Sukta 78
Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not specified in the excerpt).
Devata: Agni (as purifier and stabilizer of the release).
Chandas: Mixed/prose-rubric + metrical line; likely Anuṣṭubh-like cadence in the metrical portion (requires metrical check).
这首简短的阿闼婆系赞歌施行一种仪式性的“解结”：以言辞松解象征囚缚、病厄或敌对束缚的绳索、轭与系结。诸缚既释，随即以神圣的梵力“驾驭”阿耆尼，使解脱之境得以安定；受益者因此获得近似刹帝利之护持威力、吉祥与财富。全诗分为两段动作——解缚与再赋权——令阿耆尼既为净化者，亦为新得无缚状态的保证者。
Mantras
Mantra 1
वन्दमोचनम्। वि ते॑ मुञ्चामि रश॒नां वि योक्त्रं॒ वि नि॒योज॑नम्। इ॒हैव त्वमज॑स्र एध्यग्ने
解脱束缚。我为你解开绳索，解开轭带，解开系缚之结。唯在此处，就在此处，愿你不息增长、愈加坚强，噢阿耆尼（Agni）。
Mantra 2
अ॒स्मै क्ष॒त्राणि॑ धा॒रय॑न्तमग्ने यु॒नज्मि॑ त्वा॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ दैव्ये॑न । दी॒दि॒ह्य॑१स्मभ्यं॒ द्रवि॑णे॒ह भ॒द्रं प्रेमं वो॑चो हवि॒र्दां दे॒वता॑सु
噢阿耆尼（Agni），为此人承持王权之力者，我以天界的梵力（brahman）将你系轭。为我们在此燃耀，导向财富，导向吉祥之善；噢献供之赐予者，在诸神之中宣说此言。
Frequently Asked Questions
It can mean literal restraint (cords, yokes, captivity) and also symbolic constraint—illness, fear, hostile magic, or obligations felt as something that ‘ties’ a person down.
Agni purifies and transforms: he ‘burns away’ constriction, carries the prayer through oblation, and then stands as a steady presence so the released condition remains firm and protected.
This hymn is materially simple: it centers on a cord/strap as the binding symbol and a fire (Agni). An oblation is implied in the second mantra, but the emphasis is on the act of untying and the mantra’s stabilizing ‘yoking’ of Agni.
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