Atharva Veda 2.12.8: Kanda 2, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 8

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ द॑धामि ते प॒दं समि॑द्धे जा॒तवे॑दसि । अ॒ग्निः शरी॑रं वेवे॒ष्ट्वसुं॒ वागपि॑ गछतु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 2.12.8

IAST Transliteration

ā́ dadhāmi te padáṃ samíddhe jātávedasi | agníḥ śarī́raṃ vevéṣṭv ásuṃ vā́g ápi gachatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I set for thee thy footing in Jātavedas duly kindled. Let Agni fold the body round; let breath, let Speech also, come again.

Translation

ಹೇ ಸಮಿದ್ಧ ಜಾತವೇದಸ, ನಿನಗೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಪದವನ್ನು (ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು) ನಾನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅಗ್ನಿಯು ದೇಹವನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತಿ ಆವರಿಸಲಿ; ಪ್ರಾಣವೂ, ವಾಣಿಯೂ ಮತ್ತೆ ಮರಳಿ ಬರಲಿ.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; unto (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• दधामि: I place; I set
• दधामि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (डुधाञ्) धातु

• ते: to you / of you
• ते: Sampradāna (if dative) / sambandha (if genitive)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun)

• पदम्: step; place; footing
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (prātipadika)

• समिद्धे: O kindled one; in the kindled (fire)
• समिद्धे: Adhikaraṇa (if loc.) / संबोधन (address)
• Type: Adjective (participial)
• Root: सम्-इध् (idh) → समिद्ध (PPP)

• जातवेदसि: in/unto Jātavedas (Agni), the all-knowing
• जातवेदसि: Adhikaraṇa / संबोधन
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: जातवेदस् (prātipadika; epithet of Agni)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (prātipadika)

• वेवेष्टु: let (him) wrap/cover
• वेवेष्टु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेवेष्/विवेष् (intensive/desiderative from √वे/√वेष् ‘to wrap, cover’ as used in Vedic)

• असुम्: life-breath; vital spirit
• असुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असु (prātipadika)

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (prātipadika)

• अपि: also; moreover
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (nipāta)

• गच्छतु: let (it) go; let (it) come/attain
• गच्छतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (गच्छ) धातु

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often attributed broadly to Atharvan/Angiras line for such healing verses; specific r̥ṣi attribution depends on anukramaṇī tradition).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (as healer and restorer of life-signs: asu and vāk).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (with Atharvanic cadence; pāda-structure consistent with 8-syllable quarters, allowing minor textual/recensional variation).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: karuna

Secondary: shanta