Atharva Veda 9.4.11 — Kanda 9, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

य इन्द्र॑ इव दे॒वेषु॒ गोष्वेति॑ वि॒वाव॑दत्। तस्य॑ ऋष॒भस्याङ्गा॑नि ब्र॒ह्मा सं स्तौ॑तु भ॒द्रया॑

IAST Transliteration

yá índra iva devéṣu góṣv éti vivā́vadat | tásya ṛṣabhásyā́ṅgāni brahmā́ sáṃ stotu bhadráyā ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He who, like Indra among the Gods, moves amid the kine and sounds aloud—of that bull’s limbs let the Brahman wholly speak in praise with auspicious word.

Translation

ദേവന്മാരിൽ ഇന്ദ്രനെപ്പോലെ, പശുക്കളുടെ ഇടയിൽ സഞ്ചരിച്ചു ഉച്ചത്തിൽ ഗർജ്ജിക്കുന്നവൻ—ആ ഋഷഭത്തിന്റെ അവയവങ്ങളെ ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ മംഗളവാക്കുകളാൽ പൂർണ്ണമായി സ്തുതിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• इव: like, as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)

• देवेषु: among the gods
• देवेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोषु: among the cows
• गोषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• एति: goes, moves
• एति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)

• विवावदत्: spoke forth, proclaimed
• विवावदत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु) + वि- (उपसर्ग) + वि- (उपसर्ग)

• तस्य: of him, of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋषभस्य: of the bull / of the chief
• ऋषभस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• अङ्गानि: limbs, members
• अङ्गानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मा: the Brahman-priest
• ब्रह्मा: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; nom. sg. ब्रह्मा)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• स्तौतु: let him praise
• स्तौतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)

• भद्रया: with auspicious (speech/benediction)
• भद्रया: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/instrumental)
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (hymn-level attribution uncertain in common metadata).

Devata: Ṛṣabha (bull) as empowered subject; Indra as paradigmatic comparator; Brahman-power as operative agency.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence, with Atharvanic irregularities.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: adbhuta