Mantra 12
Sukta 13
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
कर्षेदेनं न चैनं कर्षेत्
IAST Transliteration
kárṣed enaṁ ná cainaṁ kárṣet
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
One should hale him—yet one should not hale him.
Word by Word
कर्षेत्should plough / should draw (towards oneself)
कर्षेत्:
(वाक्यस्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (कर्षति)
एनम्him / this one (as object)
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-प्रयोग
नnot
न:
(निषेध-सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
(समुच्चय-सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एनम्him / this one (as object)
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → एनद्-प्रयोग
कर्षेत्should plough / should draw
कर्षेत्:
(वाक्यस्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (कर्षति)
Attribution
Rishi: Vrātya/anonymous Atharvanic redaction
Devata: Protective rule (niyama) / Atithi-dharma tension
Chandas: Prose (gnomic)
Mantra Rasa
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