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
நீங்கள் இருவரும் அக்னியைத் தேர்ந்தெடுங்கள்; ஆதபம் (வெப்பம்) அத்ரிக்காக இனிய வாக்கை உரைக்கிறது; உங்கள் அவஃ (உதவி) எங்களுள் அருகிலேயே நிலைபெறுக.
Word by Word
वरेथेyou two choose / select
वरेथे:
Kartā (of the choosing) — implied subject ‘you two’
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘choose, select’
अग्निम्Agni (the fire-god)
अग्निम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि- (prātipadika)
आतपःthe heat / glow
आतपः:
Kartā (of वदते)
TypeNoun
Rootआतप- (prātipadika) ‘heat, glow’
वदतेspeaks / utters
वदते:
Kriyā (predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√वद् ‘speak, utter’
वल्गुpleasantly / charmingly
वल्गु:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (manner of speaking)
TypeAdjective
Rootवल्गु- (prātipadika) ‘lovely, charming’
अत्रयेfor Atraya (descendant/line of Atri)
अत्रये:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/patronymic)
Rootअत्रि- (prātipadika) → अत्रेय- ‘of/for Atri; Atraya’
अन्तिnear / close by
अन्ति:
Adhikaraṇa (proximity/location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्ति (indeclinable) ‘near, in the presence of’
षत्six
षत्:
Karma/Predicative complement (what it should become)
TypeNumeral
Rootषद्/षत् (numeral stem) ‘six’
भूतुlet it be / may it become
भूतु:
Kriyā (injunction)
TypeVerb
Root√भू ‘be, become’
वाम्of you two / to you two
वाम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (possessor) / Sampradāna (to you two) — context favors ‘of you two’ with ववः
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्- (2nd person pronoun)
ववःfavor / help
ववः:
Kartā/Predicate-noun with भूतु (what should come to be, i.e., ‘your favor’)
TypeNoun
Rootववस्-/ववः (prātipadika) ‘favor, help, good will’
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