Mantra 8
Sukta 8.73
Rishi: Atri (explicitly referenced)
Devata: Aśvins (with Agni invoked as chosen power)
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वरेथे अग्निमातपो वदते वल्ग्वत्रये । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
वरे॑थे अ॒ग्निमा॒तपो॒ वद॑ते व॒ल्ग्वत्र॑ये । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
Transliteration
várethe agním ātápo vádate valgú átraye | ánti ṣád bhūtu vām ávaḥ ||
Translation
Choose the Fire: the heat speaks a fair word for Atri; near at hand may your help be established within us.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
वरे॑थे । अ॒ग्निम् । आ॒ऽतपः॑ । वद॑ते । व॒ल्गु । अत्र॑ये । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥वरेथे । अग्निम् । आतपः । वदते । वल्गु । अत्रये । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥varethe | agnim | ātapaḥ | vadate | valgu | atraye | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Word by Word
वरेथेyou two choose / select
वरेथे:
Kartā (of the choosing) — implied subject ‘you two’
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘choose, select’
अग्निम्Agni (the fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (prātipadika)
आतपःthe heat / glow
आतपः:
Kartā (of वदते)
TypeNoun
Rootआतप- (prātipadika) ‘heat, glow’
वदतेspeaks / utters
वदते:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् ‘speak, utter’
वल्गुpleasantly / charmingly
वल्गु:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (manner of speaking)
TypeAdjective
Rootवल्गु- (prātipadika) ‘lovely, charming’
अत्रयेfor Atraya (descendant/line of Atri)
अत्रये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/patronymic)
Rootअत्रि- (prātipadika) → अत्रेय- ‘of/for Atri; Atraya’
अन्तिnear / close by
अन्ति:
Adhikaraṇa (proximity/location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (indeclinable) ‘near, in the presence of’
षत्six
षत्:
Karma/Predicative complement (what it should become)
TypeNumeral
Rootषद्/षत् (numeral stem) ‘six’
भूतुlet it be / may it become
भूतु:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू ‘be, become’
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor) / Sampradāna (to you two) — context favors ‘of you two’ with ववः
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)
ववःfavor / help
ववः:
Kartā/Predicate-noun with भूतु (what should come to be, i.e., ‘your favor’)
TypeNoun
Rootववस्-/ववः (prātipadika) ‘favor, help, good will’