Atharva Veda Sukta 2
Kanda 6Anuvaka 1Sukta 23 Mantras

Sukta 2

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (Indra-protective usage; r̥ṣi attribution edition-dependent)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling offering)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like (requires metrical verification)

Bài tụng rakṣoghna ngắn này là một bùa chú “ātma-gopana” (tự hộ thân), nhằm bảo đảm sự che chở cá nhân bằng cách khẩn thiết lôi kéo Indra qua việc ép Soma và lời tán tụng hữu hiệu. Khi Soma đi vào và gia lực cho Indra, bài tụng cầu xin Đấng mang chày vajra chẻ tan các thế lực thù nghịch và tiêu diệt những tai ách kiểu rākṣasī, thiết lập sự an toàn chiến thắng cho người trì tụng.

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.2

Mantras

Frequently Asked Questions

It is used for self-protection (ātmagopana): to call Indra through Soma and to drive away hostile forces and rakṣas-like afflictions.

Traditionally Soma is the enabling offering, but many Atharvanic settings allow a consecrated substitute drink; the key is the intention of ‘pressing/purifying’ and the focused recitation.

In Atharvavedic idiom this can denote specific classes of harmful, obstructive influences—personified as rākṣasī-like agents—whom Indra is commanded to destroy for the reciter’s safety.

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