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Ṛk 1.23.20

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Saṃhitā

अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीदं॒तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा ।
अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वशं॑भुव॒माप॑श्च वि॒श्वभे॑षजीः ॥

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीद् अन्तर् विश्वानि भेषजा |
अग्निं च विश्वशम्भुवम् आपश् च विश्वभेषजीः ||

apsú me sómo abravīdantárvíśvāni bheṣajā́ ǀ
agním ca viśváśambhuvamā́paśca viśvábheṣajīḥ ǁ

apsu me somo abravīd antar viśvāni bheṣajā |
agniṃ ca viśvaśambhuvam āpaś ca viśvabheṣajīḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अ॒प्ऽसु । मे॒ । सोमः॑ । अ॒ब्र॒वी॒त् । अ॒न्तः । विश्वा॑नि । भे॒ष॒जा ।
अ॒ग्निम् । च॒ । वि॒श्वऽश॑म्भुवम् । आपः॑ । च॒ । वि॒श्वऽभे॑षजीः ॥

अप्ऽसु । मे । सोमः । अब्रवीत् । अन्तः । विश्वानि । भेषजा ।
अग्निम् । च । विश्वऽशम्भुवम् । आपः । च । विश्वऽभेषजीः ॥

ap-sú ǀ me ǀ sómaḥ ǀ abravīt ǀ antáḥ ǀ víśvāni ǀ bheṣajā́ ǀ
agním ǀ ca ǀ viśvá-śambhuvam ǀ ā́paḥ ǀ ca ǀ viśvá-bheṣajīḥ ǁ

ap-su ǀ me ǀ somaḥ ǀ abravīt ǀ antaḥ ǀ viśvāni ǀ bheṣajā ǀ
agnim ǀ ca ǀ viśva-śambhuvam ǀ āpaḥ ǀ ca ǀ viśva-bheṣajīḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.20
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.11.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.073
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
गान्धारः

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

Ṛgveda 1.23.20

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Soma has said to me : all medicines are in the Waters, and Agni is the weal-giver of all and the Waters are medicines to all.

Commentary

This is of anușțubh metre. The Rishi, inner sacrificer, speaks. apsu in the waters described; antaḥ within; viśvāni all; bheșajā medicines curing all ills, there are; me to me; somaḥ the God of delight; abravit counselled; so too agnim ca God Agni also; viſvasambhuvam who minds the happiness of all creatures of the universe—he spoke (adjective used predicatively); āpaśca the Powers mentioned; visvabheșajih themselves medicines of all (ills).

visvasambhuvam : causal is implied in bhav; then suffix.

visvabheșajiḥ : they in whom are all the medicines. Always feminine; belongs to the group of nine, kevala, etc.; interchange of second case.

'Waters are medicines to all' is a separate sentence.

Thus ends the eleventh Group in the second Chapter of the first Eighth.