Atharva Veda 4.13.5: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 5

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ त्वा॑गमं॒ शंता॑तिभि॒रथो॑ अरि॒ष्टता॑तिभिः । दक्षं॑ त उ॒ग्रमाभा॑रिषं॒ परा॒ यक्ष्मं॑ सुवामि ते

IAST Transliteration

ā tvā́gamam śáṃtātibhir átho ariṣṭátātibhiḥ | dákṣaṃ ta ugrám ā́bhāriṣam párā yákṣmaṃ suvāmi te

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither have I come unto thee with bestowals of peace, yea, with bestowals of unhurt security. For thee have I brought strong, vigorous power: from thee I drive the wasting Yakṣma far away.

Translation

मैं तुम्हारे पास आया हूँ शांति देने के लिए, बिल्कुल कोई तकलीफ़ नहीं देने के लिए। तुम्हारे लिए ताकत लाया हूँ, मज़बूत ताकत। तुमसे यह बीमारी, यह यक्ष्म, मैं दूर भगा देता हूँ।

The meaning

What it says

The speaker approaches the patient bearing ‘bestowals of peace’ and ‘unhurt security,’ brings strong power (dakṣa ugram), and drives yakṣma (wasting disease) far away.

The inner meaning

Healing begins by establishing safety and reassurance (śaṃtāti, ariṣṭatāti), then installing vitality/competence (dakṣa) so the mind-body can expel the wasting pattern.

The truth in it

Restoration is not only removal of illness but the active installation of peace, safety, and strength; absence of harm must be replaced with presence of vigor.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Bhaisajya (Healing)

Its aim

Expulsion of yakṣma (wasting/consumption) and installation of protective vigor and well-being in the patient.

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आ । त्वा॒ । अ॒ग॒म॒म् । शम्-ता॒ति॒भिः । अ॒थो॒ इ॒ति । अ॒रि॒ष्ट-ता॒ति॒भिः । दक्ष॑म् । ते॒ । उ॒ग्रम् । आ । अ॒भा॒रि॒ष॒म् । परा॑ । यक्ष्म॑म् । सु॒वा॒मि॒ । ते॒ ।

आ

hither; towardshither; toward (invocatory particle drawing the power near)Indeclinableउपसर्ग (गत्यर्थ/सम्प्राप्त्यर्थ)Root आ (उपसर्ग)

त्वा

you (object)thee; you (the patient/recipient addressed as the locus of healing)Pronounद्वितीया, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)Role KarmaRoot युष्मद्

अगमम्

I cameI have come; I approach (ritual approach of the healer with auspicious forces)Verbलुङ् (अorist), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदRole Kartā (अहम्)Root √गम्

शंता॑तिभिः

with auspicious protections/benedictionsNounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot शं-ताति (प्रातिपदिक)

अथो

and then; alsoIndeclinableसमुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थ अव्ययRoot अथो (अव्यय)

अरिष्टता॑तिभिः

with unharmedness-protections; with safeguards against harmwith uninjuredness-bestowings; with securities from harm (ariṣṭa = unharmed, unbroken; apotropaic safeguard)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनRole KaraṇaRoot अरिष्ट-ताति (प्रातिपदिक)

दक्षम्

strength; skill; powerstrength, skill, efficacious power (dákṣa as ritual potency and bodily vigor)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

ते

for you; to youto thee; for you (dative of benefit)Pronounचतुर्थी, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद्

उग्रम्

fierce; mightyfierce, strong (a forceful, disease-driving potency)Adjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (दक्षम् इति विशेषणम्)Role Karma (विशेषणत्वेन)Root उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)

आ

towards; untounto; in addition (prefix intensifying the bringing/placing)Indeclinableउपसर्ग (सम्प्राप्त्यर्थ)Root आ (उपसर्ग)

अभारिषम्

I brought; I boreI have brought; I have bestowed (transfer of power/medicine by mantra)Verbलुङ् (अorist), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः आ-Role Kartā (अहम्)Root √भृ

परा

away; forthaway, forth (expulsive direction for the disease)Indeclinableउपसर्ग (अपसारण/विनाशार्थ)Root परा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

यक्ष्मम्

disease; wasting illnessconsumption, wasting disease (yakṣma as a class of debilitating afflictions; often TB-like in later interpretation)Nounपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनRole KarmaRoot यक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

सुवामि

I drive away; I set in motion (to depart)I impel/drive; I set in motion (magical propulsion of the disease away)Verbलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदRole Kartā (अहम्)Root √सु (सवति/सुनोति) / √सू (प्रेरणे/प्रसवे) — वैदिक प्रयोग

ते

of you; from you (contextually)from thee/for thee (contextually: away from you; the patient as reference point)Pronounषष्ठी, एकवचन (सर्वनाम)Role Sampradāna/सम्बन्धRoot युष्मद्

Sandhi Notes

• आ | त्वा | अगमम् | शं-तातिभिः | अथो | अरिष्ट-तातिभिः | दक्षम् | ते | उग्रम् | आ | अभारिषम् | परा | यक्ष्मम् | सुवामि | ते ।
• 1) त्वा॑गमम् = त्वा + अगमम् (स्वर-सन्धि/अजादि-सन्धि; आ + अ → आ)
• 2) शंता॑तिभिः, अरि॒ष्टता॑तिभिः: समास/प्रातिपदिक-रूप ‘ताति’ (रक्षण/प्राप्ति/वृद्धि-भाव) के साथ तृतीया बहुवचन
• 3) उ॒ग्रमाभा॑रिषम् = उग्रम् + आ + अभारिषम् (म् + आ → माभा…; उपसर्ग ‘आ-’ धातु √भृ के साथ)
• 4) परा यक्ष्मं: ‘परा’ उपसर्गवत् ‘सुवामि’ के अर्थ को ‘अपसारण’ की ओर ले जाता है (पदपाठ में पृथक्)

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras lineages; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies by anukramaṇī)

Devata

Bhaiṣajya/Healing power; anti-Yakṣma efficacy (yakṣma as the adversary)

Chandas

Anuṣṭubh (predominant in this healing sequence)

Rasa

Shanta and Vira

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