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Ṛk 1.17.9

Indra, Varuṇa · Medhātithi Kāṇva

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Saṃhitā

प्र वा॑मश्नोतु सुष्टु॒तिरिंद्रा॑वरुण॒ यां हु॒वे ।
यामृ॒धाथे॑ स॒धस्तु॑तिं ॥

प्र वाम् अश्नोतु सुष्टुतिर् इन्द्रावरुण यां हुवे |
याम् ऋधाथे सधस्तुतिम् ||

prá vāmaśnotu suṣṭutíríndrāvaruṇa yā́m huvé ǀ
yā́mṛdhā́the sadhástutim ǁ

pra vām aśnotu suṣṭutir indrāvaruṇa yāṃ huve |
yām ṛdhāthe sadhastutim ||

Padapāṭha

प्र । वा॒म् । अ॒श्नो॒तु॒ । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तिः । इन्द्रा॑वरुणा । याम् । हु॒वे ।
याम् । ऋ॒धाथे॑ इति॑ । स॒धऽस्तु॑तिम् ॥

प्र । वाम् । अश्नोतु । सुऽस्तुतिः । इन्द्रावरुणा । याम् । हुवे ।
याम् । ऋधाथे इति । सधऽस्तुतिम् ॥

prá ǀ vām ǀ aśnotu ǀ su-stutíḥ ǀ índrāvaruṇā ǀ yā́m ǀ huvé ǀ
yā́m ǀ ṛdhā́the íti ǀ sadhá-stutim ǁ

pra ǀ vām ǀ aśnotu ǀ su-stutiḥ ǀ indrāvaruṇā ǀ yām ǀ huve ǀ
yām ǀ ṛdhāthe iti ǀ sadha-stutim ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.017.09
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.1.33.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.04.066
Devatā देवता
Indra, Varuṇa
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Pādanicṛt
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

Text and interpretations from the Ṛgveda database of theveda.org.in.

Ṛgveda 1.17.9

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Indra and Varuna, may the happy laud attain to you for which I call, the laud of accompaniment you increase.

Commentary

indrāvaruņā O Indra and Varuna ; suştutiḥ this my auspicious laud; vam you; pra aśnotu may it attain ; yām for the acceptance of which happy laud; huve I call you; yām sadhastutim which rite of the inner sacrifice along with with laudation; şdhāthe may you increase.

sadhastutim : transmutation of ha into dha, Bahuvrihi compound with the natural accent on the first word. Therefore it is explained as the rite of the inner sacrifice wherein there is the laudation having the accompaniment of Indra and Varuna. In every way in the compound the sense other than that of its constituents is important. It is the Rik that is sadhastuti, holds Sayana.

ṛdhāte: ṛdh to increase ; transmutation in conjugation; the sense of causal is implied; in that case this is the purport of this half-Rik: that sadhastuti' Rik or rite of inner sacrifice which you increase, may it attain to you superbly.

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