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Ṛk 1.23.4

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Saṃhitā

मि॒त्रं व॒यं ह॑वामहे॒ वरु॑णं॒ सोम॑पीतये ।
ज॒ज्ञा॒ना पू॒तद॑क्षसा ॥

मित्रं वयं हवामहे वरुणं सोमपीतये |
जज्ञाना पूतदक्षसा ||

mitrám vayám havāmahe váruṇam sómapītaye ǀ
jajñānā́ pūtádakṣasā ǁ

mitraṃ vayaṃ havāmahe varuṇaṃ somapītaye |
jajñānā pūtadakṣasā ||

Padapāṭha

मि॒त्रम् । व॒यम् । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । वरु॑णम् । सोम॑ऽपीतये ।
ज॒ज्ञा॒ना । पू॒तऽद॑क्षसा ॥

मित्रम् । वयम् । हवामहे । वरुणम् । सोमऽपीतये ।
जज्ञाना । पूतऽदक्षसा ॥

mitrám ǀ vayám ǀ havāmahe ǀ váruṇam ǀ sóma-pītaye ǀ
jajñānā́ ǀ pūtá-dakṣasā ǁ

mitram ǀ vayam ǀ havāmahe ǀ varuṇam ǀ soma-pītaye ǀ
jajñānā ǀ pūta-dakṣasā ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.04
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.08.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.057
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 1.23.4

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. To drink Soma we call Mitra and Varuna, taking birth, pure in discernment.

Commentary

vayam sacrificers; somapitaye for drinking the Soma; mitram varuņam both Mitra and Varuna; havāmahe we call; of what kind are they? jajñānā being born, taking birth in the sacrifice; pūtadakṣasā pure in skilled discernment (these two words are explained before).