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Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 12

AV 4 12.1

रोहण्य् असि रोहण्य् अस्थ्नश् छिन्नस्य रोहणी । रोहयेदम् अरुन्धति

rohaṇy asi rohaṇy asthnaś chinnasya rohaṇī | rohayedam arundhati

You are a healer, a healer, the healer of the broken bone; heal this, O Arundhatī.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Thou art the healer, making whole, the healer of the broken bone: Make thou this whole, Arundhatī!

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.2

यत् ते रिष्टं यत् ते द्युत्तम् अस्ति पेष्ट्रं त आत्मनि । धाता तद् भद्रया पुनः सं दधत् परुषा परुः

yat te riṣṭaṃ yat te dyuttam asti peṣṭraṃ ta ātmani | dhātā tad bhadrayā punaḥ saṃ dadhat paruṣā paruḥ

What of yours is torn, what of yours is crushed, what is broken in your body — may Dhātar put that together again auspiciously, joint with joint.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Whatever bone of thine within thy body hath been wrenched or cracked, May Dhātar set it properly and join together limb by limb.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.3

सं ते मज्जा मज्ज्ञा भवतु सम् उ ते परुषा परुः । सं ते मांसस्य विस्रस्तं सम् अस्थ्य् अपि रोहतु

saṃ te majjā majjñā bhavatu sam u te paruṣā paruḥ | saṃ te māṃsasya visrastaṃ sam asthy api rohatu

Let your marrow come together with marrow, and your joint with joint; let what has fallen apart of your flesh come together, and let the bone grow together too.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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With marrow be the marrow joined, thy limb united with the limb. Let what hath fallen of thy flesh, and the bone also grow again.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.4

मज्जा मज्ञा सं धीयतां चर्मणा चर्म रोहतु । असृक् ते अस्थि रोहतु मांसं मांसेन रोहतु

majjā majñā saṃ dhīyatāṃ carmaṇā carma rohatu | asṛk te asthi rohatu māṃsaṃ māṃsena rohatu

Let marrow be joined with marrow, let skin grow together with skin; let your blood and bone grow, let flesh grow together with flesh.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Let marrow close with marrow, let skin grow united with the skin. Let blood and bone grow strong in thee, flesh grow together with the flesh.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.5

लोम लोम्ना सं कल्पया त्वचा सं कल्पया त्वचम् । असृक् ते अस्थि रोहतु छिन्नं सं धेह्य् ओषधे

loma lomnā saṃ kalpayā tvacā saṃ kalpayā tvacam | asṛk te asthi rohatu chinnaṃ saṃ dhehy oṣadhe

Fit hair together with hair, fit skin together with skin; let your blood and bone grow; put together what is broken, O plant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Join thou together hair with hair, join thou together skin with skin. Let blood and bone grow strong in thee. Unite the broken part,. O Plant.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.6

स उत् तिष्ठ प्रेहि प्र द्रव रथः सुचक्रः । सुपविः सुनाभिः प्रति तिष्ठोर्ध्वः

sa ut tiṣṭha prehi pra drava rathaḥ sucakraḥ | supaviḥ sunābhiḥ prati tiṣṭhordhvaḥ

Stand up, go forth, run forth — a chariot with good wheels, good rims, good hub: stand firm, upright!

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

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Arise, advance, speed forth; the car hath goodly fellies, naves, and wheels!! Stand up erect upon thy feet.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)

AV 4 12.7

यदि कर्तं पतित्वा संशश्रे यदि वाश्मा प्रहृतो जघान । ऋभू रथस्येवाङ्गानि सं दधत् परुषा परुः

yadi kartaṃ patitvā saṃśaśre yadi vāśmā prahṛto jaghāna | ṛbhū rathasyevāṅgāni saṃ dadhat paruṣā paruḥ

If, having fallen into a pit, he has been crushed, or if a hurled stone has struck (him), may (Dhātar), like the Ṛbhu (fitting) the parts of a chariot, put (him) together, joint with joint.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

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If he be torn and shattered, having fallen into a pit, or a cast stone have struck him, Let the skilled leech join limb with limb, as 'twere the portions of a car.

— tr. Ralph T.H. Griffith (1895–96)