Atharva Veda 4.11.10: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 10

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प॒द्भिः से॒दिम॑व॒क्राम॒न्निरां॒ जङ्घा॑भिरुत्खि॒दन्। श्रमे॑णान॒ड्वान् की॒लालं॑ की॒नाश॑श्चाभि ग॑च्छतः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.11.10

IAST Transliteration

padbhíḥ sédim avakrā́mann irā́ṃ jaṅghā́bhir utkhidán | śraméṇānaḍvā́n kīlā́laṃ kīnā́śaś cā́bhi gacchataḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With feet he setteth to his stepping, sound of limb; with shanks he teareth up the soil. By toil the draught-ox and the ploughman go together toward the sweet yield.

Translation

بقدميه يُقيمُ خُطاهُ وثباتُ أعضائه؛ وبساقيه يَشُقُّ التربةَ ويَقلِبُها. وبالعناء يمضي الثورُ الجرّارُ والحرّاثُ معاً نحوَ الغَلّةِ الحلوة (kīlāla).

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Word by Word

• पद्भिः: with (the) feet
• पद्भिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद् (प्रातिपदिक)

• स॒दिम्: a seat/settling-place; resting (place)
• स॒दिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘सद्/सदिन्’ इत्यस्य रूपम्)

• अवक्रमन्: they stepped down/advanced
• अवक्रमन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-क्रम् (धातु)

• निराम्: free from illness; without disease
• निराम्: कर्म/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + आम (प्रातिपदिक) अथवा ‘निराम’ (प्रातिपदिक)

• जङ्घाभिः: with (the) shanks/legs
• जङ्घाभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्घा (प्रातिपदिक)

• उत्खिदन्: they tore up/dug out
• उत्खिदन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-खिद् (धातु)

• श्रमॆण: by toil/effort
• श्रमॆण: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)

• अनड्वान्: the draught-ox
• अनड्वान्: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनडुह्/अनड्वाह् (प्रातिपदिक)

• कीलालम्: sweet drink/ferment; (here) sap/juice
• कीलालम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलाल (प्रातिपदिक)

• कीनाशः: the ploughman/peasant
• कीनाशः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीनाश (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभिगच्छतः: the two go/approach
• अभिगच्छतः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous

Devata: Anadvan (draft-ox) and agrarian prosperity (Irā/field-abundance)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta