Mantra 31

Sukta 6

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उत्तरं द्विषतो मामयं मणिः कृणोतु देवजाः । यस्य लोका इमे त्रयः पयो दुग्धमुपासते । स मायमधि रोहतु मणिः श्रैष्ठ्याय मूर्धतः

IAST Transliteration

úttaraṃ dviṣatáḥ mām ayáṃ maṇíḥ kṛṇotu devá-jāḥ | yásya lokā́ imé tráyaḥ páyo dúgdham upā́sate | sá māyám ádhi rohatú maṇíḥ śráiṣṭhyāya mū́rdhataḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Higher than the hater let this Jewel, God-born, make me. Whose are these three worlds that wait on him with milk, with draughts well-drawn—let that Jewel mount upon me, Māyā, for supremacy, upon my head.

Word by Word

• उत्तरम्: upper; superior (as an overcoming force)
• उत्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्विषतः: of the hater(s); of the hostile one(s)
• द्विषतः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (participle used substantively)
• Root: द्विष् (धातु) → द्विषत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मणिः: amulet; jewel (charm-stone)
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• कृणोतु: let (it) make; let (it) do
• कृणोतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)

• देवजाः: god-born; produced by the gods
• देवजाः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवजा (प्रातिपदिक; देव + जा ‘born from’)

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• लोकाः: worlds; realms
• लोकाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)

• इमे: these
• इमे: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Kartā
• Type: Numeral (adjectival)
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• पयः: milk; nourishing sap
• पयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• दुग्धम्: milked; drawn (as milk)
• दुग्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दुग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

• उपासते: they worship; they attend upon
• उपासते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (धातु)

• सः: he; that (one)
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मायम्: magic; wondrous power; (protective) artifice
• मायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माय (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिके ‘माय’/‘माया’)

• अधि: upon; over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रोहतु: let (it) mount; let (it) grow/ascend
• रोहतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह् (धातु)

• मणिः: the amulet
• मणिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)

• श्रैष्ठ्याय: for supremacy; for highest excellence
• श्रैष्ठ्याय: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रैष्ठ्य (प्रातिपदिक; श्रेष्ठ + यत् → श्रैष्ठ्य ‘excellence, supremacy’)

• मूर्धतः: from the head; from the top
• मूर्धतः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun (ablatival adverbial)
• Root: मूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition (variable)

Devata: Maṇi (sovereign amulet-power), implicitly supported by cosmic order (three worlds)

Chandas: Mixed/expanded Anuṣṭubh-like; longer verse with additional pādas (metrical irregularity typical of AV expansions)

Mantra Rasa

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