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Atharva Veda 4.13.7: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 13, Mantra 7

Sukta 13

हस्ता॑भ्यां॒ दश॑शाखाभ्यां जि॒ह्वा वा॒चः पु॑रोग॒वी। अ॒ना॒म॒यि॒त्नुभ्यां॒ हस्ता॑भ्यां॒ ताभ्यां॑ त्वा॒भि मृ॑शामसि

hástābhyāṃ dáśaśākhābhyāṃ jihvā́ vā́caḥ purogávī | anāmayítnubhyāṃ hástābhyāṃ tā́bhyāṃ tvā́bhí mṛśāmasi

With hands, ten-branched with fingers, while the tongue goes foremost of speech, with hands that make for freedom from disease—with those two hands we touch thee over.

Dengan kedua tangan, yang bercabang sepuluh oleh jari-jari, sementara lidah berjalan di depan ucapan; dengan tangan yang meniadakan penyakit—dengan kedua tangan itu kami menyentuhmu menyeluruh.

हस्ताभ्याम्with (two) hands
हस्ताभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
दशशाखाभ्याम्with the ten-branched (i.e., ten-fingered) (hands)
दशशाखाभ्याम्:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootदश-शाखा (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
जिह्वाthe tongue
जिह्वा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootजिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
वाचःof speech
वाचः:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
पुरोगवीgoing in front, leading
पुरोगवी:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरोगवी (प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् + गवी/गविन्)
अनामयित्नुभ्याम्with the disease-removing (hands)
अनामयित्नुभ्याम्:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootअनामयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक; अ-नामय + इत्नु)
हस्ताभ्याम्with (two) hands
हस्ताभ्याम्:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
ताभ्याम्with those (two)
ताभ्याम्:
करण
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अभिtowards, upon
अभि:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मृशामसिwe touch (stroke)
मृशामसि:
क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्)
TypeVerb
Rootमृश् (धातु; स्पर्शने)

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attributions vary)

Devata: Hasta/Vāc as functional deities (healing touch and sacred speech)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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