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Ṛk 1.20.7

Ṛbhus · Medhātithi Kāṇva

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Saṃhitā

ते नो॒ रत्ना॑नि धत्तन॒ त्रिरा साप्ता॑नि सुन्व॒ते ।
एक॑मेकं सुश॒स्तिभिः॑ ॥

ते नो रत्नानि धत्तन त्रिर् आ साप्तानि सुन्वते |
एकम्-एकं सुशस्तिभिः ||

té no rátnāni dhattana trírā́ sā́ptāni sunvaté ǀ
ékamekam suśastíbhiḥ ǁ

te no ratnāni dhattana trir ā sāptāni sunvate |
ekam-ekaṃ suśastibhiḥ ||

Padapāṭha

ते । नः॒ । रत्ना॑नि । ध॒त्त॒न॒ । त्रिः । आ । साप्ता॑नि । सु॒न्व॒ते ।
एक॑म्ऽएकम् । सु॒श॒स्तिऽभिः॑ ॥

ते । नः । रत्नानि । धत्तन । त्रिः । आ । साप्तानि । सुन्वते ।
एकम्ऽएकम् । सुशस्तिऽभिः ॥

té ǀ naḥ ǀ rátnāni ǀ dhattana ǀ tríḥ ǀ ā́ ǀ sā́ptāni ǀ sunvaté ǀ
ékam-ekam ǀ suśastí-bhiḥ ǁ

te ǀ naḥ ǀ ratnāni ǀ dhattana ǀ triḥ ǀ ā ǀ sāptāni ǀ sunvate ǀ
ekam-ekam ǀ suśasti-bhiḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.02.02
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.025
Devatā देवता
Ṛbhus
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.20.7

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Ye, Ribhus, establish for our sacrificer the felicities of seven kinds, triply; each separately with perfect expressings.

Commentary

te Ye, O Ribhus, of the divine actions spoken of before; naḥour (connected with us); sunvate to the sacrificer; ratnāni enjoyable felicities dhattana establish (the substitute tana is Vedic); what are these felicities? triḥā thrice repeated; sāptāni multiples of seven categories formed resulting from seven numbers (sāpta is a multiple of seven. The à in sapta is Vedic. Here by multiple, the thing multiplied is denoted. Otherwise it will be in singular); tāni those felicities; ekamekam each one; susastibhiḥ with radiant expressings, that is to say well-extracted (establish).

By getting for man a happy fourfold body, the Ribhus render him fit for dwelling on the plane of Truth-Consciousness. When he is thus made perfect, they are able to establish in essence (or pithily) the Delight of the universal existence of seven principles like earth, etc. in each of the three—his body, life and mind-severally. Hence it is said, “establish the sevenfold felicities in each thrice'.