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Ṛk 1.23.19

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Saṃhitā

अ॒प्स्वं१॒॑तर॒मृत॑म॒प्सु भे॑ष॒जम॒पामु॒त प्रश॑स्तये ।
देवा॒ भव॑त वा॒जिनः॑ ॥

अप्स्व् अन्तर् अमृतम् अप्सु भेषजम् अपाम् उत प्रशस्तये |
देवा भवत वाजिनः ||

apsvántáramṛ́tamapsú bheṣajámapā́mutá práśastaye ǀ
dévā bhávata vājínaḥ ǁ

apsv antar amṛtam apsu bheṣajam apām uta praśastaye |
devā bhavata vājinaḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अ॒प्ऽसु । अ॒न्तः । अ॒मृत॑म् । अ॒प्ऽसु । भे॒ष॒जम् । अ॒पाम् । उ॒त । प्रऽश॑स्तये ।
देवाः॑ । भव॑त । वा॒जिनः॑ ॥

अप्ऽसु । अन्तः । अमृतम् । अप्ऽसु । भेषजम् । अपाम् । उत । प्रऽशस्तये ।
देवाः । भवत । वाजिनः ॥

ap-sú ǀ antáḥ ǀ amṛ́tam ǀ ap-sú ǀ bheṣajám ǀ apā́m ǀ utá ǀ prá-śastaye ǀ
dévāḥ ǀ bhávata ǀ vājínaḥ ǁ

ap-su ǀ antaḥ ǀ amṛtam ǀ ap-su ǀ bheṣajam ǀ apām ǀ uta ǀ pra-śastaye ǀ
devāḥ ǀ bhavata ǀ vājinaḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.19
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.11.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.072
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
ऋषभः

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

Ṛgveda 1.23.19

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Nectar is in the Waters, the healing balm is in the Waters; to give them praise, O Gods, become full of plenitude.

Commentary

If the beginning letter of the Rik is the twelfth letter of the first foot, it is pura ușnik, say the knowers of the prosody. The metre of this Rik is pura ușnik.

apsu in the Waters described before; antaḥ in their essential core; amſtam the deathless eternal substance is there; apsu so too in the waters; bheșajam the substance that cures all disease is there; uta and further; apām of such divine powers; prasastaye for the laudation; devāḥ O ye Gods; vājinaḥ full of plenitude; bhavata become.

All the Gods, bountiful and full, must be, must come for partaking of the Waters containing nectar, curing all distress. The Waters are praiseworthy since accepted by the bounteous gods, they make them contented. If there be deficiency in the fullness of the gods who partake, the greatness of the Waters may not be entirely understood—this is the purport. Therefore, it is said, 'Become full of plenitude for the praise of the Waters.' Here Waters are to be taken symbolically. Some with medical knowledge say that even earthly water has these qualities and they it is that are lauded in the Veda in metaphorical language. May be or may not. We are neutral here. The main sense, however, is as we have said; this is to be understood.