Rig Veda 8.73.9 — Mandala 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 9

Sukta 8.73

Rishi: Atri (probable, as the hymn repeatedly references Atraye; traditional attribution to Atri or Atris in Aśvin hymns)

Devata: Aśvinau (dual); refrain ‘anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ’ addresses a divine pair, typical of Aśvin hymns

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable: short refrain-like structure; exact meter requires full hymn scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र सप्तवध्रिराशसा धारामग्नेरशायत । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥

Transliteration

prá saptávadhrir āśásā dhā́rām agnér aśāyata | ánti ṣádbhūtu vāmávaḥ ||

Translation

আশসা (আকাঙ্ক্ষা) দ্বারা সপ্তবধ্রি (সাতগুণ ধারণকৃত শক্তি) অগ্রসর হয়ে অগ্নির ধারার মতো প্রবাহিত হয়ে নিজেকে স্থাপন করে; তোমাদের অবঃ (সহায়) নিকটে ও সত্যভাবে উপস্থিত থাকুক।

Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• सप्तवध्रिः: the ‘seven-castrated/maimed’ one (name/epithet)
• सप्तवध्रिः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: सप्त-वध्रि (प्रातिपदिक; वध्रि < √वध्/√वृध्? (Vedic, ‘cut/clip’ > ‘castrated/maimed’); compound)

• आशसा: with/through (his) wish, by desire
• आशसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• धाराम्: stream, flow
• धाराम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा (प्रातिपदिक)

• अग्नेः: of Agni
• अग्नेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशायत: lay down, rested, settled
• अशायत: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शी (शे/शयते) ‘to lie, rest’ (with preverb implied by context; Vedic aorist)

• अन्ति: near, in the presence of
• अन्ति: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘near’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (indecl.)

• षत्: six
• षत्: —
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: षष् (numeral stem)

• भूतु: let it be, may it become
• भूतु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू ‘to be, become’

• वामवः: favour, boon, benefit
• वामवः: Kartā (of भूतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘favour, good will, benefit’)