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Ṛk 1.17.6

Indra, Varuṇa · Medhātithi Kāṇva

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Saṃhitā

तयो॒रिदव॑सा व॒यं स॒नेम॒ नि च॑ धीमहि ।
स्यादु॒त प्र॒रेच॑नं ॥

तयोर् इद् अवसा वयं सनेम नि च धीमहि |
स्याद् उत प्ररेचनम् ||

táyorídávasā vayám sanéma ní ca dhīmahi ǀ
syā́dutá prarécanam ǁ

tayor id avasā vayaṃ sanema ni ca dhīmahi |
syād uta prarecanam ||

Padapāṭha

तयोः॑ । इत् । अव॑सा । व॒यम् । स॒नेम॑ । नि । च॒ । धी॒म॒हि॒ ।
स्यात् । उ॒त । प्र॒ऽरेच॑नम् ॥

तयोः । इत् । अवसा । वयम् । सनेम । नि । च । धीमहि ।
स्यात् । उत । प्रऽरेचनम् ॥

táyoḥ ǀ ít ǀ ávasā ǀ vayám ǀ sanéma ǀ ní ǀ ca ǀ dhīmahi ǀ
syā́t ǀ utá ǀ pra-récanam ǁ

tayoḥ ǀ it ǀ avasā ǀ vayam ǀ sanema ǀ ni ǀ ca ǀ dhīmahi ǀ
syāt ǀ uta ǀ pra-recanam ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.017.06
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.1.33.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.04.063
Devatā देवता
Indra, Varuṇa
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Pādanicṛt
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.17.6

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. By their increase may we attain and store by; may it be superbly exceeding.

Commentary

tayoḥ it of both, Indra the author who is the Will of all who give and Varuna the most excellently laudable ; avasā by their increase in us; vayam we avid of divine riches; sanema may we attain, obtain what is to be obtained ; and what is obtained nidhimahi ca let us lay by as store what remains after enjoyment as that is immense; that wealth is more than what is desired for enjoyment, hence it is guarded as safe deposit; further, it exceeds even what is possible for us to lay aside; in this sense he continues : uta and even; prarecanam superbly exceeding; syāt may it be. The purport is that the divine wealth that is obtained by the growth of the said Indra and Varuna in us is unlimited.

Remember here the Mantra of Maducchandas évibhu prabhu' (Rv. 1.9.5.). Here too ‘citrāya rādhase', for the variety of wealth, is spoken of in the next verse.