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Ṛk 1.66.4

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Saṃhitā

ऋषि॒र्न स्तुभ्वा॑ वि॒क्षु प्र॑श॒स्तो वा॒जी न प्री॒तो वयो॑ दधाति ॥

ऋषिर् न स्तुभ्वा विक्षु प्रशस्तो वाजी न प्रीतो वयो दधाति ||

ṛ́ṣirná stúbhvā vikṣú praśastó vājī́ ná prītó váyo dadhāti ǁ

ṛṣir na stubhvā vikṣu praśasto vājī na prīto vayo dadhāti ||

Padapāṭha

ऋषिः॑ । न । स्तुभ्वा॑ । वि॒क्षु । प्र॒ऽश॒स्तः । वा॒जी । न । प्री॒तः । वयः॑ । द॒धा॒ति॒ ॥

ऋषिः । न । स्तुभ्वा । विक्षु । प्रऽशस्तः । वाजी । न । प्रीतः । वयः । दधाति ॥

ṛ́ṣiḥ ǀ ná ǀ stúbhvā ǀ vikṣú ǀ pra-śastáḥ ǀ vājī́ ǀ ná ǀ prītáḥ ǀ váyaḥ ǀ dadhāti ǁ

ṛṣiḥ ǀ na ǀ stubhvā ǀ vikṣu ǀ pra-śastaḥ ǀ vājī ǀ na ǀ prītaḥ ǀ vayaḥ ǀ dadhāti ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.066.04
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.5.10.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
1.12.014
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Parāśara Śāktya
Chandas छन्दस्
Dvipadā Virāj
Svara स्वरः
पञ्चमः

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Ṛgveda 1.66.4

Interpretations

Sri Aurobindo

He is like an army running to the charge and puts strength in us: he is like the flaming shaft of the Archer with its keen burning front. A twin he is born, a twin he is that which is to be born: he is the lover of the virgins and the husband of the mothers. (16HTMF 95)