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Ṛk 1.16.9

Indra · Medhātithi Kāṇva

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Saṃhitā

सेमं नः॒ काम॒मा पृ॑ण॒ गोभि॒रश्वैः॑ शतक्रतो ।
स्तवा॑म त्वा स्वा॒ध्यः॑ ॥

सेमं नः कामम् आ पृण गोभिर् अश्वैः शतक्रतो |
स्तवाम त्वा स्वाध्यः ||

sémám naḥ kā́mamā́ pṛṇa góbhiráśvaiḥ śatakrato ǀ
stávāma tvā svādhyáḥ ǁ

semaṃ naḥ kāmam ā pṛṇa gobhir aśvaiḥ śatakrato |
stavāma tvā svādhyaḥ ||

Padapāṭha

सः । इ॒मम् । नः॒ । काम॑म् । आ । पृ॒ण॒ । गोभिः॑ । अश्वैः॑ । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो ।
स्तवा॑म । त्वा॒ । सु॒ऽआ॒ध्यः॑ ॥

सः । इमम् । नः । कामम् । आ । पृण । गोभिः । अश्वैः । शतक्रतो इति शतऽक्रतो ।
स्तवाम । त्वा । सुऽआध्यः ॥

sáḥ ǀ imám ǀ naḥ ǀ kā́mam ǀ ā́ ǀ pṛṇa ǀ góbhiḥ ǀ áśvaiḥ ǀ śatakrato íti śata-krato ǀ
stávāma ǀ tvā ǀ su-ādhyáḥ ǁ

saḥ ǀ imam ǀ naḥ ǀ kāmam ǀ ā ǀ pṛṇa ǀ gobhiḥ ǀ aśvaiḥ ǀ śatakrato iti śata-krato ǀ
stavāma ǀ tvā ǀ su-ādhyaḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.016.09
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.1.31.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.04.057
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.16.9

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Indra of hundred deeds, fulfil this desire of ours with illumination and life-strength. Full of contemplation we laud thee.

Commentary

O satakrato many-actioned or multiply conscious; saḥ thou of that kind; naḥ our ; imam kāmam this desired object; āprņa fulfil (pṛn to please, this is the form); gobhiḥ aśvaiḥ with cows and horses—he fulfils our desire; we svādhyaḥ well-devoted to contemplation ; tvā thee; stavāma we praise.

dhyai to contemplate with the prefixes su and ā gives the form svādhiḥ in nominative singular; svādhya is the plural form.

According to the gross interpretation, the cows and the horses are the quadruped animals that are desired. We hold, everywhere, that the term go, cow, indicates rays of consciousness; the term aśva, horse, indicates carriers of life-strength originating energies of action, endowed with capacity for enjoyment.

Thus ends the thirty-first group in the first Chapter of the first Eighth.