Sukta 90
Rishi: Atharvanic/Aṅgiras-type attribution (book-level tradition; specific r̥ṣi uncertain without padānukramaṇī citation)
Devata: Bodily function/organ-state (implicit); operative power of mantra (vac) rather than a named deity
Chandas: Mixed/irregular (Atharvanic medical verses often deviate from strict RV meters)
这首仅三句咒的短颂，是一则紧凑的阿闼婆式法术，贯穿两项相连的目的：其一，折断对手的力量与光辉，并将其所聚积的权势与财富转移归于行法者；其二，使令人困扰的男性生殖器症状复归常态——“放下所被拉紧者”“安置所被抬起者”，即纠正疼痛性的紧张或机能失调。其效力主要来自咒语之言（vāc）的施行之力，以强制、切断的意象（带有因陀罗／伐楼那式的权威）并以直接的生理命令来达成。
Mantras
Mantra 1
शत्रुबलनाशनम्। अपि॑ वृश्च पुराण॒वद् व्र॒तते॑रिव गुष्पि॒तम्। ओजो॑ दा॒स्यस्य॑ दम्भय
斩断它吧，如同古时一般——那如誓行者般的结节肿胀；并且粉碎那达萨（Dāsa）的威力。
Mantra 2
व॒यं तद॑स्य॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ वस्विन्द्रे॑ण॒ वि भ॑जामहै । म्ला॒पया॑मि भ्र॒जः शि॒भ्रं वरु॑णस्य व्र॒तेन॑ ते
他所聚敛的那份财宝，我们将与因陀罗（Indra）一同分配。凭伐楼那（Varuṇa）加于你身的法度，我使你闪耀的光辉枯萎。
Mantra 3
यथा॒ शेपो॑ अ॒पाया॑तै स्त्री॒षु चास॒दना॑वयाः । अ॒व॒स्थस्य॑ क्न॒दीव॑तः शाङ्-कु॒रस्य॑ नितो॒दिनः॑ । यदात॑त॒मव॒ तत् त॑नु॒ यदुत्त॑तं॒ नि तत् त॑नु
正如阳具可从女人处退去，并连同那使人不得亲近的阻碍——那直立者、渗出者、如芽者、刺入者：凡被拉伸的，汝令其下垂；凡被抬起的，汝令其放下。
Frequently Asked Questions
It combines both. Verses 7.90.1–2 work in an abhicāric/apotropaic mode (crushing an enemy’s ojas and withering their brilliance), while 7.90.3 is explicitly therapeutic in effect, commanding normalization of a genital/sexual bodily state.
No single deity is consistently addressed throughout. Indra is invoked as the power of victory and appropriation (7.90.2), Varuṇa as the binding force of ‘vrata’ that withers hostile splendor (7.90.2), and the final verse functions as direct mantra-command over the body rather than praise of a named god.
Not in the text as given—no herbs or amulets are specified. The hymn’s method is primarily verbal/performative (vāc), though some practitioners may add a symbolic ‘cutting’ gesture for 7.90.1 as an optional, interpretive aid.
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