Atharva Veda 3.11.5 - Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 5

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Atharva Veda 3.11.5: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 5

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

प्र वि॑शतं प्राणापानावन॒ड्वाहा॑विव व्र॒जम्। व्य॑१न्ये य॑न्तु मृ॒त्यवो॒ याना॒हुरित॑रान् छ॒तम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.11.5

IAST Transliteration

prá víśataṃ prāṇāpānāv anaḍvā́hāv iva vrajám | ví anyé yántu mṛtyávo yā́n āhúr itarā́n śatám ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Enter ye forth, O Breath and Out-breath, like two strong oxen into the stall. Away let the other Deaths depart—those which men name, the rest, a hundred more.

Translation

ఓ ప్రాణా, అపానా, మీరు ముందుకు వెళ్లి ప్రవేశించండి—రెండు బలమైన ఎద్దులు వ్రజం (గోశాల) లోనికి ప్రవేశించినట్లుగా. ఇతర మరణాలు—మనుష్యులు పేర్లు చెప్పేవి, ఇంకా మిగిలిన వంద—అన్నీ దూరంగా తొలగిపోవుగాక।

Word by Word

प्रforth, forward

विशतम्enter (you two)

प्राणापानौthe in-breath and out-breath

अनड्वाहौ(like) two draft-oxen

इवas, like

व्रजम्enclosure; pen; fold

विapart, away

अन्येothers

यन्तुlet them go

मृत्यवःdeaths; death-demons

यानिwhich (things)

आहुःthey have said; they call

इतरान्the other (ones)

शतम्a hundred

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (as per anukramaṇī for AV 3.11)

Devata: Prāṇa and Apāna; secondarily Mṛtyu (as adversary)

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta

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