Sukta 11
अनड्वान् अ॒न॒ड्वान् दा॑धार पृथि॒वीमु॒त द्याम॑न॒ड्वान् दा॑धारो॒र्व१न्तरि॑क्षम्। अ॒न॒ड्वान् दा॑धार प्र॒दिशः॒ षडु॒र्वीर॑न॒ड्वान् विश्वं॒ भुव॑न॒मा वि॑वेश
anaḍvā́n anaḍvā́n dā́dhāra pṛthivī́m utá dyā́m anaḍvā́n dā́dhārorv àntárikṣam | anaḍvā́n dā́dhāra pradíśaḥ ṣáḍ urvī́r anaḍvā́n víśvaṃ bhúvanam ā́ viveśa
The Draught-ox, yea the Draught-ox, hath upheld the Earth; and the Draught-ox hath upheld the Sky. The Draught-ox hath upheld the broad mid-air; the Draught-ox hath upheld the six wide regions. The Draught-ox hath entered into, and pervaded, all this world of being.
ثورُ الجرّ، نعم ثورُ الجرّ، قد أسندَ الأرض؛ وثورُ الجرّ قد أسندَ السماء. وثورُ الجرّ قد أسندَ الفضاءَ الأوسطَ الفسيح؛ وثورُ الجرّ قد أسندَ الجهاتِ الستَّ الواسعة. وثورُ الجرّ قد دخلَ هذا العالمَ كلَّه، ونفذَ في جميعِ كيانِه.
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn ascribed in later indices to Atharvanic seers; exact r̥ṣi varies in anukramaṇī traditions)
Devata: Anaḍvān as cosmic bearer (often read as Indra-in-bull-form or a personified support-power)
Chandas: Mixed/Triṣṭubh-like cadence (Atharvanic; not strictly uniform)
Primary: vira
Secondary: shanta
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