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Ṛk 1.31.4

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

त्वम॑ग्ने॒ मन॑वे॒ द्याम॑वाशयः पुरू॒रव॑से सु॒कृते॑ सु॒कृत्त॑रः ।
श्वा॒त्रेण॒ यत्पि॒त्रोर्मुच्य॑से॒ पर्या त्वा॒ पूर्व॑मनय॒न्नाप॑रं॒ पुनः॑ ॥

त्वम् अग्ने मनवे द्याम् अवाशयः पुरूरवसे सुकृते सुकृत्तरः |
श्वात्रेण यत् पित्रोर् मुच्यसे पर्य् आ त्वा पूर्वम् अनयन्न् आपरम् पुनः ||

tvámagne mánave dyā́mavāśayaḥ purūrávase sukṛ́te sukṛ́ttaraḥ ǀ
śvātréṇa yátpitrórmúcyase páryā́ tvā pū́rvamanayannā́param púnaḥ ǁ

tvam agne manave dyām avāśayaḥ purūravase sukṛte sukṛttaraḥ |
śvātreṇa yat pitror mucyase pary ā tvā pūrvam anayann āparam punaḥ ||

Padapāṭha

त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । मन॑वे । द्याम् । अ॒वा॒श॒यः॒ । पु॒रू॒रव॑से । सु॒ऽकृते॑ । सु॒कृत्ऽत॑रः ।
श्वा॒त्रेण॑ । यत् । पि॒त्रोः । मुच्य॑से । परि॑ । आ । त्वा॒ । पूर्व॑म् । अ॒न॒य॒न् । आ । अप॑रम् । पुन॒रिति॑ ॥

त्वम् । अग्ने । मनवे । द्याम् । अवाशयः । पुरूरवसे । सुऽकृते । सुकृत्ऽतरः ।
श्वात्रेण । यत् । पित्रोः । मुच्यसे । परि । आ । त्वा । पूर्वम् । अनयन् । आ । अपरम् । पुनरिति ॥

tvám ǀ agne ǀ mánave ǀ dyā́m ǀ avāśayaḥ ǀ purūrávase ǀ su-kṛ́te ǀ sukṛ́t-taraḥ ǀ
śvātréṇa ǀ yát ǀ pitróḥ ǀ múcyase ǀ pári ǀ ā́ ǀ tvā ǀ pū́rvam ǀ anayan ǀ ā́ ǀ áparam ǀ púnaríti ǁ

tvam ǀ agne ǀ manave ǀ dyām ǀ avāśayaḥ ǀ purūravase ǀ su-kṛte ǀ sukṛt-taraḥ ǀ
śvātreṇa ǀ yat ǀ pitroḥ ǀ mucyase ǀ pari ǀ ā ǀ tvā ǀ pūrvam ǀ anayan ǀ ā ǀ aparam ǀ punariti ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.04
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.32.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.004
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Jagatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
निषादः

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Ṛgveda 1.31.4

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Agni, thou sounded the Heaven for the thinker, superb doer of good to the doer of good of much lament. Thou art released alround by quick churning of the parents. They brought thee in front and behind.

Commentary

O agne Agni, tvam thou manave for Manu, mentor, that is to bless the man who has attained the skill in thinking dyām heaven-world, that is divine station avāśayaḥ sounded, manifested, that is, thou hast proclaimed that the high divine station has to be attained and can be attained. Likewise sukſte for the doer of auspicious acts purūravase for purūravas who cries, makes noise much, for the man, in the form of the master of sacrifice who laments much to reach the high station sukřttaraḥ becoming superbly the doer of auspicious acts,—thou sounded the heaven is the connection. yat when pitrah of Heaven and earth denoted by araại, of the forces that are the particular consciousness in the higher and lower places śvātrena by quick churning pari mucyase art released on all sides; thou art born from the churning of force, then thus born tvām thou pūrvam in front ānayan having brought established in front. punah again, afterwards aparam behind ā brought. The sense if they first made the Ahavaniya fire, placed in front and then made the Garhapatya fire, the overlord of inner regions standing behind avāśayaḥ vāșr to sound. purūravase lengthening is imposed on the first word, ru to sound the termination as of uņādi class. sukſte kļî on sukarma, pāpa and others, then t.