Atharva Veda 20.126.6: Kanda 20, Anuvaka 13, Sukta 126, Mantra 6

Sukta 126

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

न मत् स्त्री सु॑भ॒सत्त॑रा॒ न सु॒याशु॑तरा भुवत्। न मत् प्रति॑च्यवीयसी॒ न सक्थ्युद्य॑मीयसी॒ विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 20.126.6

IAST Transliteration

ná mat strī́ subhásattarā ná suyā́śutarā bhuvat | ná mat práti cyavīyasī́ ná sákthy udyamīyasī́ víśvasmād índra úttaraḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

No woman shall be better seated than I, nor swifter in fair attainment. None shall outmove me in rivalry, none be more thigh-uplifted than I: Indra is superior unto all.

Translation

ขออย่าให้หญิงใดนั่งอย่างสง่างามมั่นคงยิ่งกว่าข้า หรือบรรลุสิ่งงามด้วยความว่องไวเหนือข้า ผู้ใดก็อย่าได้ก้าวล้ำข้าในการชิงชัย อย่าให้ผู้ใดยกต้นขาได้เหนือข้า—อินทราเป็นผู้สูงสุดเหนือสรรพสิ่งทั้งปวง

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Word by Word

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

• मत्: than me / from me
• मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• स्त्री: woman
• स्त्री: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री

• सुभसत्तरा: more excellent / better
• सुभसत्तरा: Kartā (विशेषणम् of स्त्री)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुभसत्तरा (सु- + भसत्तरा) < भद्र/भसत्-तरा (comparative base)

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

• सुयाशुतरा: swifter / more quick-moving
• सुयाशुतरा: Kartā (विशेषणम् of स्त्री)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुयाशुतरा (सु- + याशु-तरा) < याशु (swift) + -तरा

• भुवत्: was / became / may she be
• भुवत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

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

• मत्: than me / from me
• मत्: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• प्रतिच्यवीयसी: more yielding / more prone to slip away
• प्रतिच्यवीयसी: Kartā (विशेषणम् of स्त्री)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतिच्यवीयस् (प्रति- + च्यवीयस्) < च्यु (to move/fall away) + -ईयस् (comparative)

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

• सक्थि: thigh
• सक्थि: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्थि

• उद्यमीयसी: more raised / more lifted
• उद्यमीयसी: Kartā (विशेषणम्; predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यमीयस् (उद्- + यम् + -ईयस्) < यम् (to raise/hold) + comparative

• विश्वस्मात्: from all (than all)
• विश्वस्मात्: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: विश्व

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र

• उत्तरः: higher / superior
• उत्तरः: Kartā (predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तर

Attribution

Rishi: AV 20 RV-derived stratum; specific r̥ṣi requires anukramaṇī.

Devata: Indra (as guarantor of superiority); implicit focus on female rivalries

Chandas: RV-like; exact meter requires scan.

Mantra Rasa

Primary: vira

Secondary: shringara