Atharva Veda 11.3.13: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 3, Mantra 13

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋ॒तं ह॑स्ताव॒नेज॑नं कु॒ल्योऽप॒सेच॑नम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.3.13

IAST Transliteration

ṛtáṃ hastāvanéjanam kúlyo’pasécanam

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Ṛta is the washing of the hands; the channels are the sprinkling forth.

Translation

सच्चाई और सही काम हाथ धोना है। पानी की नलियाँ सबको गीला करती हैं।

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Word by Word

• ऋतम्: truth; cosmic order
• ऋतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋत (प्रातिपदिक)

• हस्तौ: (two) hands
• हस्तौ: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवनेजनम्: washing; cleansing (act/means)
• अवनेजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवनेजन (प्रातिपदिक; अव-नीज् ‘to wash’ से भाव/करण-नाम)

• कुल्यः: a channel; small canal
• कुल्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपसेचनम्: sprinkling; pouring out; irrigation
• अपसेचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपसेचन (प्रातिपदिक; अप-सेच् ‘to sprinkle/pour off’ से भाव/करण-नाम)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition

Devata: Ṛta (cosmic order) as operative principle; water as its vehicle

Chandas: Concise nominal anuṣṭubh fragment

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta