Atharva Veda 13.4.11: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स प्र॒जाभ्यो॒ वि प॑श्यति॒ यच्च॑ प्रा॒णति॒ यच्च॒ न

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 13.4.11

IAST Transliteration

sá prajā́bhyo ví paśyati yác ca prāṇáti yác ca ná

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For all his creatures he looks abroad, discerning what breathes and what breathes not.

Translation

Sur toutes ses créatures il porte son regard au loin, discernant ce qui respire et ce qui ne respire pas.

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Word by Word

• सः: he / that one
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• प्रजाभ्यः: to/for the creatures (offspring, people)
• प्रजाभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, distinctly (intensifier with the verb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix/preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्-अर्थे) धातु

• यत्: what / that which
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• प्राणति: breathes
• प्राणति: क्रिया (यत्-सम्बद्धा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अन् (प्राणने) धातु; प्र- उपसर्ग

• यत्: what / that which
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above for AVŚ 13.4)

Devata: Skambha/Ekavrata as omniscient support

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta