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Ṛk 1.31.12

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

त्वं नो॑ अग्ने॒ तव॑ देव पा॒युभि॑र्म॒घोनो॑ रक्ष त॒न्व॑श्च वंद्य ।
त्रा॒ता तो॒कस्य॒ तन॑ये॒ गवा॑म॒स्यनि॑मेषं॒ रक्ष॑माण॒स्तव॑ व्र॒ते ॥

त्वं नो अग्ने तव देव पायुभिर् मघोनो रक्ष तन्वश् च वन्द्य |
त्राता तोकस्य तनये गवाम् अस्य् अनिमेषं रक्षमाणस् तव व्रते ||

tvám no agne táva deva pāyúbhirmaghóno rakṣa tanváśca vandya ǀ
trātā́ tokásya tánaye gávāmasyánimeṣam rákṣamāṇastáva vraté ǁ

tvaṃ no agne tava deva pāyubhir maghono rakṣa tanvaś ca vandya |
trātā tokasya tanaye gavām asy animeṣaṃ rakṣamāṇas tava vrate ||

Padapāṭha

त्वम् । नः॒ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । तव॑ । दे॒व॒ । पा॒युऽभिः॑ । म॒घोनः॑ । र॒क्ष॒ । त॒न्वः॑ । च॒ । व॒न्द्य॒ ।
त्रा॒ता । तो॒कस्य॑ । तन॑ये । गवा॑म् । अ॒सि॒ । अनि॑ऽमेषम् । रक्ष॑माणः । तव॑ । व्र॒ते ॥

त्वम् । नः । अग्ने । तव । देव । पायुऽभिः । मघोनः । रक्ष । तन्वः । च । वन्द्य ।
त्राता । तोकस्य । तनये । गवाम् । असि । अनिऽमेषम् । रक्षमाणः । तव । व्रते ॥

tvám ǀ naḥ ǀ agne ǀ táva ǀ deva ǀ pāyú-bhiḥ ǀ maghónaḥ ǀ rakṣa ǀ tanváḥ ǀ ca ǀ vandya ǀ
trātā́ ǀ tokásya ǀ tánaye ǀ gávām ǀ asi ǀ áni-meṣam ǀ rákṣamāṇaḥ ǀ táva ǀ vraté ǁ

tvam ǀ naḥ ǀ agne ǀ tava ǀ deva ǀ pāyu-bhiḥ ǀ maghonaḥ ǀ rakṣa ǀ tanvaḥ ǀ ca ǀ vandya ǀ
trātā ǀ tokasya ǀ tanaye ǀ gavām ǀ asi ǀ ani-meṣam ǀ rakṣamāṇaḥ ǀ tava ǀ vrate ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.12
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.34.02
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.012
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Jagatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
निषादः

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Ṛgveda 1.31.12

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O god Agni fit to be lauded, by thy protections guard our wealth and bodies. Continuously guarding in thy act thou art the protector of the rays of consciousness and their successive offsprings.

Commentary

O vandya fit to be lauded agne deva god Agni, maghonaḥ magham is the name for wealth, possessed of wealth naḥ us tava thy pāyubhiḥ protections rakṣa protect, tanvasca bodies as well, related to us protect. (jas for sas in tanvaḥ) tava vrate in thy eternal act, thou, remaining in thy divine act that has to be done animeșam winkless, without break rakşamāṇaḥ protecting everything that has to be protected from enemies gavām of riches of rays of consciousness denoted by the word go, tokasya of the offspring tanaye of his son (locative in the sense of genitive), the particular progeny arising from him trātā asi protector becomest. Not merely the protection of divine wealth or physical protection is prayed for, in the divine acts of Agni, continuous extension of the cattle wealth that are the rays of consciousness is also protected. Thus the glory of God Agni is extolled.