Atharva Veda Sukta 111
Kanda 7Anuvaka 12Sukta 1111 Mantras

Sukta 111

Rishi: To be confirmed from AVŚ anukramaṇī.

Devata: Ātman / Indra-associated vitality (with soma-receptacle imagery)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; to be verified).

یہ واحد منتر والا بھجن آتمن کو اندرونی حیاتی طاقت کے طور پر پکارتی ہے، جسے اندر کے سوم رکھنے والے پیٹ سے جوڑا گیا ہے، اور پیدا کرنے کی طاقت کو صحیح گھریلو مقام پر موڑتی ہے۔ اس کی طاقت پوستکا اور ستری کرماں ہے: یہاں جائز اولاد کو قائم، مرکوز اور مستحکم کرنا، جبکہ کہیں اور کوئی باروری یا لگاؤ وہیں رہنے دینا، تاکہ تولیدی صرف کا بکھراؤ روکا جائے۔

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.111

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

It concentrates fertility and generative vitality within the intended household/union so that rightful progeny are produced “here,” while anything belonging “elsewhere” is kept outside.

It uses Indra’s soma-bearing belly as an image of contained power: a vessel that holds potency. By equating Ātman with that container, the mantra claims control over where vitality is stored and where it becomes progeny.

In ritual logic it is boundary-setting, not aggression: it assigns what is not meant for this household to remain outside, preventing dispersal or confusion of reproductive vitality and domestic continuity.

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