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

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प॒द्भिः से॒दिम॑व॒क्राम॒न्निरां॒ जङ्घा॑भिरुत्खि॒दन्। श्रमे॑णान॒ड्वान् की॒लालं॑ की॒नाश॑श्चाभि ग॑च्छतः

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

Mit den Füßen setzt er zum Schritt an, fest in den Gliedern; mit den Schenkeln reißt er den Boden auf. Durch Mühe gehen Zugochse und Pflüger gemeinsam dem süßen Ertrag entgegen.

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