Atharva Veda 6.73.2: Kanda 6, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 2

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यो वः॒ शुष्मो॒ हृद॑येष्व॒न्तराकू॑ति॒र्या वो॒ मन॑सि॒ प्रवि॑ष्टा । तान्त्सी॑वयामि ह॒विषा॑ घृ॒तेन॒ मयि॑ सजाता र॒मति॑र्वो अस्तु

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 6.73.2

IAST Transliteration

yó vaḥ śúṣmo hṛ́dayeṣv antár ākū́tir yā́ vo mánasi práviṣṭā | tā́n tsī́vayāmi havíṣā ghṛténa máyi sa-jātā rámatir vo astu ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

What ardour of yours is within your hearts, what purpose hath entered into your mind—those do I stitch together with oblation, with ghee: in me, O clansmen, let your delight and concord be.

Translation

तुम्हारे दिल में जो बात है, तुम्हारे मन में जो सोच है, मैं उसे घी से जोड़ देता हूँ। सब मिलकर खुश रहो। मेरे साथ मिलकर खुश रहो।

The meaning

What it says

The speaker addresses the group’s inner ardor (śuṣma) and intention (ākūti) lodged in heart and mind, and ritually “stitches” these impulses into unity using oblation and ghee, asking that the group’s shared delight (ramati) rest in the speaker/ritual center.

The inner meaning

Heated affect and divergent agendas are acknowledged without suppression; they are gathered, aligned, and ‘sutured’ into a single cooperative will. The ‘I’ functions as a stabilizing axis (leader, household head, ritual locus) that metabolizes intensity into concord.

The truth in it

Community coherence is not achieved by denial of strong energies but by skillfully binding them to a shared purpose through a sanctified center—attention, speech, and offering transform raw drive into mutual joy.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Paustika / Sāmmanasya (Social concord)

Its aim

To bind divergent intentions into a single harmonious disposition; to convert heated ‘śuṣma’ into shared ‘ramati’.

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Pada patha

यः । वः । शुष्मः । हृदयेषु । अन्तर् । आकूतिः । या । वः । मनसि । प्रविष्टा । तान् । सीवयामि । हविषा । घृतेन । मयि । स-जाताः । रमतिः । वः । अस्तु ।

यः

who (he who)which; whatever (that factor)Pronounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

वः

of you / for youof you/your (the group addressed)Pronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

शुष्मः

vigor, mightimpetuous force, ardour; here: heated contentious energy to be redirectedNounपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot शुष्म (प्रातिपदिक)

हृदयेषु

in (your) heartsNounनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, बहुवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)

अन्तः

within, insideIndeclinableअव्ययम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot अन्तर्/अन्तः (अव्यय)

आकूतिः

intention, resolveintention, mental impulse, design (often the seed of discord or concord)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot आकूति (प्रातिपदिक)

या

whichPronounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → य-

वः

of you / for youof you (repeated, distributive)Pronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

मनसि

in the mindNounनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)

प्रविष्टा

entered, having enteredentered, penetrated (as a possession-like state)Verb-derived adjective (past passive participle)स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (आकूतिः इति विशेषणम्)Role KartāRoot √विश् (प्रवेशने) + प्र-; क्त-प्रत्यय

तान्

those (them)those (forces/impulses just named)Pronounपुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्Role KarmaRoot तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

सीवयामि

I stitch together, I bindI sew together, stitch up (metaphor of binding minds into one fabric)Verbलट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्Role KartāRoot √सीव् (सीवने/स्यूतौ ‘to sew, stitch’)

हविषा

with oblationNounनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया, एकवचनम्Role KaraṇaRoot हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)

घृतेन

with gheeNounनपुंसकलिङ्गम्, तृतीया, एकवचनम्Role KaraṇaRoot घृत (प्रातिपदिक)

मयि

in mein me/upon me (the officiant or leader as locus of unity)Pronounसप्तमी, एकवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

सजाता

kindred, of one birthAdjectiveस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (रमतिः इति विशेषणम्)Role KartāRoot स-जात (प्रातिपदिक; ‘born together/akin’)

रमतिः

delight, harmonydelight, harmonious attachment, mutual pleasureNounस्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot रमति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘delight, pleasure’; from √रम्)

वः

of youfor you/among youPronounषष्ठी, बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

अस्तु

let it belet there be (benedictive)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्ग-सदृशः), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot √अस् (भुवि ‘to be’)

Sandhi Notes

• (1) अन्तरा+आकूतिः → अन्तराकूतिः, parsed as अन्तः (avyaya ‘within’) + आकूतिः (noun)
• (2) याः/या + वः kept separate as या वः
• (3) तान् + सीवयामि → तान् सीवयामि (no further internal sandhi)
• (4) मयि सजाता retained as two padas
• Vedic accent marks removed for pada analysis

Seer, deity and metre

Rishi

Atharvanic tradition

Devata

Sāṃmanasya / ākūti (intention) as the operative focus; ghṛta-havis as ritual supports

Chandas

Anuṣṭubh (probable)

Rasa

Shanta and Adbhuta

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