Atharva Veda 1.11.4: Kanda 1, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 4

Sukta 11

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

नेव॑ मां॒से न पीव॑सि॒ नेव॑ म॒ज्जस्वाह॑तम्। अवै॑तु॒ पृश्नि॒ शेव॑लं॒ शुने॑ ज॒राय्वत्त॒वेऽव॑ ज॒रायु॑ पद्यताम्

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 1.11.4

IAST Transliteration

néva māṁsé ná pī́vasi néva májja svā́hatam | aváitu pṛ́śni śeválaṁ śúne jarāyváttave ’vá jarā́yu padyatām ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Let it cling not to the flesh, nor to the fat; let it cling not to the marrow—smitten clean away. Let the speckled slimy thing depart; to the dog be it, for afterbirth-eating: let the afterbirth drop away.

Translation

ขออย่าให้มันติดเนื้อ อย่าให้มันติดมัน; อย่าให้มันติดไขกระดูก—จงถูกตีขจัดให้สะอาดสิ้น. เจ้าสิ่งลื่นเมือกด่างพร้อย จงจากไป; จงเป็นของสุนัข—ผู้กินรก. ขอให้รก (jarāyu) หลุดร่วงลงไป.

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Word by Word

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• आंसे: in the shoulder
• आंसे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंस

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पीवसि: you swell / become fat
• पीवसि: Kartā (implicit ‘त्वम्’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिव् (पिबति) / पी (पानार्थक) → पीव- (पीवस्)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मज्ज: in the marrow
• मज्ज: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जन्

• स्वाहतम्: well-struck / thoroughly smitten
• स्वाहतम्: —
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: सु-आहत (आहत < √हन्/आहन् ‘to strike’)

• अवैतु: let it go away
• अवैतु: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √इ (एति) / √इ ‘to go’

• पृश्नि: the speckled one (name/epithet; here of a growth/affliction)
• पृश्नि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृश्नि

• शेवळम्: alga, slime; (here) a slimy growth/film
• शेवळम्: Karma (with अवैतु) / apposition
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेवळ

• शुने: to the dog
• शुने: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्

• जराय्वत्तवे: possessing an afterbirth/placenta
• जराय्वत्तवे: Sampradāna (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरायु + वत्

• अव: down/away
• अव: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / particle
• Root: अव

• जरायु: afterbirth, placenta
• जरायु: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरायु

• पद्यताम्: let it fall down / drop off
• पद्यताम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पद् (पद्यते ‘to fall/come to the ground’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (seer not securely specified for this single mantra in common summaries; treated as Atharvan/Angiras-type in ritual use).

Devata: Jarāyu (afterbirth) as the targeted entity; the mantra functions as an apotropaic/expulsive address rather than praise of a high deity.

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (predominant domestic-meter; this verse conforms broadly to the anuṣṭubh cadence).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shanta