Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 1 · Sūkta 22

Ṛk 1.22.14

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Saṃhitā

तयो॒रिद्घृ॒तव॒त्पयो॒ विप्रा॑ रिहंति धी॒तिभिः॑ ।
गं॒ध॒र्वस्य॑ ध्रु॒वे प॒दे ॥

तयोर् इद् घृतवत् पयो विप्रा रिहन्ति धीतिभिः |
गन्धर्वस्य ध्रुवे पदे ||

táyorídghṛtávatpáyo víprā rihanti dhītíbhiḥ ǀ
gandharvásya dhruvé padé ǁ

tayor id ghṛtavat payo viprā rihanti dhītibhiḥ |
gandharvasya dhruve pade ||

Padapāṭha

तयोः॑ । इत् । घृ॒तऽव॑त् । पयः॑ । विप्राः॑ । रि॒ह॒न्ति॒ । धी॒तिऽभिः॑ ।
ग॒न्ध॒र्वस्य॑ । ध्रु॒वे । प॒दे ॥

तयोः । इत् । घृतऽवत् । पयः । विप्राः । रिहन्ति । धीतिऽभिः ।
गन्धर्वस्य । ध्रुवे । पदे ॥

táyoḥ ǀ ít ǀ ghṛtá-vat ǀ páyaḥ ǀ víprāḥ ǀ rihanti ǀ dhītí-bhiḥ ǀ
gandharvásya ǀ dhruvé ǀ padé ǁ

tayoḥ ǀ it ǀ ghṛta-vat ǀ payaḥ ǀ viprāḥ ǀ rihanti ǀ dhīti-bhiḥ ǀ
gandharvasya ǀ dhruve ǀ pade ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.022.14
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.06.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.046
Devatā देवता
1-4: Aśvins; 5-8: Savitṛ; 9, 10: Agni; 11: Devās; 12: Agnāyī, Indrāṇī, Varuṇānī; 13, 14: Divaḥ, Pṛthivī; 15: Pṛthivī; 16: Viṣṇu Or Devās; 17-21: Viṣṇu
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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

Ṛgveda 1.22.14

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. The wise sip the lustrous sap of them with their faculties of thought in the stable station of Soma.

Commentary

tayorit of Heaven and Earth alone; ghrtavat lustrous; payaḥ essential sap; viprāḥ the wise; dhitibhiḥ with faculties of consciousness capable of bearing; rihanti lick, taste (ra for la is Vedic); the gross, matter-located earth-consciousness is indicated by the term prthivi, Earth; the subtler mind-located divine consciousness is indicated by dyauḥ, Heaven; the essence, the immortal sap of both is lustrous ‘ghṛtavat payaḥ; the wise taste it with their special faculties of consciousness; but then, where do they ‘lick’ that sap? gandharvasya of Gandharva; dhruve stable; pade in the station; Sayana says : the place of the Gandharva is the mid-region, the sky; in the sky are the Heaven and Earth; and related to them is the ghee-like water which the wise taste. Yaska holds thus : the ray of the sun of great happiness is called 'go' cow; who bears that Soma, is the Gandharva; by his delightfulness he is famed at times as the moon. “Here verily in the home of the moon, (the wise) knew the secret name of the ray-cow of the Fashioner Sun” (1.84.15). This will be mentioned later on. That is why more detail is not desired here. But this must be understood here : in the station of Soma where the luminous Truth-ray shines constantly (vide 1.154.5 the fount of sweetness in the highest step of Vishnu), “the wise sip the lustrous sap', partake of shining immortal sap.