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Ṛk 1.23.23

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Saṃhitā

आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि ।
पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा ॥

आपो अद्यान्व् अचारिषं रसेन सम् अगस्महि |
पयस्वान् अग्न आ गहि तम् मा सं सृज वर्चसा ||

ā́po adyā́nvacāriṣam rásena sámagasmahi ǀ
páyasvānagna ā́ gahi tám mā sám sṛja várcasā ǁ

āpo adyānv acāriṣaṃ rasena sam agasmahi |
payasvān agna ā gahi tam mā saṃ sṛja varcasā ||

Padapāṭha

आपः॑ । अ॒द्य । अनु॑ । अ॒चा॒रि॒ष॒म् । रसे॑न । सम् । अ॒ग॒स्म॒हि॒ ।
पय॑स्वान् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । तम् । मा॒ । सम् । सृ॒ज॒ । वर्च॑सा ॥

आपः । अद्य । अनु । अचारिषम् । रसेन । सम् । अगस्महि ।
पयस्वान् । अग्ने । आ । गहि । तम् । मा । सम् । सृज । वर्चसा ॥

ā́paḥ ǀ adyá ǀ ánu ǀ acāriṣam ǀ rásena ǀ sám ǀ agasmahi ǀ
páyasvān ǀ agne ǀ ā́ ǀ gahi ǀ tám ǀ mā ǀ sám ǀ sṛja ǀ várcasā ǁ

āpaḥ ǀ adya ǀ anu ǀ acāriṣam ǀ rasena ǀ sam ǀ agasmahi ǀ
payasvān ǀ agne ǀ ā ǀ gahi ǀ tam ǀ mā ǀ sam ǀ sṛja ǀ varcasā ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.23
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.12.03
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.076
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

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Ṛgveda 1.23.23

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. I have now attained the Waters, we have become one with their essence; O Agni, rich with rays of Wisdom, come and with thy splendour join me.

Commentary

The metre is anușțubh. Waters are the deities of the first half and Agni of the second.

āpaḥ Waters (interchange of accusative case); adya • now; anvacārișam following or without interruption, I have attained (car in the sense of movement); Skandasvamin says : the greatness of Waters that is, is manifested; the commentator cites : 'It is to be remembered that whatever deity one speaks intensely of, in that deity one experiences the sense of becoming itself. Therefore he attains the state of becoming itself. It is all right, what is the result of this attainment? He says : rasena with the essence of Waters; samagasmahi we have united (gam with prefix sam Atmanepada; Aorist; the dropping of nasal and other elisions Vedic); and now, agne payasvān O Agni, thou full of cows, the rays of Wisdom; āgahi come; and coming tam mām such me; varcasă with the brilliance; samsrja join.

Lord Agni, having experienced identity with the essence of Waters, I am fit for the fulfilment of union with the brilliance of thy making.