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Atharva Veda 4.11.2: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 2

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अ॒न॒ड्वानिन्द्रः॒ स प॒शुभ्यो॒ वि च॑ष्टे त्र॒यां छ॒क्रो वि मि॑मीते॒ अध्व॑नः । भू॒तं भ॑वि॒ष्यद् भुव॑ना॒ दुहा॑नः॒ सर्वा॑ दे॒वानां॑ चरति व्र॒तानि॑

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.11.2
IAST Transliteration

anaḍvā́n índraḥ sá paśúbhyo ví caṣṭe trayā́ṃ cakró ví mimīte ádhvanaḥ | bhūtáṃ bhaviṣyád bhúvanā duhā́naḥ sárvā devā́nāṃ carati vratā́ni

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra is the Draught-ox: for cattle he maketh order manifest; the Wheel measureth out the threefold, and meteth the paths. Milking forth the worlds—what hath been and what shall be—he observeth all the ordinances of the Gods.

Translation

ഇന്ദ്രൻ അനഡ്വാൻ (ജൂതെരുത്) ആകുന്നു; അവൻ പശുക്കൾക്കായി ക്രമം വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്നു. ചക്രം ത്രിവിധത്തെ അളക്കുന്നു, പാതകളെ നിർണ്ണയിക്കുന്നു. ഭൂതവും ഭവിഷ്യവും ആയ ഭുവനങ്ങളെ ദോഹിച്ച്, അവൻ ദേവന്മാരുടെ എല്ലാ വ്രതങ്ങളും അനുസരിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
अनड्वान्the bull (draught-ox)
अनड्वान्:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअनडुह् (प्रातिपदिक) / अनड्वत्-
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पशुभ्यःto/for the cattle (beasts)
पशुभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootपशु (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, distinctly
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
चष्टेsees, beholds, observes
चष्टे:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचक्ष् (धातु)
त्रयाम्the threefold (triad)
त्रयाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootत्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक) / त्रय (स्त्रीलिङ्ग-रूप)
चक्रःthe wheel (discus); the cyclic one
चक्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
विapart, in detail
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
मिमीतेmeasures out, apportions
मिमीते:
—
TypeVerb
Rootमा (मि) ‘मापन’ (धातु)
अध्वनःof the path/way (journey)
अध्वनः:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअध्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
भूतम्the past (what has been)
भूतम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (as noun/adj)
Rootभू (धातु) → भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भविष्यत्the future (what will be)
भविष्यत्:
Karma
TypeParticiple (as noun/adj)
Rootभू (धातु) → भविष्यत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
भुवनाthe worlds, beings/abodes
भुवना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
दुहानःmilking, drawing forth
दुहानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootदुह् (धातु) → दुहान (वर्तमान-कृदन्त)
सर्वाall
सर्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
चरतिmoves about, follows, practices
चरति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
व्रतानिvows, ordinances, sacred observances
व्रतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (as per Atharvanic indices)

Devata: Indra as Anaḍvān (Indra-bull; cosmic regulator)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like (Atharvanic)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta

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