Atharva Veda 7.73.5: Kanda 7, Anuvaka 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 5

Sukta 73

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

त॒प्तो वां॑ घ॒र्मो न॑क्षतु॒ स्वहो॑ता॒ प्र वा॑मध्व॒र्युश्च॑रतु॒ पय॑स्वान्। मधो॑र्दु॒ग्धस्या॑श्विना त॒नाया॑ वी॒तं पा॒तं पय॑स उ॒स्रिया॑याः

Recitation with translationAtharva Veda 7.73.5

IAST Transliteration

tápto vāṃ gharmó nakṣatu svahótā prá vāṃ adhvaryúś caratu páyasvān | mádhor dugdhásy aśvinā tanā́yā vītáṃ pātáṃ páyasa usríyāyāḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Heated, may the Gharma reach you twain, well-officiated; forth may the Adhvaryu proceed for you, rich in milk. Of the sweet, the milked, O Aśvins, for offspring—enjoy ye, drink ye, of the cow-born milk.

Translation

यह गरम घर्म आप तक पहुंचे, यह पूजा सही तरीके से हो रही है। पुजारी आपके लिए आगे बढ़ रहा है, उसके पास दूध है। अश्विन भगवान, मीठा दूध बच्चों के लिए निकाला गया है। आप इस गाय के दूध का मज़ा लो, पियो।

The meaning

What it says

May the heated gharma reach the Aśvins through good officiation; may the Adhvaryu proceed rich in milk; for offspring, the sweet milked essence—enjoy and drink the cow-born milk.

The inner meaning

Correct method (svahotā, proper agency) ensures that inner ‘heat’ reaches the healing powers; disciplined action channels nourishment toward generativity (tanāyā) rather than dissipation.

The truth in it

Outcomes depend on both substance and procedure: vitality is secured when intention, method, and nourishment cooperate toward generative life.

What it is for

Kind of hymn

Paustika (progeny, nourishment) with ritual-technical framing (Hotṛ/Adhvaryu roles)

Its aim

To ensure the heated Gharma successfully reaches the Aśvins through correct priestly performance, yielding sweetness, nourishment, and progeny.

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Pada patha

त॒प्तः । वाम् । घ॒र्मः । न॒क्ष॒तु॒ । स्व॒हो॒ता । प्र । वाम् । अ॒ध्व॒र्युः । च॒र॒तु॒ । पय॑स्वान् । मधोः॑ । दु॒ग्धस्य॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना । त॒नायाः । वी॒तम् । पा॒तम् । पय॑सः । उ॒स्रिया॑याः

तप्तः

heated, hotheated; ritually empowered by heatAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot तप् (धातु) → तप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)

वाम्

to you two / of you twofor you twoPronounद्वितीया/षष्ठी, द्विवचन (वेदिक रूप)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

घर्मः

the hot drink/oblation (gharma)the Gharma draught/oblationNounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot घर्म (प्रातिपदिक)

नक्षतु

may it reach/attainmay it reach/attain; may it come to you successfully (attainment of offering)Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनRoot नश् (धातु) [वेदिक: ‘to reach, attain’]

स्वहोता

the good Hotṛ (priest)having good Hotṛ; or ‘O good Hotṛ’ (well-officiated, correctly recited)Noun (epithet)पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot सु-होतृ (प्रातिपदिक; ‘good hotṛ’)

प्र

forth, forwardforth; forward (setting the rite in motion)Indeclinableअव्ययRoot प्र (उपसर्ग/निपात)

वाम्

to you two / of you twoyou twoPronounद्वितीया/षष्ठी, द्विवचन (वेदिक रूप)Role SampradānaRoot युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

अध्वर्युः

the Adhvaryu priestthe Adhvaryu; the officiant who performs the physical offering actsNounपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot अध्वर्यु (प्रातिपदिक)

च

andIndeclinableअव्ययRoot च (निपात)

चरतु

may he proceed / performmay he proceed; may he perform/move in due courseVerbलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचनRoot चर् (धातु)

पयस्वान्

possessing milk; rich in milkabounding in milk; rich in nourishing liquidAdjectiveपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनRole KartāRoot पयस् + वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

मधोः

of honey/sweetnessof honey/sweetness; of the sweet essenceNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot मधु (प्रातिपदिक)

दुग्धस्य

of the milked (milk)of what is milked; of the extracted milkNoun/Adjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot दुग्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दुह्)

अश्विना

O Aśvins (you two)O AśvinsNoun (dual deity name)पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, द्विवचन (वेदिक प्रयोग; here vocative sense)Role SampradānaRoot अश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)

तनायाः

of the offspring/descendantfor offspring/descendants; for progeny (benefit directed to lineage)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot तनया (प्रातिपदिक)

वीतम्

enjoyed/accepted (by you)enjoy ye; accept and take pleasure in (vi-√av/√vī ‘to enjoy’ in ritual sense)Participle (used as imperative-like blessing)नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (as object/complement)Role KarmaRoot वीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वी ‘to enjoy/seek, to pursue’)

पातम्

drink (you two)!drink ye (dual imperative)Verbal form (injunctive/imperatival usage)मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन (sense: ‘drink (you two)’)Root पा (धातु) → पात (कृदन्त/आशीर्लिङ्गीय प्रयोग)

पयसः

of milkmilk; nourishing sapNounनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)

उस्रियायाः

of the milch-cow (giver of milk)of the cow; cow-born (source of milk)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचनRole SambandhaRoot उस्रिया (प्रातिपदिक; ‘milch-cow’, ‘dawn-like’)

Sandhi Notes

• तप्तः वाम् घर्मः नक्षतु स्वहोता । प्र वाम् अध्वर्युः च चरतु पयस्वान् । मधोः दुग्धस्य अश्विना तनायाः वीतम् पातम् पयसः उस्रियायाः । मुख्य संधि/रूप-टिप्पणी:
• (1) ‘अध्वर्युः+च’ → ‘अध्वर्युश्च’ (विसर्ग/उकारान्त संधि)
• (2) ‘दुग्धस्य+अश्विना’ → ‘दुग्धस्या॑श्विना’ (अ + अ → आ)
• (3) ‘पयसः+उस्रियायाः’ → ‘पय॑स उ॒स्रिया॑याः’ (विसर्ग-लोप/पदविराम-प्रभाव; संहिता-पाठ में ‘पयस उ-’)
• (4) ‘वाम्’ वेदिक द्विवचन सर्वनाम-रूप, ‘युवाम्’ का संक्षिप्त/पद-रूप।

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