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Atharva Veda 3.18.4: Kanda 3, Anuvaka 2, Sukta 18, Mantra 4

Sukta 18

उत्त॑रा॒हमु॑त्तर॒ उत्त॒रेदुत्त॑राभ्यः । अ॒धः स॒पत्नी॒ या ममाध॑रा॒ साध॑राभ्यः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 3.18.4

uttárā́hám uttará uttáred úttarābhyaḥ | adháḥ sapatnī́ yā́ mamā́dharā́ sā́dharābhyaḥ

Higher am I, higher; may I rise above the higher. Below be the rival-wife—she who is lower than I—below, among the lowly.

أنا أعلى، أعلى؛ فليكن صعودي فوق العُليا. ولتكن الزوجةُ الضَّرَّةُ في الأسفل—هي الأدنى مني—في الأسفل، بين الوضيعين.

उत्तराhigher, superior (fem.)
उत्तरा:
Kartā (अहं इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
अहम्I
अहम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरःhigher, superior (masc.)
उत्तरः:
Kartā (अहम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
उत्तरेत्may (I) surpass / may (I) rise above
उत्तरेत्:
(अहम्) Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-तॄ (धातु: तॄ/तॄत् ‘तरति/अतिक्रामति’; उपसर्ग: उद्)
उत्तराभ्यःfrom/than the higher ones (fem. pl.)
उत्तराभ्यः:
Apādāna (तुलनायाम्/विभागे)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
अधःbelow, down
अधः:
Adhikaraṇa (स्थानवाचक) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
सपत्नीco-wife, rival woman
सपत्नी:
Kartā (या इत्यस्य विशेष्यः)
TypeNoun
Rootसपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
याwho (fem.)
या:
Kartā (सपत्नी इत्यस्य सम्बन्धिनी)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ममof me, my
मम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/स्वामित्व)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधराlower, inferior (fem.)
अधरा:
Kartā (सपत्नी/या इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर (प्रातिपदिक)
साshe
सा:
Kartā (अधरा इत्यस्य पुनर्निर्देशः)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अधराभ्यःfrom/than the lower ones (fem. pl.)
अधराभ्यः:
Apādāna (तुलनायाम्/विभागे)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर (प्रातिपदिक)

Rishi: Atharvanic seer (varies).

Devata: Mantra as operative force; social hierarchy as the field of action

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh

Primary: vira

Secondary: raudra

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