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 ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
प्र स॒प्तव॑ध्रिरा॒शसा॒ धारा॑म॒ग्नेर॑शायत । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
Transliteration
prá saptávadhrir āśásā dhā́rām agnér aśāyata | ánti ṣádbhūtu vāmávaḥ ||
Translation
Forward the seven-fold held (power) lays itself down, by aspiration, as a streaming current of Agni; may your help be near and truly present.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
प्र । स॒प्तऽव॑ध्रिः । आ॒ऽशसा॑ । धारा॑म् । अ॒ग्नेः । अ॒शा॒य॒त॒ । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥प्र । सप्तवध्रिः । आशसा । धाराम् । अग्नेः । अशायत । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥pra | sapta-vadhriḥ | āśasā | dhārām | agneḥ | aśāyata | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
सप्तवध्रिःthe ‘seven-castrated/maimed’ one (name/epithet)
सप्तवध्रिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (compound epithet)
Rootसप्त-वध्रि (प्रातिपदिक; वध्रि < √वध्/√वृध्? (Vedic, ‘cut/clip’ > ‘castrated/maimed’); compound)
आशसाwith/through (his) wish, by desire
आशसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootआशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
धाराम्stream, flow
धाराम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधारा (प्रातिपदिक)
अग्नेःof Agni
अग्नेः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
अशायतlay down, rested, settled
अशायत:
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TypeVerb
Root√शी (शे/शयते) ‘to lie, rest’ (with preverb implied by context; Vedic aorist)
अन्तिnear, in the presence of
अन्ति:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘near’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (indecl.)
षत्six
षत्:
—
TypeAdjective (numeral)
Rootषष् (numeral stem)
भूतुlet it be, may it become
भूतु:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू ‘to be, become’
वामवःfavour, boon, benefit
वामवः:
Kartā (of भूतु)
TypeNoun
Rootवामवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘favour, good will, benefit’)