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Ṛk 1.23.16

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Saṃhitā

अं॒बयो॑ यं॒त्यध्व॑भिर्जा॒मयो॑ अध्वरीय॒तां ।
पृं॒च॒तीर्मधु॑ना॒ पयः॑ ॥

अम्बयो यन्त्य् अध्वभिर् जामयो अध्वरीयताम् |
पृञ्चतीर् मधुना पयः ||

ambáyo yantyádhvabhirjāmáyo adhvarīyatā́m ǀ
pṛñcatī́rmádhunā páyaḥ ǁ

ambayo yanty adhvabhir jāmayo adhvarīyatām |
pṛñcatīr madhunā payaḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अ॒म्बयः॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । अध्व॑ऽभिः । जा॒मयः॑ । अ॒ध्व॒रि॒ऽय॒ताम् ।
पृ॒ञ्च॒तीः । मधु॑ना । पयः॑ ॥

अम्बयः । यन्ति । अध्वऽभिः । जामयः । अध्वरिऽयताम् ।
पृञ्चतीः । मधुना । पयः ॥

ambáyaḥ ǀ yanti ǀ ádhva-bhiḥ ǀ jāmáyaḥ ǀ adhvari-yatā́m ǀ
pṛñcatī́ḥ ǀ mádhunā ǀ páyaḥ ǁ

ambayaḥ ǀ yanti ǀ adhva-bhiḥ ǀ jāmayaḥ ǀ adhvari-yatām ǀ
pṛñcatīḥ ǀ madhunā ǀ payaḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.16
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.11.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.069
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

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

Ṛgveda 1.23.16

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. The Mothers and the sisters go by the ordained paths to those who seek the sacrifice, mingling the milk of Knowledge with the honey of Delight.

Commentary

From now till the end of the hymn, the Riks are devoted to the deities āpaḥ, Waters-excepting the half Rik payasvān agne in the 23rd and the last one.

adhvarīyatām of us desiring the sacrifice; ambayaḥ mothers, motherly Waters (the word ambi means ambā, mother); adhvabhiḥ by the ordained paths; yanti go; similarly, jāmayaḥ sisterly Waters (also go); what do they do? madhună with the sweet, delightful sap; payaḥ milk of the cow i.e., (by indication) the cluster of the rays of knowledge; prâcatiḥ mixing (interchange of case, prc to come into contact, present participle feminine).

Full of delight, born of the same womb, currents of power, and these motherly ones indicated by ap, Waters, flow towards the sacrificer by the ordained paths and come filling the consciousness with the sap of delight.