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

میں تجھے جات ویداس میں جلائے گئے آگ کے لیے تیرا قدم رکھتا ہوں۔ اگنی جسم کو لپیٹ دے؛ پھر سانس آئے، بولی بھی آئے۔

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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