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Ṛk 1.79.1

Agni · Gotama Rāhūgaṇa

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Saṃhitā

हिर॑ण्यकेशो॒ रज॑सो विसा॒रेऽहि॒र्धुनि॒र्वात॑ इव॒ ध्रजी॑मान् ।
शुचि॑भ्राजा उ॒षसो॒ नवे॑दा॒ यश॑स्वतीरप॒स्युवो॒ न स॒त्याः ॥

हिरण्यकेशो रजसो विसारे ऽहिर् धुनिर् वात इव ध्रजीमान् |
शुचिभ्राजा उषसो नवेदा यशस्वतीर् अपस्युवो न सत्याः ||

híraṇyakeśo rájaso visāré’hirdhúnirvā́ta iva dhrájīmān ǀ
śúcibhrājā uṣáso návedā yáśasvatīrapasyúvo ná satyā́ḥ ǁ

hiraṇyakeśo rajaso visāre 'hir dhunir vāta iva dhrajīmān |
śucibhrājā uṣaso navedā yaśasvatīr apasyuvo na satyāḥ ||

Padapāṭha

हिर॑ण्यऽकेशः । रज॑सः । वि॒ऽसा॒रे । अहिः॑ । धुनिः॑ । वातः॑ऽइव । ध्रजी॑मान् ।
शुचि॑ऽभ्राजाः । उ॒षसः॑ । नवे॑दाः । यश॑स्वतीः । अ॒प॒स्युवः॑ । न । स॒त्याः ॥

हिरण्यऽकेशः । रजसः । विऽसारे । अहिः । धुनिः । वातःऽइव । ध्रजीमान् ।
शुचिऽभ्राजाः । उषसः । नवेदाः । यशस्वतीः । अपस्युवः । न । सत्याः ॥

híraṇya-keśaḥ ǀ rájasaḥ ǀ vi-sāré ǀ áhiḥ ǀ dhúniḥ ǀ vā́taḥ-iva ǀ dhrájīmān ǀ
śúci-bhrājāḥ ǀ uṣásaḥ ǀ návedāḥ ǀ yáśasvatīḥ ǀ apasyúvaḥ ǀ ná ǀ satyā́ḥ ǁ

hiraṇya-keśaḥ ǀ rajasaḥ ǀ vi-sāre ǀ ahiḥ ǀ dhuniḥ ǀ vātaḥ-iva ǀ dhrajīmān ǀ
śuci-bhrājāḥ ǀ uṣasaḥ ǀ navedāḥ ǀ yaśasvatīḥ ǀ apasyuvaḥ ǀ na ǀ satyāḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
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Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
1.13.030
Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Gotama Rāhūgaṇa
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Triṣṭubh, Uṣṇih
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.79.1

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

When Agni, immortal, awakes as the Will in the mortal and flames upward, then his radiance touching the third world of pure Mind - the Heaven - acquires the solar hue, receives and shines with the lustres of Truth. Flaming in the mid-region where the Life-Force predominates, he flashes shaking in swift action the coverer (cloud) of the powers of light and strength. In the waking state, he knows and awakens the outward man to the approaches of the Dawns of higher Consciousness. Thus is described in this Rik the threefold movement of Agni - in the Heaven of pure Mind, in the Mid-region of Prana, in the physical waking state (Earth).

Commentary

He is golden-haired in the expanse of mid-air, raging lightning, swift-moving like the wind, bright-lustred, perceptive of the celebrated, active, Dawns following the Truth.