Atharva Veda 13.4.11: Kanda 13, Anuvaka 1, Sukta 4, Mantra 11

Sukta 4

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

स प्र॒जाभ्यो॒ वि प॑श्यति॒ यच्च॑ प्रा॒णति॒ यच्च॒ न

IAST Transliteration

sá prajā́bhyo ví paśyati yác ca prāṇáti yác ca ná

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

For all his creatures he looks abroad, discerning what breathes and what breathes not.

Translation

स प्रजाभ्यो विपश्यति; यत् प्राणति यच्च न—तद् विविच्य पश्यति।

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Word by Word

• सः: he / that one
• सः: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स

• प्रजाभ्यः: to/for the creatures (offspring, people)
• प्रजाभ्यः: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, distinctly (intensifier with the verb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (prefix/preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्-अर्थे) धातु

• यत्: what / that which
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• प्राणति: breathes
• प्राणति: क्रिया (यत्-सम्बद्धा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अन् (प्राणने) धातु; प्र- उपसर्ग

• यत्: what / that which
• यत्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (relative)
• Root: यद् (संबन्ध/यत्-प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as above for AVŚ 13.4)

Devata: Skambha/Ekavrata as omniscient support

Chandas: Likely Anuṣṭubh-type cadence (verification needed)

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta