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Ṛk 1.31.18

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

ए॒तेना॑ग्ने॒ ब्रह्म॑णा वावृधस्व॒ शक्ती॑ वा॒ यत्ते॑ चकृ॒मा वि॒दा वा॑ ।
उ॒त प्र णे॑ष्य॒भि वस्यो॑ अ॒स्मान्त्सं नः॑ सृज सुम॒त्या वाज॑वत्या ॥

एतेनाग्ने ब्रह्मणा वावृधस्व शक्ती वा यत् ते चकृमा विदा वा |
उत प्र णेष्य् अभि वस्यो अस्मान् सं नः सृज सुमत्या वाजवत्या ||

eténāgne bráhmaṇā vāvṛdhasva śáktī vā yátte cakṛmā́ vidā́ vā ǀ
utá prá ṇeṣyabhí vásyo asmā́ntsám naḥ sṛja sumatyā́ vā́javatyā ǁ

etenāgne brahmaṇā vāvṛdhasva śaktī vā yat te cakṛmā vidā vā |
uta pra ṇeṣy abhi vasyo asmān saṃ naḥ sṛja sumatyā vājavatyā ||

Padapāṭha

ए॒तेन॑ । अ॒ग्ने॒ । ब्रह्म॑णा । व॒वृ॒ध॒स्व॒ । शक्ती॑ । वा॒ । यत् । ते॒ । च॒कृ॒म । वि॒दा । वा॒ ।
उ॒त । प्र । ने॒षि॒ । अ॒भि । वस्यः॑ । अ॒स्मान् । सम् । नः॒ । सृ॒ज॒ । सु॒ऽम॒त्या । वाज॑ऽवत्या ॥

एतेन । अग्ने । ब्रह्मणा । ववृधस्व । शक्ती । वा । यत् । ते । चकृम । विदा । वा ।
उत । प्र । नेषि । अभि । वस्यः । अस्मान् । सम् । नः । सृज । सुऽमत्या । वाजऽवत्या ॥

eténa ǀ agne ǀ bráhmaṇā ǀ vavṛdhasva ǀ śáktī ǀ vā ǀ yát ǀ te ǀ cakṛmá ǀ vidā́ ǀ vā ǀ
utá ǀ prá ǀ neṣi ǀ abhí ǀ vásyaḥ ǀ asmā́n ǀ sám ǀ naḥ ǀ sṛja ǀ su-matyā́ ǀ vā́ja-vatyā ǁ

etena ǀ agne ǀ brahmaṇā ǀ vavṛdhasva ǀ śaktī ǀ vā ǀ yat ǀ te ǀ cakṛma ǀ vidā ǀ vā ǀ
uta ǀ pra ǀ neṣi ǀ abhi ǀ vasyaḥ ǀ asmān ǀ sam ǀ naḥ ǀ sṛja ǀ su-matyā ǀ vāja-vatyā ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.18
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.35.03
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.018
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Jagatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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

Ṛgveda 1.31.18

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Agni, whatever we did acçording to our capability or knowledge grow by that Mantra. Also thou hast sent towards us the weal full of riches. Make us united with auspicious intelligence full of plenitudes.

Commentary

O agne Agni, etena by our brahmaņā Mantra indicated by the laud vavřdhasva increase, grow (vrdh to increase reduplication. Lengthening in the Samhita text, because of repetition) sakti vā by capability (Lengthening in the instrumental case) or vidā vā by knowledge yat which te thy laud cakſma we did, by that Mantra is the connection with the earlier. It is said that whatever laud we did according to our capability, according to our knowledge grow by that. The gods that are lauded grow in the lauder. uta also asmān us the lauders who have resorted to thee abhi facing vasyaḥ welfare full of superb riches praņeși thou leadest, that is thou makest us attain excellently. (ni to reach, neși dropping of sap) nah us vājavatyā by plentiful sumatyā auspicious intelligence samsrja connect.

Thus ends the thirty fifth Group in the second Chapter of the first Eighth.