Atharva Veda 11.3.11: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 11

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इ॒यमे॒व पृ॑थि॒वी कु॒म्भी भ॑वति॒ राध्य॑मानस्यौद॒नस्य॒ द्यौर॑पि॒धान॑म्

IAST Transliteration

iyám evá pṛthivī́ kumbhī́ bhavati rā́dhyamānasyáudanásya dyáur apidhā́nam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

This very Earth becomes the cooking-pot; of the rice-gruel as it is being dressed, the Sky is the covering-lid.

Translation

यह धरती बड़ी देग बन जाती है। जब चावल पक रही होती है, आसमान उसके ऊपर ढक्कन बन जाता है।

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Word by Word

• इयम्: this (she/this one)
• इयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूप

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात) अव्यय

• पृथिवी: the Earth
• पृथिवी: Kartā (इयम् एव पृथिवी = कर्तृ-समनाधिकरणम्) / Adhikaraṇa (अर्थतः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)

• कुम्भी: a pot, jar (kettle-like vessel)
• कुम्भी: Kartā (भवति इत्यस्य कर्तृ-समनाधिकरणम्) / Predicate nominative
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भी (प्रातिपदिक) < कुम्भ

• भवति: becomes, is
• भवति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)

• राध्यमानस्य: of (the) being prepared/being cooked
• राध्यमानस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Participle (Adjectival)
• Root: राध् (धातु) → राध्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/मध्यभावे)

• औदनस्य: of the cooked rice/porridge (odana)
• औदनस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive: ‘of the porridge/rice-dish’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदन (प्रातिपदिक) < ओदन

• द्यौः: the sky, heaven
• द्यौः: Kartā (अपिधानम् इत्यस्य समनाधिकरणम्/विधेय-भावः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक) / द्यौस्

• अपिधानम्: a cover, lid
• अपिधानम्: Predicate nominative (द्यौः = अपिधानम्) / Karaṇa (अर्थतः ‘covering’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपिधान (प्रातिपदिक) < अपि-धा (धातु) ‘to cover’ → भाव/करण-नाम

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (household-cosmic bandhu complex)

Devata: Pṛthivī-Dyāvā (Earth and Sky) as cosmic supports; the consecrated odana as efficacious medium

Chandas: Mixed/prose-like anuṣṭubh extension (mantric sentence with bandhu identifications)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta