Atharva Veda 11.3.10: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 10

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

आ॒न्त्राणि॑ ज॒त्रवो॒ गुदा॑ वर॒त्राः

IAST Transliteration

āntrā́ṇi jatrávo gudā́ varatrā́ḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The intestines, the collar-joints, the fundament—these are the thongs (that bind and hold).

Translation

पेट के अंदर की चीज़ें, गले के जोड़ और नीचे वाला हिस्सा, यह सब बॉडी को पकड़े रखते हैं जैसे धागा बाँधे हैं।

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Word by Word

• आन्त्राणि: intestines, entrails
• आन्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अन्त्र’ से व्युत्पन्न)

• जत्रवः: collarbones / clavicles (neck-bones)
• जत्रवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)

• गुदाः: anus, recta (lower bowel/anal region)
• गुदाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुद (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरत्राः: straps, bands, ligaments (binding cords)
• वरत्राः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरत्रा (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (often transmitted under Atharvan/Angiras attribution for this complex)

Devata: Bodily integrity personified through the ‘bindings’ (bandhana) and the cosmic pot-cooking analogy

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like enumeration (short pāda style; exact metrical classification depends on pada division in the edition)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta