Rig Veda 8.73.14: Mandala 8, Sukta 73, Mantra 14

Sukta 8.73

Rishi: Atri (probable, as the hymn repeatedly references Atraye; traditional attribution to Atri or Atris in Aśvin hymns)

Devata: Aśvinau

Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable: short refrain-like structure; exact meter requires full hymn scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ नो गव्येभिरश्व्यैः सहस्रैरुप गच्छतम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥

Transliteration

ā́ no gávye bhir áśvyaiḥ sahásrair úpa gacchatam | ánti ṣádbhūtu vāmávaḥ ||

Translation

Come to us near with your thousandfold riches of luminous herds and swift powers; may your help be near and truly present.

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Word by Word

• आ: hither; towards
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga) / ā (avyaya)

• नः: of us; for us
• नः: Sampradāna (beneficiary/for us)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• गव्येभिः: with cattle; with cows/oxen (bovine wealth)
• गव्येभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गव्य (गो-सम्बन्धिन्) < गो

• अश्व्यैः: with horses; with horse(-wealth)
• अश्व्यैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अश्व्य (अश्व-सम्बन्धिन्) < अश्व

• सहस्रैः: with thousands
• सहस्रैः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र

• उप: near; up to
• उप: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप (upasarga/avyaya)

• गच्छतम्: (you two) come; go
• गच्छतम्: (verb; governs motion)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्

• अन्ति: near; in the presence
• अन्ति: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘in proximity’)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्ति (avyaya)

• सत्: being; let it be
• सत्: —
• Type: Kṛdanta (participle used adverbially)
• Root: अस् (→ सत्, pres. participle) / सत् (prātipadika)

• भूतु: let it be; may it become
• भूतु: (copular/optative wish)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू

• वाम्: of you two; for you two
• वाम्: Sampradāna (to/for you two) or sambandha (of you two)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्

• अवः: help; aid; favor
• अवः: Kartā (subject of ‘bhūtu’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्