Atharva Veda 4.12.3 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 3

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं ते॑ म॒ज्जा म॒ज्ज्ञा भ॑वतु॒ समु॑ ते॒ परु॑षा॒ परुः॑ । सं ते॑ मां॒सस्य॒ विस्र॑स्तं॒ समस्थ्यपि॑ रोहतु

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ te májjā majjñā́ bhavatu sám u te páruṣā páruḥ | sáṃ te mā́ṃsasya vísrastaṃ sám ásthy ápi rohatu

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Marrow with marrow let thine be knit together; yea, joint with joint be joined. What of thy flesh is loosened—let it be knit; and let the bone also grow together again.

Translation

Mark mit Mark sei dir zusammengefügt; ja, Glied mit Glied sei verbunden. Was von deinem Fleisch gelockert ist — das wachse zusammen; und auch der Knochen möge wieder zusammenwachsen.

Word by Word

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मज्जा: marrow
• मज्जा: कर्तृ (of भवतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मज्ज्ञा: with marrow; by the marrow
• मज्ज्ञा: करण (instrumental: by/with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: may it become / may it be
• भवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• उ: indeed, surely
• उ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ (निपात)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• परुषा: rib/side-bone (a bone-part)
• परुषा: कर्तृ (of रोहतु, implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• परुः: joint, knot; a joint of bone
• परुः: कर्तृ (of रोहतु, implied)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मांसस्य: of flesh
• मांसस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• विस्रस्तम्: slipped, dislocated, loosened
• विस्रस्तम्: कर्म/विषय (that which is to be healed/reattached)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि-√स्रंस् (कृदन्त: भूतकृदन्त)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: कर्तृ (of रोहतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपि: also, moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)

• रोहतु: may it grow/heal/knit together
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic healer tradition

Devata: Healing power of regrowth (implicit Rohiṇī), with the body itself as the addressed locus

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta