Atharva Veda 4.12.10 — Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 10

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

सं ते॑ म॒ज्जा म॒ज्ज्ञा भ॑वतु॒ समु॑ ते॒ परु॑षा॒ परुः॑ । सं ते॑ मां॒सस्य॒ विस्र॑स्तं॒ समस्थ्यपि॑ रोहतु

IAST Transliteration

sáṃ te majjā majjñā bhavatu sámu te páruṣā páruḥ | sáṃ te māṃsásya vísrastaṃ sám asthí ápi rohatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Marrow with marrow be united for thee; joint with joint be wholly joined for thee. Let the loosened flesh be knit together for thee; let bone moreover grow fast thereon.

Translation

ขอให้ไขกระดูกของท่านประสานกับไขกระดูก ขอให้ข้อของท่านประสานกับข้อโดยสิ้นเชิง ขอให้เนื้อที่หลุดร่อนของท่านถักร้อยกลับเข้าด้วยกัน ขอให้กระดูกงอกติดแน่นทับลงไปอีกด้วย

Word by Word

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मज्जा: marrow
• मज्जा: कर्तृ (भवतु इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मज्ज्ञा: with marrow; by marrow
• मज्ज्ञा: करण (instrumental: ‘by/with marrow’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• भवतु: let it be; may it become
• भवतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• समु: together; wholly (Vedic form)
• समु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + उ (उपसर्ग + अव्ययात्मक कण)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• परुषा: joints; limbs (lit. ‘knobs/knuckles’)
• परुषा: कर्तृ (भवतु/रोहतु इत्यर्थे ‘be/come together’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परुष (प्रातिपदिक)

• परुः: joints; articulations
• परुः: कर्तृ (समु… इत्यस्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परु (प्रातिपदिक)

• सम्: together; completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• मांसस्य: of flesh
• मांसस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• विस्रस्तम्: dislocated; loosened; fallen apart
• विस्रस्तम्: कर्म/विशेषण (यत् ‘सम्…’ इति संधीयते)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वि + स्रंस् (धातु) → ‘विस्रस्त’ (कृदन्त)

• सम्: together; back into place
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) / सम् (अव्यय)

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: कर्म (रोहतु इत्यस्य; ‘bone’ as the thing to heal/grow together)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• रोहतु: let it grow/heal; let it knit together
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per AV healing corpus)

Devata: Healing power inherent in the re-union formula; implicitly Dhātṛ/Viśvadevas of restoration

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna