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Ṛk 1.31.14

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

त्वम॑ग्न उरु॒शंसा॑य वा॒घते॑ स्पा॒र्हं यद्रेक्णः॑ पर॒मं व॒नोषि॒ तत् ।
आ॒ध्रस्य॑ चि॒त्प्रम॑तिरुच्यसे पि॒ता प्र पाकं॒ शास्सि॒ प्र दिशो॑ वि॒दुष्ट॑रः ॥

त्वम् अग्न उरुशंसाय वाघते स्पार्हं यद् रेक्णः परमं वनोषि तत् |
आध्रस्य चित् प्रमतिर् उच्यसे पिता प्र पाकं शास्सि प्र दिशो विदुष्टरः ||

tvámagna uruśáṃsāya vāgháte spārhám yádrékṇaḥ paramám vanóṣi tát ǀ
ādhrásya citprámatirucyase pitā́ prá pā́kam śā́ssi prá díśo vidúṣṭaraḥ ǁ

tvam agna uruśaṃsāya vāghate spārhaṃ yad rekṇaḥ paramaṃ vanoṣi tat |
ādhrasya cit pramatir ucyase pitā pra pākaṃ śāssi pra diśo viduṣṭaraḥ ||

Padapāṭha

त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । उ॒रु॒ऽशंसा॑य । वा॒घते॑ । स्पा॒र्हम् । यत् । रेक्णः॑ । प॒र॒मम् । व॒नोषि॑ । तत् ।
आ॒ध्रस्य॑ । चि॒त् । प्रऽम॑तिः । उ॒च्य॒से॒ । पि॒ता । प्र । पाक॑म् । शास्सि॑ । प्र । दिशः॑ । वि॒दुःऽत॑रः ॥

त्वम् । अग्ने । उरुऽशंसाय । वाघते । स्पार्हम् । यत् । रेक्णः । परमम् । वनोषि । तत् ।
आध्रस्य । चित् । प्रऽमतिः । उच्यसे । पिता । प्र । पाकम् । शास्सि । प्र । दिशः । विदुःऽतरः ॥

tvám ǀ agne ǀ uru-śáṃsāya ǀ vāgháte ǀ spārhám ǀ yát ǀ rékṇaḥ ǀ paramám ǀ vanóṣi ǀ tát ǀ
ādhrásya ǀ cit ǀ prá-matiḥ ǀ ucyase ǀ pitā́ ǀ prá ǀ pā́kam ǀ śā́ssi ǀ prá ǀ díśaḥ ǀ vidúḥ-taraḥ ǁ

tvam ǀ agne ǀ uru-śaṃsāya ǀ vāghate ǀ spārham ǀ yat ǀ rekṇaḥ ǀ paramam ǀ vanoṣi ǀ tat ǀ
ādhrasya ǀ cit ǀ pra-matiḥ ǀ ucyase ǀ pitā ǀ pra ǀ pākam ǀ śāssi ǀ pra ǀ diśaḥ ǀ viduḥ-taraḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.14
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.34.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.014
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Jagatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
निषादः

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

Ṛgveda 1.31.14

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Agni, thou desirest for the intelligent great lauder that desirable supreme wealth. Thou art extolled as the protector of excellent knowledge for the weak sacrificer. Superbly knowing thou instructest the immature in all directions.

Commentary

O agne Agni, tvam thou urusamsāya for the extensive lauder vāghate for the intelligent one, (It is listed amongst the names of Ritwiks as those managing the sacrifice) for him spārham desirable (relating to desire, this of desire, so affix an) paramam supreme yat reknah (ricir in the sense of purge, Vedic form with nu) wealth is there (it is clear that it is not worldly wealth as it is supreme) tat that wealth vanoși desirest. Thou desirest for the intelligent great lauder the supreme wealth so that he should attain it ādhrasya cit of the sacrificer, though weak, to be sustained in everything (dhrai to be satisfied, to instruct etc. is the root. The affix ka prefix ā) pramatiḥ of excellent knowledge pitā protector, thus ucyase thou art said, by the knowing ones is understood. pākam that which has to be cooked is pāka, the sense is one of immature knowledge. That is why a child is pāka, him praśāssi make instructed viduștaraḥ thou superbly learned '(tara on the word vidvat, change of semivowel to vowel Vedic) diśaḥ all the directions pra superbly instruct on things to be learned from every-where, denoted by the term 'directions'.