अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 5/ सूक्त 16/ मन्त्र 11
सूक्त - विश्वामित्रः
देवता - एकवृषः
छन्दः - आसुरी
सूक्तम् - वृषरोगनाशमन सूक्त
यद्ये॑काद॒शोऽसि॒ सोऽपो॑दकोऽसि ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठयदि॑ । ए॒का॒द॒श: । असि॑ । स: । अप॑ऽउदक: । अ॒सि॒ ॥१६.११॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
यद्येकादशोऽसि सोऽपोदकोऽसि ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठयदि । एकादश: । असि । स: । अपऽउदक: । असि ॥१६.११॥
अथर्ववेद - काण्ड » 5; सूक्त » 16; मन्त्र » 11
Subject - Spiritual Strength and Creativity
Meaning -
If you are the eleventh, none of these ten, you would be either wholly and irredeemably dry, unconsecrated by the holy waters of life. And if you are free from all these ten, pure spirit in Kaivalya state, then you are untouched by all pleasure and pain of the waters of life. Note: The numbers from one to ten are statements of the virtues, assets and values of life. They can be interpreted in different ways: ten principles of Dharma, ten pranas, ten senses of perception and volition and so on. But the emphasis is on creative life. We must create and contribute something to life and leave it richer than we found it when we came. Creativity is the value, selfishness and sterility is no life. Either be in and doing, or out and free.