Atharva Veda 7.73.6: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 6

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

उप॑ द्रव॒ पय॑सा गोधुगो॒षमा घ॒र्मे सि॑ञ्च॒ पय॑ उ॒स्रिया॑याः । वि नाक॑मख्यत् सवि॒ता वरे॑ण्योऽनुप्र॒याण॑मुषसो॒ वि रा॑जति

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.73.6

IAST Transliteration

úpa drava páyasā go-dhugóṣam ā gharmé siñca páya usríyāḥ | ví nā́kam akhyat savitā́ varéṇyo ’nuprayā́ṇam uṣáso ví rājati

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Run hither with milk unto the sound of cow-milking; pour, in the heated offering, the milk of the bounteous cow. Savitar the Excellent hath disclosed the heavenly vault; the onward course of Dawn shineth forth in majesty.

Translation

Komm herbei mit Milch, zum Klang des Kuhmelkens; gieße in die erhitzte Opfergabe (gharma) die Milch der freigebigen Kuh. Savitar, der Erwählenswerte, hat das Himmelsgewölbe enthüllt; der Vorwärtsgang der Morgenröte erstrahlt in Majestät.

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Word by Word

• उप: near; towards; up (as preverb)
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (उपसर्ग) / उप (अव्यय)

• द्रव: run; flow; hasten
• द्रव: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धावने/गत्यर्थे)

• पयसा: with milk; by milk
• पयसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गोधुगोषम्: the cow-milking/lowing place; cowshed (lit. ‘cow-milking sound’)
• गोधुगोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गोधुगोष (प्रातिपदिक; गो-धु-घोष इति समासः)

• आ: towards; hither (as preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग) / आ (अव्यय)

• घर्मे: in the heat; in warmth; at the hot time
• घर्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

• सिञ्च: pour; sprinkle
• सिञ्च: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (सिञ्चने)

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

• उस्रियायाः: of the ruddy one; of the dawn(-cow)
• उस्रियायाः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उस्रिया (प्रातिपदिक; ‘dawn-cow’, i.e., the ruddy one)

• वि: apart; forth; widely (as preverb)
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / वि (अव्यय)

• नाकम्: heaven; the celestial realm
• नाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाक (प्रातिपदिक)

• अख्यत्: he/it made manifest; revealed; proclaimed
• अख्यत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (प्रख्याने/दर्शने)

• सविता: Savitar (the impeller, solar deity)
• सविता: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)

• वरेण्यः: choice-worthy; excellent
• वरेण्यः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरेण्य (प्रातिपदिक; √वृ ‘to choose’ से)

• अनुप्रयाणम्: the following course; onward movement
• अनुप्रयाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुप्रयाण (प्रातिपदिक; अनु-प्र-√या ‘to go forth’)

• उषसः: of Dawn
• उषसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: उषस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: forth; widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग) / वि (अव्यय)

• राजति: shines; is resplendent
• राजति: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज् (दीप्तौ/शोभायाम्)

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Angiras line (hymn-level attribution varies by Anukramaṇī; requires consultation of AVŚ 7.73 anukramaṇī).

Devata: Savitar; Dawn (Uṣas); implicitly the Cow/Milk as efficacious agent.

Chandas: Triṣṭubh-like cadence (needs metrical verification against pada lengths).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: adbhuta

Secondary: shanta