Ṛgveda · Maṇḍala 1 · Sūkta 31

Ṛk 1.31.7

Agni · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

The whole sūkta Link

Saṃhitā

त्वं तम॑ग्ने अमृत॒त्व उ॑त्त॒मे मर्तं॑ दधासि॒ श्रव॑से दि॒वेदि॑वे ।
यस्ता॑तृषा॒ण उ॒भया॑य॒ जन्म॑ने॒ मयः॑ कृ॒णोषि॒ प्रय॒ आ च॑ सू॒रये॑ ॥

त्वं तम् अग्ने अमृतत्व उत्तमे मर्तं दधासि श्रवसे दिवे-दिवे |
यस् तातृषाण उभयाय जन्मने मयः कृणोषि प्रय आ च सूरये ||

tvám támagne amṛtatvá uttamé mártam dadhāsi śrávase divédive ǀ
yástātṛṣāṇá ubháyāya jánmane máyaḥ kṛṇóṣi práya ā́ ca sūráye ǁ

tvaṃ tam agne amṛtatva uttame martaṃ dadhāsi śravase dive-dive |
yas tātṛṣāṇa ubhayāya janmane mayaḥ kṛṇoṣi praya ā ca sūraye ||

Padapāṭha

त्वम् । तम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । अ॒मृ॒त॒ऽत्वे । उ॒त्ऽत॒मे । मर्त॑म् । द॒धा॒सि॒ । श्रव॑से । दि॒वेऽदि॑वे ।
यः । त॒तृ॒षा॒णः । उ॒भया॑य । जन्म॑ने । मयः॑ । कृ॒णोषि॑ । प्रयः॑ । आ । च॒ । सू॒रये॑ ॥

त्वम् । तम् । अग्ने । अमृतऽत्वे । उत्ऽतमे । मर्तम् । दधासि । श्रवसे । दिवेऽदिवे ।
यः । ततृषाणः । उभयाय । जन्मने । मयः । कृणोषि । प्रयः । आ । च । सूरये ॥

tvám ǀ tám ǀ agne ǀ amṛta-tvé ǀ ut-tamé ǀ mártam ǀ dadhāsi ǀ śrávase ǀ divé-dive ǀ
yáḥ ǀ tatṛṣāṇáḥ ǀ ubháyāya ǀ jánmane ǀ máyaḥ ǀ kṛṇóṣi ǀ práyaḥ ǀ ā́ ǀ ca ǀ sūráye ǁ

tvam ǀ tam ǀ agne ǀ amṛta-tve ǀ ut-tame ǀ martam ǀ dadhāsi ǀ śravase ǀ dive-dive ǀ
yaḥ ǀ tatṛṣāṇaḥ ǀ ubhayāya ǀ janmane ǀ mayaḥ ǀ kṛṇoṣi ǀ prayaḥ ǀ ā ǀ ca ǀ sūraye ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.031.07
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.33.02
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.007
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 1.31.7

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Agni, thou establishest for daily inspiration the mortal man in high immorality. Thou createst for him, the wise who thirsts for the two-fold lives, happiness and pleasure.

Commentary

O agne Agni, tvam thou tam thy devotee of such a kind martam mortal man uttame in the excellent, amṛtatve law of immortality dadhāsi estalishest, that is thou establishest the man of mortal nature in the excellent station devoid of death. For what purpose? dive dive daily śravase for the wealth of hearing, that is, for hearing the divine inspirations. For food, say the ritualists. For getting food daily, it is necessary for a person to have place in high immortality! If it is said that śravase means for fame, for celebrity, then the ritualistic interpretation will not suffer. yah who, the sacrificer ubhayāya for two-fold janmane to get here itself at one place the two kinds of birth, human and divine tatrșāṇaḥ thirsts very much (âni trșā to thirst, Perfect participle) to him sūraye to the wise mayaḥ happiness prayaḥ ca and pleasure (explained already in prayobhih etc. 1.2.4) äkrņoși createst from all things. In the mortal birth itself thirst is expressed for a divine birth that is possible of accomplishment. That is why, here in ubhayāya janmane a divine birth after the passing away of a person is not wanted. 'For getting the bipeds and the quadrupeds', say the ritualists.