Atharva Veda 11.4.25 - Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 25

Atharva Veda 11.4.25: Kanda 11, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 25

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऊ॒र्ध्वः सु॒प्तेषु॑ जागार न॒नु ति॒र्यङ् नि प॑द्यते । न सु॒प्तम॑स्य सु॒प्तेष्वनु॑ शुश्राव॒ कश्च॒न

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 11.4.25

IAST Transliteration

ūrdhváḥ súpteṣu jāgāra nánu tiryáṅ ní padyate | ná súptam asyá súpteṣv ánu śuśrāva káścana

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Upright he waketh among the sleepers; surely he sinketh not down awry. None, when all are sleeping, hath ever heard that he sleepeth.

Translation

जब सब सो रहे होते हैं, यह प्राण शक्ति जागती है। वो कभी उल्टा-पुल्टा नहीं गिरता। जब सब सो रहे हैं, किसी ने कभी नहीं सुना कि यह भी सो रहा है।

Word by Word

ऊर्ध्वःupright; aloft

सुप्तेषुamong the sleeping (ones)

जागारis awake; has awakened

ननुindeed; surely (emphatic/confirmatory)

तिर्यङ्sideways; crosswise

निdown; into (as preverb)

पद्यतेsteps/falls down; lies down

नnot

सुप्तम्the sleeping (one/thing)

अस्यof this; of him

सुप्तेषुamong the sleeping (ones)

अनुafter; along; in succession

शुश्रावheard

कश्चनanyone; someone (at all)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic seer-tradition (Prāṇa-hymn complex)

Devata: Prāṇa

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: adbhuta

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