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Sukta 11
मध्य॑मे॒तद॑न॒डुहो॒ यत्रै॒ष वह॒ आहि॑तः । ए॒ताव॑दस्य प्रा॒चीनं॒ यावा॑न् प्र॒त्यङ् स॒माहि॑तः
mádhyam etád anaḍúho yátraiṣá váha ā́hitaḥ | etā́vad asya prācī́naṃ yā́vān pratyáṅ samā́hitaḥ ||
This is the middle of the draught-ox, wherein this bearing-power is set. So far is his fore-part, as far as, backward, it is gathered and contained.
これが牽き牛の中ほどであり、ここにその担う力が据え置かれている。彼の前方が及ぶところまで、後ろもまた収め集められ、内に保たれている。
Rishi: Atharvanic/anonymous
Devata: Anaduh / Vaha (personified draught-power)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (approximate; AV often permits irregularities)
Primary: shanta
Secondary: vira
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