Mantra 10

Sukta 96

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आहार्षमविदं त्वा पुनरागाः पुनर्णवः । सर्वाङ्ग सर्वं ते चक्षुः सर्वमायुश्च तेऽविदम्

IAST Transliteration

ā́hārṣam avídáṃ tvā púnar ā́ gāḥ púnarṇavaḥ | sárvāṅga sárvaṃ te cákṣuḥ sárvam ā́yuś ca te ’vidam ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Hither have I brought thee; I have found thee: come back again, renewed anew. Whole-limbed—thy sight entire; thy life entire—this all have I recovered for thee.

Word by Word

• आ: back/again (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• ह: indeed/just
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (निपात)

• अहर्षम्: I rejoiced / I was glad
• अहर्षम्: Kartā (अहम् implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष् (धातु)

• अविदम्: I found / I obtained
• अविदम्: Kartā (अहम् implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु, ‘to find/know’)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• आगाः: you came back / you returned
• आगाः: Kartā (त्वम् implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)

• नवः: new, renewed
• नवः: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वाङ्ग: with all limbs / whole-bodied
• सर्वाङ्ग: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वाङ्ग (समास-प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + अङ्ग)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye; sight
• चक्षुः: Karma (object of ‘अविदम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (contextual)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)

• आयुः: life; lifespan
• आयुः: Karma (object of ‘अविदम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• ते: of you / your
• ते: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अविदम्: I found / I restored (obtained)
• अविदम्: Kartā (अहम् implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु, ‘to find/know’)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic (hymn complex associated with protective/obstetric charms; specific r̥ṣi attribution varies in ancillary lists)

Devata: General healing power; implicitly Agni/Brahman (as restorative force) in the surrounding verses

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant in AV healing/protective charms)

Mantra Rasa

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