Mantra 12

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

समाहर जातवेदो यद्धृतं यत् पराभृतम्। गात्राण्यस्य वर्धन्तामंशुरिवा प्यायतामयम्

IAST Transliteration

samā́hara jātavedo yád dhṛtáṃ yát parā́bhṛtam | gā́trāṇy asya vardhantām aṃśúr iva pyā́yatām ayám

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Bring back together, O Jātavedas, what hath been seized, what hath been borne away. Let his limbs increase; like a ray (or soma-stalk) let this man swell and thrive.

Translation

ஜாதவேதஸே! பிடுங்கப்பட்டதும் எடுத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டதும் ஆகியதை மீண்டும் ஒன்றுசேர்த்து திரும்பக் கொண்டு வா. இவனுடைய அங்கங்கள் வளரட்டும்; அம்ʼஷு (கதிர்/சோமத் தண்டு) போல இவன் புஷ்டியடைந்து செழிக்கட்டும்.

Word by Word

समाहरgather/bring together!

जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni)!

यत्whatever (that which)

हृतम्taken away, stolen

यत्whatever

पराभृतम्carried off/removed away

गात्राणिlimbs, body-parts

अस्यof him/this (person)

वर्धन्ताम्let (them) grow/increase

अंशुःthe soma-stalk / ray (as a simile-base)

इवlike, as

प्यायताम्let (him/it) swell, thrive, become full

अयम्this (one/person)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (not isolated here).

Devata: Agni Jātavedas (as restorer).

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (more compact, 2-line structure; approximate).

Mantra Rasa

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