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Ṛk 1.23.18

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Saṃhitā

अ॒पो दे॒वीरुप॑ ह्वये॒ यत्र॒ गावः॒ पिबं॑ति नः ।
सिंधु॑भ्यः॒ कर्त्वं॑ ह॒विः ॥

अपो देवीर् उप ह्वये यत्र गावः पिबन्ति नः |
सिन्धुभ्यः कर्त्वं हविः ||

apó devī́rúpa hvaye yátra gā́vaḥ píbanti naḥ ǀ
síndhubhyaḥ kártvam havíḥ ǁ

apo devīr upa hvaye yatra gāvaḥ pibanti naḥ |
sindhubhyaḥ kartvaṃ haviḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अ॒पः । दे॒वीः । उप॑ । ह्व॒ये॒ । यत्र॑ । गावः॑ । पिब॑न्ति । नः॒ ।
सिन्धु॑ऽभ्यः । कर्त्व॑म् । ह॒विः ॥

अपः । देवीः । उप । ह्वये । यत्र । गावः । पिबन्ति । नः ।
सिन्धुऽभ्यः । कर्त्वम् । हविः ॥

apáḥ ǀ devī́ḥ ǀ úpa ǀ hvaye ǀ yátra ǀ gā́vaḥ ǀ píbanti ǀ naḥ ǀ
síndhu-bhyaḥ ǀ kártvam ǀ havíḥ ǁ

apaḥ ǀ devīḥ ǀ upa ǀ hvaye ǀ yatra ǀ gāvaḥ ǀ pibanti ǀ naḥ ǀ
sindhu-bhyaḥ ǀ kartvam ǀ haviḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.18
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.11.03
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.071
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 1.23.18

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Waters, Goddesses, I call in whom our Cows drink; from the streams the oblation is to be made.

Commentary

apaḥ the strong powers as characterised by us; deviḥ Goddesses; upahvaye I call; yatra in which Waters; naḥ our; gāvaḥ rays of knowledge; pibanti take the sap; and by that, full of strength, they grow (them I call); sindhubhyaḥ from these flowings having taken the essence; haviḥ substance of offering; kartvam is to be made (by us).

kartvam : tva on kṛ in the sense of 'to be done'.