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Ṛk 4.3.9

Agni · Vāmadeva Gautama

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Saṃhitā

ऋ॒तेन॑ ऋ॒तं निय॑तमीळ॒ आ गोरा॒मा सचा॒ मधु॑मत्प॒क्वम॑ग्ने ।
कृ॒ष्णा स॒ती रुश॑ता धा॒सिनै॒षा जाम॑र्येण॒ पय॑सा पीपाय ॥

ऋतेन ऋतं नियतम् ईऌअ आ गोर् आमा सचा मधुमत् पक्वम् अग्ने |
कृष्णा सती रुशता धासिनैषा जामर्येण पयसा पीपाय ||

ṛténa ṛtám níyatamīḷa ā́ górāmā́ sácā mádhumatpakvámagne ǀ
kṛṣṇā́ satī́ rúśatā dhāsínaiṣā́ jā́maryeṇa páyasā pīpāya ǁ

ṛtena ṛtaṃ niyatam īḷa ā gor āmā sacā madhumat pakvam agne |
kṛṣṇā satī ruśatā dhāsinaiṣā jāmaryeṇa payasā pīpāya ||

Padapāṭha

ऋ॒तेन॑ । ऋ॒तम् । निऽय॑तम् । ई॒ळे॒ । आ । गोः । आ॒मा । सचा॑ । मधु॑ऽमत् । प॒क्वम् । अ॒ग्ने॒ ।
कृ॒ष्णा । स॒ती । रुश॑ता । धा॒सिना॑ । ए॒षा । जाम॑र्येण । पय॑सा । पी॒पा॒य॒ ॥

ऋतेन । ऋतम् । निऽयतम् । ईळे । आ । गोः । आमा । सचा । मधुऽमत् । पक्वम् । अग्ने ।
कृष्णा । सती । रुशता । धासिना । एषा । जामर्येण । पयसा । पीपाय ॥

ṛténa ǀ ṛtám ǀ ní-yatam ǀ īḷe ǀ ā́ ǀ góḥ ǀ āmā́ ǀ sácā ǀ mádhu-mat ǀ pakvám ǀ agne ǀ
kṛṣṇā́ ǀ satī́ ǀ rúśatā ǀ dhāsínā ǀ eṣā́ ǀ jā́maryeṇa ǀ páyasā ǀ pīpāya ǁ

ṛtena ǀ ṛtam ǀ ni-yatam ǀ īḷe ǀ ā ǀ goḥ ǀ āmā ǀ sacā ǀ madhu-mat ǀ pakvam ǀ agne ǀ
kṛṣṇā ǀ satī ǀ ruśatā ǀ dhāsinā ǀ eṣā ǀ jāmaryeṇa ǀ payasā ǀ pīpāya ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
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Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
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Devatā देवता
Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Vāmadeva Gautama
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 4.3.9

Interpretations

Sri Aurobindo

The Truth controlled by the Truth I desire (i.e. the human by the divine), together the unripe things of the Cow and her ripe and honeyed yield (again the imperfect human and the perfect and blissful divine fruits of the universal consciousness and existence); she (the cow) being black (the dark and divided existence, Diti) is nourished by the shining water of the foundation, the water of the companion streams ( jDmaryeKa). (SABCL, Vol. 10, p. 201)

I ask for the truth governed by the Truth, together the unripe things of the Cow of light and that of her which is sweet and ripe, O Fire. Even black of hue, she nourishes with a luminous supporting, with a kindred milk. (SABCL, Vol. 11, p. 172)