Mantra 7

Sukta 13

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

हस्ताभ्यां दशशाखाभ्यां जिह्वा वाचः पुरोगवी। अनामयित्नुभ्यां हस्ताभ्यां ताभ्यां त्वाभि मृशामसि

IAST Transliteration

hástābhyāṃ dáśaśākhābhyāṃ jihvā́ vā́caḥ purogávī | anāmayítnubhyāṃ hástābhyāṃ tā́bhyāṃ tvā́bhí mṛśāmasi

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

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.

Word by Word

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (two) hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• दशशाखाभ्याम्: with the ten-branched (i.e., ten-fingered) (hands)
• दशशाखाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश-शाखा (समास-प्रातिपदिक)

• जिह्वा: the tongue
• जिह्वा: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वाचः: of speech
• वाचः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)

• पुरोगवी: going in front, leading
• पुरोगवी: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरोगवी (प्रातिपदिक; पुरस् + गवी/गविन्)

• अनामयित्नुभ्याम्: with the disease-removing (hands)
• अनामयित्नुभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामयित्नु (प्रातिपदिक; अ-नामय + इत्नु)

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (two) hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• ताभ्याम्: with those (two)
• ताभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्वा: you
• त्वा: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अभि: towards, upon
• अभि: (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मृशामसि: we touch (stroke)
• मृशामसि: क्रिया (कर्तृ = वयम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृश् (धातु; स्पर्शने)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (anukramaṇī attributions vary)

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

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

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