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Ṛk 1.31.6

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

त्वम॑ग्ने वृजि॒नव॑र्तनिं॒ नरं॒ सक्म॑न्पिपर्षि वि॒दथे॑ विचर्षणे ।
यः शूर॑साता॒ परि॑तक्म्ये॒ धने॑ द॒भ्रेभि॑श्चि॒त्समृ॑ता॒ हंसि॒ भूय॑सः ॥

त्वम् अग्ने वृजिनवर्तनिं नरं सक्मन् पिपर्षि विदथे विचर्षणे |
यः शूरसाता परितक्म्ये धने दभ्रेभिश् चित् समृता हंसि भूयसः ||

tvámagne vṛjinávartanim náram sákmanpiparṣi vidáthe vicarṣaṇe ǀ
yáḥ śū́rasātā páritakmye dháne dabhrébhiścitsámṛtā háṃsi bhū́yasaḥ ǁ

tvam agne vṛjinavartaniṃ naraṃ sakman piparṣi vidathe vicarṣaṇe |
yaḥ śūrasātā paritakmye dhane dabhrebhiś cit samṛtā haṃsi bhūyasaḥ ||

Padapāṭha

त्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । वृ॒जि॒नऽव॑र्तनिम् । नर॑म् । सक्म॑न् । पि॒प॒र्षि॒ । वि॒दथे॑ । वि॒ऽच॒र्ष॒णे॒ ।
यः । शूर॑ऽसाता । परि॑ऽतक्म्ये । धने॑ । द॒भ्रेभिः॑ । चि॒त् । सम्ऽऋ॑ता । हंसि॑ । भूय॑सः ॥

त्वम् । अग्ने । वृजिनऽवर्तनिम् । नरम् । सक्मन् । पिपर्षि । विदथे । विऽचर्षणे ।
यः । शूरऽसाता । परिऽतक्म्ये । धने । दभ्रेभिः । चित् । सम्ऽऋता । हंसि । भूयसः ॥

tvám ǀ agne ǀ vṛjiná-vartanim ǀ náram ǀ sákman ǀ piparṣi ǀ vidáthe ǀ vi-carṣaṇe ǀ
yáḥ ǀ śū́ra-sātā ǀ pári-takmye ǀ dháne ǀ dabhrébhiḥ ǀ cit ǀ sám-ṛtā ǀ háṃsi ǀ bhū́yasaḥ ǁ

tvam ǀ agne ǀ vṛjina-vartanim ǀ naram ǀ sakman ǀ piparṣi ǀ vidathe ǀ vi-carṣaṇe ǀ
yaḥ ǀ śūra-sātā ǀ pari-takmye ǀ dhane ǀ dabhrebhiḥ ǀ cit ǀ sam-ṛtā ǀ haṃsi ǀ bhūyasaḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.06
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.33.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.006
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Jagatī, Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
निषादः

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Ṛgveda 1.31.6

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Agni, all-seer, thou fulfillest the man on the crooked path with the united place of knowledge. For the wealth to be got at by effort by the volourous, in the meet with the inferiors, thou killest the superiors.

Commentary

O vicarṣaṇe one of special vision, all-seer agne Agni tvam thou vrjinavartanim whose path is the crooked one, to be avoided, the traveller on the crooked path (affix ina on vrj, aniḥ on vịt) naram person sakman fit to be conjoined, united (şac to unite, the affix manin) vidathe in the place to be reached by knowledge. Elsewhere Sayana says vidatha are places to be known (VI.51.2.) (in the act, the sacrifice say the ritualists. The inner sacrifice also is said to be vidatha, a form of knowing. The affix atha on vid in the sense of knowledge) piparși make full or protect. The sense is thou takest thy devotee away from the crooked path, lead him to the divine place that has to be known, denoted by the word vidatha, protect and fulfill his desires. yaḥ thou śūrasātā where the valourous resort, to be got by the valourous persons paritakmye to be gone on all sides, to be got at by an alround effort (tak to go) dhane for the purpose of wealth, when the divine wealth to be got by the effort of those endowed with valour becomes the purpose for attainment; like ‘he kills the tiger for the purpose of hide.' dabhrebhiḥ cit little by strength or by number, by thy devotees though inferior samſtā in the meet, the sense is when there is a test of strength of the inferiors with those superior in number and in strength (samſtiḥ—ļ to go with the prefix sam) bhūyasaḥ the superiors in number and strength hamsi killest. Thy grace on thy devotees is to such an extent that when the divine wealth has to be acquired by thy devotees, even though of inferior strength, by conquering and fighting with the obstructors, the foes of thy devotees though superior in every way get humiliated.