Rig Veda 8.73.8 — Mandala 8, Sukta 73, 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 ॥

Transliteration

várethe agním ātápo vádate valgú átraye | ánti ṣád bhūtu vām ávaḥ ||

Translation

Escoged a Agni: el ardor pronuncia una palabra hermosa para Atri; que muy cerca, en nosotros, quede asentada vuestra ayuda.

Word by Word

• वरेथे: you two choose / select
• वरेथे: Kartā (of the choosing) — implied subject ‘you two’
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘choose, select’

• अग्निम्: Agni (the fire-god)
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि- (prātipadika)

• आतपः: the heat / glow
• आतपः: Kartā (of वदते)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतप- (prātipadika) ‘heat, glow’

• वदते: speaks / utters
• वदते: Kriyā (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वद् ‘speak, utter’

• वल्गु: pleasantly / charmingly
• वल्गु: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (manner of speaking)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वल्गु- (prātipadika) ‘lovely, charming’

• अत्रये: for Atraya (descendant/line of Atri)
• अत्रये: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun (proper/patronymic)
• Root: अत्रि- (prātipadika) → अत्रेय- ‘of/for Atri; Atraya’

• अन्ति: near / close by
• अन्ति: Adhikaraṇa (proximity/location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (indeclinable) ‘near, in the presence of’

• षत्: six
• षत्: Karma/Predicative complement (what it should become)
• Type: Numeral
• Root: षद्/षत् (numeral stem) ‘six’

• भूतु: let it be / may it become
• भूतु: Kriyā (injunction)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू ‘be, become’

• वाम्: of you two / to you two
• वाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor) / Sampradāna (to you two) — context favors ‘of you two’ with ववः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)

• ववः: favor / help
• ववः: Kartā/Predicate-noun with भूतु (what should come to be, i.e., ‘your favor’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ववस्-/ववः (prātipadika) ‘favor, help, good will’