Atharva Veda 4.12.8: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 8

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

रोहिणी- वनस्पतिः। १-७ ऋभुः। रोहिणी- वनस्पतिः। अनुष्टुप्, १ त्रिपदा गायत्री, ६ त्रिपदा यवमध्या भुरिग्गायत्री, ७ बृहती। रोह॑ण्यसि॒ रोह॑ण्य॒स्थ्नश्छि॒न्नस्य॒ रोह॑णी । रो॒हये॒दम॑रुन्धति

IAST Transliteration

róhaṇy asi róhaṇy ásthnas chinnásya róhaṇī | roháyedám arúndhati ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Rohiṇī thou art, Rohiṇī—Rohiṇī of the severed bone. Cause this to grow whole, O Arundhatī.

Translation

Tu es Rohiṇī, tu es Rohiṇī, Rohiṇī de l’os tranché. Fais que ceci se ressoude, ô Arundhatī.

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Word by Word

• रोहिणी: Rohiṇī (the healing plant/personified power)
• रोहिणी: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper/common name of herb/deity)
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)

• रोहिणी: O Rohiṇī
• रोहिणी: —
• Type: Noun (vocative use)
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्थ्नः: of the bone
• अस्थ्नः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• छिन्नस्य: of (that which is) cut/broken
• छिन्नस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: छिन्न (कृदन्त; √छिद्)

• रोहिणी: O Rohiṇī
• रोहिणी: —
• Type: Noun (vocative use)
• Root: रोहिणी (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहय: heal; make grow together; set (it)
• रोहय: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु; causative)

• इदम्: this (wound/bone)
• इदम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अरुन्धति: O Arundhatī (the unimpeding one; healing power/plant)
• अरुन्धति: —
• Type: Noun (address/epithet)
• Root: अरुन्धती (प्रातिपदिक; vocative)

Attribution

Rishi: R̥bhu(s) (hymn tradition; supplied note indicates R̥bhu for 1–7; verse 8 centers Rohiṇī)

Devata: Rohiṇī (vanaspati/oṣadhi); with Arundhatī as auxiliary stabilizing power

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (as supplied for the hymn overall; verse-level variation noted in tradition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta