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Ṛk 1.23.1

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Saṃhitā

ती॒व्राः सोमा॑स॒ आ ग॑ह्या॒शीर्वं॑तः सु॒ता इ॒मे ।
वायो॒ तान्प्रस्थि॑तान्पिब ॥

तीव्राः सोमास आ गह्य् आशीर्वन्तः सुता इमे |
वायो तान् प्रस्थितान् पिब ||

tīvrā́ḥ sómāsa ā́ gahyāśī́rvantaḥ sutā́ imé ǀ
vā́yo tā́nprásthitānpiba ǁ

tīvrāḥ somāsa ā gahy āśīrvantaḥ sutā ime |
vāyo tān prasthitān piba ||

Padapāṭha

ती॒व्राः । सोमा॑सः । आ । ग॒हि॒ । आ॒शीःऽव॑न्तः । सु॒ताः । इ॒मे ।
वायो॒ इति॑ । तान् । प्रऽस्थि॑तान् । पि॒ब॒ ॥

तीव्राः । सोमासः । आ । गहि । आशीःऽवन्तः । सुताः । इमे ।
वायो इति । तान् । प्रऽस्थितान् । पिब ॥

tīvrā́ḥ ǀ sómāsaḥ ǀ ā́ ǀ gahi ǀ āśī́ḥ-vantaḥ ǀ sutā́ḥ ǀ imé ǀ
vā́yo íti ǀ tā́n ǀ prá-sthitān ǀ piba ǁ

tīvrāḥ ǀ somāsaḥ ǀ ā ǀ gahi ǀ āśīḥ-vantaḥ ǀ sutāḥ ǀ ime ǀ
vāyo iti ǀ tān ǀ pra-sthitān ǀ piba ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.01
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.08.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.054
Devatā देवता
1: Vāyu; 2, 3: Indra, Vāyu; 4-6: Mitra, Varuṇa; 7-9: Indra Marutvat; 10-12: Viśvedevās; 13-15: Pūṣan; 16-22: Apas; 23: Apas (A); Agni (B); 24: Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Anuṣṭubh, Pura-Uṣṇih, Pratiṣṭhā
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

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Ṛgveda 1.23.1

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Introduction

Sixth in the fifth Section, tivrä, etc. is a hymn of twenty-four Riks. The Rishi is Medhatithi himself. The deities are Vayu, etc. as will become clear in the commentary. Here twenty-one Riks are in gāyatri metre, the variation in metres among the rest is to be noted in the commentary.

Translation

Tr. These fine soma-juices mixed with curd and grain are pressed out; come, O Vayu, drink them ready.

Commentary

Vayu is the deity. vāyo O Life of the world, life specially embodied in the sacrificer, tivrāḥ sharp, that is tending to move ceaselessly with speed (tij to sharpen, suffix ra lengthening of ti and ja become vaḥ); ime somāsaḥ these soma-juices; sutāḥ are pressed out; they āś îrvantaḥ are mixed with curds and grains (explained in 1.5.5.); ägahi come to receive them; prasthitān set to flow; these soma-juices set out to occupy and fill the entire body of the sacrificer, inner and outer; tān piba drink them.

It is only by Vayu's acceptance of the soma-juice that the body holding the weight of delight becomes a vessel for the play of the action of subsequent deities.