Mantra 4

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

शं मे परस्मै गात्राय शमस्त्ववराय मे । शं मे चतुर्भ्यो अङ्गेभ्यः शमस्तु तन्वे३मम

IAST Transliteration

śáṃ me párasmai gā́trāya śám astv ávarāya me | śáṃ me catúrbhyo áṅgebhyaḥ śám astu tanvé imám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Weal be to me for the upper limb; weal be for me for the lower. Weal be to me for the four members; weal be to this my body.

Word by Word

• शम्: well-being; auspiciously; peace
• शम्: — (वाक्य-विशेषण; आशीर्वादार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) / √शम् (शमुँ) ‘शान्तौ’ (निरुक्त-सम्बन्ध)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of/for me’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• परस्मै: to the farther (one)
• परस्मै: सम्प्रदान (to/for the farther one)
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)

• गात्राय: for the limb / body-part
• गात्राय: सम्प्रदान (for the limb/body-part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being
• शम्: — (आशीर्वादार्थक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (असँ) ‘भुवि’

• अवराय: to the nearer (one)
• अवराय: सम्प्रदान (to/for the nearer/lower one)
• Type: Adjective (pronominal)
• Root: अवर (प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• शम्: well-being
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• चतुर्भ्यः: for (the) four
• चतुर्भ्यः: सम्प्रदान (for the four…)
• Type: Numeral (adjectival)
• Root: चतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गेभ्यः: for/from the limbs
• अङ्गेभ्यः: अपादान/सम्प्रदान (from/for the limbs; here ‘for the limbs’ by Vedic usage)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• शम्: well-being
• शम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तु: let there be
• अस्तु: — (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (असँ) ‘भुवि’

• तन्वे: for the body / for the self
• तन्वे: सम्प्रदान (for the body/self)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनू (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: कर्म (this [one/thing] as object, elliptic)
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī; commonly Atharvan/Angiras-type)

Devata: Śam/Śānti (personified well-being; pacificatory power rather than a single theonym)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires pada-count confirmation against a metrical padapāṭha edition)

Mantra Rasa

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