Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 1 · Sūkta 22

Ṛk 1.22.5

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Saṃhitā

हिर॑ण्यपाणिमू॒तये॑ सवि॒तार॒मुप॑ ह्वये ।
स चेत्ता॑ दे॒वता॑ प॒दं ॥

हिरण्यपाणिम् ऊतये सवितारम् उप ह्वये |
स चेत्ता देवता पदम् ||

híraṇyapāṇimūtáye savitā́ramúpa hvaye ǀ
sá céttā devátā padám ǁ

hiraṇyapāṇim ūtaye savitāram upa hvaye |
sa cettā devatā padam ||

Padapāṭha

हिर॑ण्यऽपाणिम् । ऊ॒तये॑ । स॒वि॒तार॑म् । उप॑ । ह्व॒ये॒ ।
सः । चेत्ता॑ । दे॒वता॑ । प॒दम् ॥

हिरण्यऽपाणिम् । ऊतये । सवितारम् । उप । ह्वये ।
सः । चेत्ता । देवता । पदम् ॥

híraṇya-pāṇim ǀ ūtáye ǀ savitā́ram ǀ úpa ǀ hvaye ǀ
sáḥ ǀ céttā ǀ devátā ǀ padám ǁ

hiraṇya-pāṇim ǀ ūtaye ǀ savitāram ǀ upa ǀ hvaye ǀ
saḥ ǀ cettā ǀ devatā ǀ padam ǁ

References

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

Ṛgveda 1.22.5

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. I call Savitr, the golden-armed, for increase; he is the knower, the God, the goal.

Commentary

hiranyapāņim of golden hands; savitāram Surya the creator; ūtaye for increase; upahvaye I call; saḥ cettă he becomes the knower or he causes to be known (causal sense implied); he devatā the All-God, becomes the deity treated by all the Vedas; he padam becomes the goal to be attained.

Savitr the Sun is the golden Person, he is himself the knower, himself the deity, himself the goal to be reached—this is affirmed. Note that hands, feet, arms, etc. denote the rays. It is the perception of the Rishis and time-long settled doctrine that the golden form of Savitr, the Person Highest, the God of all Gods can be realised directly.

Thus ends the fourth group in the second Chapter of the first Eighth.