Atharva Veda 4.12.11: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 12, Mantra 11

Sukta 12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

म॒ज्जा म॒ज्ज्ञा सं धी॑यतां॒ चर्म॑णा॒ चर्म॑ रोहतु । असृ॑क् ते॒ अस्थि॑ रोहतु मां॒सं मां॒सेन॑ रोहतु

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.12.11

IAST Transliteration

majjā majjñā sáṃ dhīyatāṃ cármaṇā cárma rohatu | ásṛk te ásthí rohatu māṃsáṃ māṃséna rohatu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Marrow with marrow—let it be set in union; skin with skin—let it grow again. Let blood make fast thy bone; let flesh with flesh be knit and healed.

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Word by Word

• मज्जा: marrow
• मज्जा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)

• मज्ज्ञा: with marrow (marrow-substance)
• मज्ज्ञा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन् (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• धीयताम्: let it be set/placed/put
• धीयताम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + य (यक्-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि/भावे)

• चर्मणा: with skin
• चर्मणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• चर्म: skin
• चर्म: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहतु: let it grow/heal
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)

• असृक्: blood
• असृक्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: असृज्/असृक् (प्रातिपदिक)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहतु: let it grow/heal
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)

• मांसम्: flesh
• मांसम्: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• मांसेन: with flesh
• मांसेन: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहतु: let it grow/heal
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Healing cohesion (saṃdhāna) as operative power; implicitly Dhātṛ

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta