thoughts, vows, and shared purpose, and drawing non-cooperative members back into agreement.
Both. It begins with concord, but the second verse explicitly claims dominion over minds and hearts, showing a coercive harmonization typical of Atharvanic social-binding rites.
Sarasvatī represents sacred, ordering speech; she is asked to ‘establish’ the achieved state so the concord produced by the mantra does not dissolve after the recitation.
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