Sukta 10.39
अमाजुरश्चिद्भवथो युवं भगोऽनाशोश्चिदवितारापमस्य चित् । अन्धस्य चिन्नासत्या कृशस्य चिद्युवामिदाहुर्भिषजा रुतस्य चित् ॥
amā́juraś cid bhavatho yuváṃ bhágo 'nā́śoś cid avitā́rā apamá sya cit | andhásya cin nāsatyā kṛśásya cid yuvā́m id ā́hur bhiṣájā rutásya cit ||
வலிமையற்றவர்க்கும் நீங்கள் பாக்யமாகிறீர்கள்; ஆதாரமற்றவர்க்கும் நீங்கள் காப்பாளர்கள்; இகழப்பட்டவர்க்கும். ஓ நாஸத்யர்களே! குருடர்க்கும், சுருங்கிய-சோர்ந்தவர்க்கும்—ஆம், ‘ருத்’ (ஆர்த்தக் குரல்/காயத்தின் அழைப்பு) என்பதற்கும் நீங்கள் ‘பிஷஜ்’ (மருத்துவர்) என அழைக்கப்படுகிறீர்கள்.
The Aśvins are praised as helpers of the weak, protectors of the poor and despised, and healers even for the blind, the emaciated, and those crying from wounds.
The Twins are invoked as the restoring powers for every deficiency-state: lack of strength (amājura), lack of substance (anāśa), social/inner rejection (apamasya), blindness (andha = obscured perception), and wasting weakness (kṛśa). They are physicians of the ‘wounded cry’ (ruta): the raw inner call of the soul-nature when struck by pain, error, or resistance. Psychologically, this is assurance that no part of the being is beyond rapid divine repair.
Grace meets the human at the point of incapacity; the healing power of consciousness is most active where the being admits need and calls sincerely.
healing, rescue, aid-to-the-weak, restoration
The anonymity here fits a universalizing tone: the mantra speaks for all conditions of human limitation, making the seer a representative voice of the struggling embodied consciousness.
Restorers of wholeness and right functioning; bring safe transitions (night→dawn, sickness→health, ignorance→sight).
Therapeutic illumination: they mend perception, renew vitality, and replace inner poverty with bhaga (divine share).
Aśvin praise in Soma-related sequences; general healing/protection invocation
अ॒मा॒जुर॑श्चिद्भवथो यु॒वं भगो॑ऽना॒शोश्चि॑दवि॒तारा॑प॒मस्य॑ चित् । अ॒न्धस्य॑ चिन्नासत्या कृ॒शस्य॑ चिद्यु॒वामिदा॑हुर्भि॒षजा॑ रु॒तस्य॑ चित् ॥
अ॒मा॒ऽजुरः॑ । चि॒त् । भ॒व॒थः॒ । यु॒वम् । भगः॑ । अ॒ना॒शोः । चि॒त् । अ॒वि॒तारा॑ । अ॒प॒मस्य॑ । चि॒त् । अ॒न्धस्य॑ । चि॒त् । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । कृ॒शस्य॑ । चि॒त् । यु॒वाम् । इत् । आ॒हुः॒ । भि॒षजा॑ । रु॒तस्य॑ । चि॒त् ॥
amājuraḥ | cit | bhavathaḥ | yuvam | bhagaḥ | anāśoḥ | cit | avitārā | apamasya | ci t | andhasya | cit | nāsatyā | kṛśasya | cit | yuvām | it | āhuḥ | bhiṣajā | rutasya | ci t
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4 pādas × 11 syllables (probable; needs full metrical counting on saṃhitā text)
Firm, declarative; suited to listing conditions and affirming saving power.
Builds confidence and steadies the heart; a ‘supportive’ cadence that counters weakness.
Healing and rescue invocations; used where restoration and wholeness are sought (symbolically and ritually).
Morning/dawn invocations; also as a prayer when seeking restoration
Recitation as laud (stuti) emphasizing Aśvin benevolence
Chanted as a healing affirmation for depression, fatigue, low confidence, or ‘blind spots’ in understanding; suitable for therapy-oriented meditation sessions.
bhága: from √bhaj ‘share, allot’ → ‘fortune, felicity’. avitā́rā: from √av ‘protect, help’ with agentive. andhá ‘blind’ (inner darkness). bhiṣáj: ‘healer’ (later ‘physician’), connected to healing/curing semantic field. rutá: ‘cry, roar, lament’; also linked to √ru ‘cry’.
grace (bhaga as dispensed share), removal of inner blindness (avidyā-like state)
Healing is restoration of ṛta in body-life-mind: right measure, right perception, right movement.
Nāsatyā as ‘truth-powers’ that do not fail the sincere call.
Re-creation through repair: the divine can reconstitute capacities seemingly lost.
Yoga of transformation (psychological Veda)
dawn
Blindness = obscured consciousness; medicine = right force that reorganizes the nature; dawn = first return of clarity.
Offer the weakest part of oneself to the Divine Physicians; cultivate trust that illumination can enter obscurity.
anāhata (healing/comfort) and ājñā (restored sight)
Soothing lengthened exhale (1:2 ratio) while mentally repeating ‘nāsatyā’ on the exhale.
From wounded/vulnerable to held and restored; quiet faith in repair.
Name inwardly one limitation (weakness, poverty, blindness) and chant the mantra as a direct appeal; end in silent receptivity, imagining a gentle dawn-light entering the forehead and heart.
Rigvedic accenting as per Śākala tradition (exact svara requires accented text).
Keep Triṣṭubh firmness: clear stress on key nouns (bhago, avitārā, bhiṣajā) with slight pitch rise on udatta.
‘amājuraḥ’—keep long ā and soft ‘j’., ‘nāsatyā’—long ā; dental ‘t’, not retroflex., ‘bhiṣajā’—retroflex ṣ with aspiration in ‘bh’.
Warm, reassuring, steady; avoid sharpness—let it sound medicinal.
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