Atharvaveda Samhita — Kanda 4 — Chapter 11

AV 4 11.1

अनड्वान् दाधार पृथिवीम् उत द्याम् अनड्वान् दाधारोर्व् अन्तरिक्षम् । अनड्वान् दाधार प्रदिशः षड् उर्वीर् अनड्वान् विश्वं भुवनम् आ विवेश

anaḍvān dādhāra pṛthivīm uta dyām anaḍvān dādhārorv antarikṣam | anaḍvān dādhāra pradiśaḥ ṣaḍ urvīr anaḍvān viśvaṃ bhuvanam ā viveśa

The draught-ox has upheld the earth and the sky; the draught-ox has upheld the broad atmosphere; the draught-ox has upheld the six wide directions; the draught-ox has entered into the whole world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 11.2

अनड्वान् इन्द्रः स पशुभ्यो वि चष्टे त्रयां छक्रो वि मिमीते अध्वनः । भूतं भविष्यद् भुवना दुहानः सर्वा देवानाम् चरति व्रतानि

anaḍvān indraḥ sa paśubhyo vi caṣṭe trayāṃ chakro vi mimīte adhvanaḥ | bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyad bhuvanā duhānaḥ sarvā devānām carati vratāni

The draught-ox is Indra; he looks out for the cattle; able, he measures out the three roads. Milking out what has been and what will be, (and) the worlds, he goes through all the observances of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 11.3

इन्द्रो जातो मनुष्येष्व् अन्तर् घर्मस् तप्तश् चरति शोशुचानः । सुप्रजाः सन्त् स उदारे न सर्षद् यो नाश्नीयाद् अनडुहो विजानन्

indro jāto manuṣyeṣv antar gharmas taptaś carati śośucānaḥ | suprajāḥ sant sa udāre na sarṣad yo nāśnīyād anaḍuho vijānan

Indra, born among men, goes about as the heated gharma, blazing. Having good offspring, he shall not (?) move in the belly — he who, knowing, would not eat of the draught-ox.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.4

अनड्वान् दुहे सुकृतस्य लोक ऐनं प्याययति पवमानः पुरस्तात् । पर्जन्यो धारा मरुत ऊधो अस्य यज्ञः पयो दक्षिणा दोहो अस्य

anaḍvān duhe sukṛtasya loka ainaṃ pyāyayati pavamānaḥ purastāt | parjanyo dhārā maruta ūdho asya yajñaḥ payo dakṣiṇā doho asya

The draft-ox is milked in the world of the well-done deed; the Purifier (the wind) makes him swell from the east. Parjanya is his streams, the Maruts his udder, the sacrifice his milk, the priestly gift his milking.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.5

यस्य नेशे यज्ञपतिर् न यज्ञो नास्य दातेशे न प्रतिग्रहीता । यो विश्वजिद् विश्वभृद् विश्वकर्मा घर्मं नो ब्रूत यतमश् चतुष्पात्

yasya neśe yajñapatir na yajño nāsya dāteśe na pratigrahītā | yo viśvajid viśvabhṛd viśvakarmā gharmaṃ no brūta yatamaś catuṣpāt

He over whom neither the lord of sacrifice has power nor the sacrifice, over whom neither the giver has power nor the receiver, who is the all-conquering, all-supporting, all-working one — tell us which four-footed one is the gharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.6

येन देवाः स्वर् आरुरुहुर् हित्वा शरीरम् अमृतस्य नाभिम् । तेन गेष्म सुकृतस्य लोकं घर्मस्य व्रतेन तपसा यशस्यवः

yena devāḥ svar āruruhur hitvā śarīram amṛtasya nābhim | tena geṣma sukṛtasya lokaṃ gharmasya vratena tapasā yaśasyavaḥ

By which the gods climbed to heaven, leaving the body, (climbed to) the navel of immortality — by that may we go to the world of the well-done deed, by the observance of the gharma, by (its) heat, we who seek glory.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 11.7

इन्द्रो रूपेणाग्निर् वहेन प्रजापतिः परमेष्ठी विराट् । विश्वानरे अक्रमत वैश्वानरे अक्रमतानदुह्य् अक्रमत । सो ऽदृंहयत सो ऽधारयत

indro rūpeṇāgnir vahena prajāpatiḥ parameṣṭhī virāṭ | viśvānare akramata vaiśvānare akramatānaduhy akramata | so 'dṛṃhayata so 'dhārayata

Indra by (his) form, Agni by the draught, Prajāpati, Parameṣṭhin, Virāj: he strode into Viśvānara, he strode into Vaiśvānara, he strode into the draft-cow; he made firm, he upheld.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.8

मध्यम् एतद् अनडुहो यत्रैष वह आहितः । एतावद् अस्य प्राचीनं यावान् प्रत्यङ् समाहितः

madhyam etad anaḍuho yatraiṣa vaha āhitaḥ | etāvad asya prācīnaṃ yāvān pratyaṅ samāhitaḥ

This is the middle of the draft-ox, where this yoke-draught is set upon (him); just so much of him is in front as is fitted together behind.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.9

यो वेदानदुहो दोहान् सप्तानुपदस्वतः । प्रजां च लोकं चाप्नोति तथा सप्तऋषयो विदुः

yo vedānaduho dohān saptānupadasvataḥ | prajāṃ ca lokaṃ cāpnoti tathā saptaṛṣayo viduḥ

Whoever knows the seven never-failing milkings of the draft-ox, he obtains offspring and (that) world; thus the seven seers know.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

AV 4 11.10

पद्भिः सेदिम् अवक्रामन्न् इरां जङ्घाभिर् उत्खिदन् । स्रमेणानड्वान् कीलालं कीनाशश् चाभि गछतः

padbhiḥ sedim avakrāmann irāṃ jaṅghābhir utkhidan | srameṇānaḍvān kīlālaṃ kīnāśaś cābhi gachataḥ

Treading down failure with his feet, digging up refreshment with his shanks, by (his) toil the draft-ox and the ploughman come upon the sweet drink.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.11

द्वादश वा एता रात्रीर् व्रत्या आहुः प्रजापतेः । तत्रोप ब्रह्म यो वेद तद् वा अनडुहो व्रतम्

dvādaśa vā etā rātrīr vratyā āhuḥ prajāpateḥ | tatropa brahma yo veda tad vā anaḍuho vratam

These twelve nights, they say, belong to the observance of Prajāpati. Whoever knows the brahman that is therein — that indeed is the observance of the draft-ox.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

AV 4 11.12

दुहे सायं दुहे प्रातर् दुहे मध्यंदिनं परि । दोहा ये अस्य संयन्ति तान् विद्मानुपदस्वतः

duhe sāyaṃ duhe prātar duhe madhyaṃdinaṃ pari | dohā ye asya saṃyanti tān vidmānupadasvataḥ

He is milked at evening, he is milked at morning, he is milked round about at midday: the milkings of his that come together, those we know to be unfailing.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition