Sukta 64
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (śānti/prāyaścitta hymn)
Devata: Āpaḥ (Waters) as purifiers and protectors
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; common in AV śānti verses)
《阿闼婆吠陀》7.64是一则简短的赎罪—息灾（prāyaścitta-śānti）咒，用以消解人们所认为的：当黑色凶兆之鸟靠近、停落，或以接触玷污时所引发的不祥与罪咎（enas）。本咒运用双重净化者——以诸水（Āpaḥ）洗除恶厄（durita），并以家火伽尔哈帕提耶之阿耆尼（Agni Gārhapatya）焚尽罪咎（enas）——使行持者得以受护、解脱，并恢复于祭仪与社会的清净。
Mantras
Mantra 1
पापमोचनम्। इ॒दं यत् कृ॒ष्णः श॒कुनि॑रभिनि॒ष्पत॒न्नपी॑पतत्। आपो॑ मा॒ तस्मा॒त् सर्व॑स्माद् दुरि॒तात् पा॒न्त्वंह॑सः
（解罪除恶。）此事——当那黑色凶兆之鸟向我飞来，竟落下停栖之时——愿诸水护佑我，免于彼事，免于一切凶厄，免于苦迫与罪愆。
Mantra 2
इ॒दं यत् कृ॒ष्णः श॒कुनि॑र॒वामृ॑क्षन्निरृते ते॒ मुखे॑न । अ॒ग्निर्मा॒ तस्मा॒देन॑सो॒ गार्ह॑पत्यः॒ प्र मु॑ञ्चतु
此物——当那黑色凶鸟以其口擦触、玷污之，如同尼利提（Nirṛti，毁灭/厄运女神）之口所为——愿伽尔哈帕提耶（Gārhapatya，家火）之阿耆尼（Agni）从那罪咎中，将我完全解脱。
Frequently Asked Questions
It is used when an inauspicious black bird (śakuni) approaches, alights, or is believed to have defiled a person—an event treated as an omen requiring immediate purification and expiation.
Waters cleanse and protect from ‘evil hap’ (durita) and anguish (aṃhas), while Agni Gārhapatya performs expiation by ‘releasing’ from enas—together expressing complete removal of taint.
No. The hymn’s ritual logic centers on simple, primary purifiers: clean water for sprinkling/ablution and the household fire for expiatory release; optional ghee/kuśa may be used according to custom.
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