Atharva Veda 5.16.11: Kanda 5, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 16, Mantra 11

Sukta 16

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यद्ये॑काद॒शोऽसि॒ सोऽपो॑दको ऽसि

IAST Transliteration

yády ekādaśó ’ási sá ’pódako ’ási

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

If thou be eleven, thou art the giver of waters.

Translation

Wenn du elffach bist, bist du der Spender der Wasser.

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Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (avyaya)

• एकादशः: the eleventh
• एकादशः: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: एकादश (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

• सः: that (one), he
• सः: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपोदकः: waterless; without water
• अपोदकः: Kartā (predicate nominative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपोदक (प्रातिपदिक; a- + पोदक/उदक ‘water’ with अपो- ‘without’)

• असि: you are
• असि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (भू-सत्तायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ap- (Waters) / the empowered agent as ‘apodaka’

Chandas: Formulaic; Anuṣṭubh-like

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta