54 Veda Mantras Sanskrit . Himalayan Academy published the 1000-page anthology in a special edition in the West, … Here this pronoun is taken as denoting emphasis and connected with the verb "bhava" (be), Imperative 2nd person singular. Therefore, "sutasomāḥ" should be taken as a Bahuvrīhi compound (See Compounds section) in the sense of: "those who extract the Soma (i.e. Download Rigveda Mantra -1 song on Gaana.com and listen Feminine Balance Rigveda Mantra -1 song offline. Rigveda. If you are a scholar in Vedic Sanskrit, you will say, "Oh yes". It does not depend (for its existence) on the seer; on the other hand, the perception of the mantra is possible because of it. Of these, three stations are concealed in the secrecies, secret, not audible to the human ear and the fourth one, in its descent, is the human speech. Of course, you would have expected "ānaśāthe", but Ṛgveda has its own conjugations very often. He finds too the Right word to express the truth he has perceived. Let you both come near (ā yātam upa) those two (libations) (tau)16 quickly (dravat)!||5||, Oh Vāyu (vāyo), as well as (ca) Indra (indraḥ), let you both come near (ā yātam upa) the place appointed (niṣkṛtam) by the offerer of the Soma (sunvataḥ)! You would have expected "sutayoḥ" (of the two libations of Soma) instead of "sutānām". Now the outer meaning of the riks can be understood from Sāyaņa’s commentary. In the translation, the Vedic accentuation is not relevant in most contexts (but in some contexts it is... keep this in mind), and the phrase: "ma̱kṣvi 1̱̍ tthā" is taken as "makṣvitthā" (makṣū + itthā). This has been a very brief description of these two deities, obviously. Vāya̱vindra̍śca cetathaḥ su̱tānāṁ̍ vājinīvasū| Tāvā yā̍ta̱mupa̍ dra̱vat||5||
7. Agni is not only fire as you would normally think of it, let alone a kind of idol called "the god of fire"... no. 1 This devatā or deity is generally associated with Indra. One normally would expect "śṛṇu" or "śṛṇuṣva", but Ṛgveda has its own particularities. ", but in Ṛgveda it is usually associated with the adjective "dhī" (intelligence, wisdom, thought, understanding, prayer, etc.). Upa̍ tvāgne di̱vedi̍ve̱ doṣā̍vastardhi̱yā va̱yam| Namo̱ bhara̍nta̱ ema̍si||7||
Besides, although I have not written any formal commentary on each stanza, I have added my own notes when a more detailed explanation is needed. The power of the mantra is special. Seer: Madhucchandā Vaiśvāmitraḥ - Meter: Gāyatrī - Deities: Vāyu, the god of the wind 1-31 ;
November 11, 2020. Therefore, the translation would read: "accompany us for our well-being and success", though I preferred to polish the phrase even more: "accompany us so that we can obtain well-being and success", as you can see above. Why is the greatness of the mantra described thus? On the other hand there is sublime poetry in the Rig Veda-sublime even when judged from modern standards. You will not believe how terribly complicated may be to conjugate roots in Perfect Tense, specially because, though there are a group of standard rules, the exceptions are many. 18 In Classic (Postvedic) Sanskrit, you would expect: "hvaye" (from the root "hve" -to invoke-) instead of "huve". (Also, may one gain) beauty and glory (yaśasam) (along with) the greatest wealth consisting of (heroic) sons (vīravat-tamam)7 !||3||, Oh god of fire (agne), that (saḥ) (ritual of) worship (yajñam) (or) sacrifice (adhvaram) you enclose or pervade (paribhūḥ asi) from all sides (viśvatas), certainly (id) goes (gacchati) to the gods (deveṣu)||4||, (Let) Agni (agniḥ), the god (of fire) (devaḥ), the real (satyaḥ) Hotā priest (hotā)8 of wise (kavi) intelligence (kratuḥ), whose fame is most wonderful (citra-śravas-tama), come here (ā gamat) together with the gods (devebhiḥ)!||5||, Oh god of fire (agne), no doubt (aṅga) whatever (yad) prosperity and welfare (bhadram) you (tvam) will (intend to) bestow --lit. Rudra (/ ˈ r ʊ d r ə /; Sanskrit: रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with wind or storm, Vayu and the hunt. Vāyo̱ tava̍ prapṛñca̱tī dhenā̍ jigāti dā̱śuṣe̍| U̱rū̱cī soma̍pītaye||3||
Note that they are "recited", and not sung (as in Sāmaveda) or muttered (as in Yajurveda). Now, I am going to play with these nice grammatical toys. The inspired Word secretly comes from the home of Truth (sadanam ¨tasya, RV (1.164.47)) above the mind. The Universal … The object or meaning on which the rişhis meditated, the purpose for which they led the bodily life, the goal they fixed and established as the aim for the well-being of their followers and posterity, that object or aim the text of the Rig Vedic hymns. They believed that outer results could be produced by inner means and that thought and word could be so used as to bring about the realizations of every kind. Hence the translation "we come" and not "we go" (īmasi), as the particle "ā" there reverses the sense of the root "ī" (to go). Nonetheless, that rule is not always valid in Ṛgveda (e.g. Ṛ̱tena̍ mitrāvaruṇāvṛtāvṛdhāvṛtaspṛśā| Kratuṁ̍ bṛhanta̍māśāthe||8||
But the real greatness of the mantra lies, as we learn from the mantrās themselves, in the mode of coming to expression. He tells you in English and Hindi about Spells, Vashikaran, Yakshinis and all Hindu and Islamic Mantras and Yantras. Keep this in mind, please. The bŗhad devata also says as much: “Desiring the attainment of objects the rişhis of yore hurried towards the deities with the mantrās, so say the great seers themselves in the Veda” BD (8.137). In fact, you might have to write an entire big volume only to describe what Indra means. The verb "sac", when connected with two words declined in dative ("nas" and "svastaye", in this case) means "to help anyone to anything". राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम्। वर्ध॑मानं स्वे दमे॑॥८॥
Consequently, Ṛgveda (Ṛk-veda) is a Veda to be recited because the word "ṛk" derives from "ṛc", which, apart from "praise", means "a verse", and specially one that is recited. Three exclusive ways to write the same conjugation (he/she/it obtained -a long time ago-). Now, I may also take the root "dhā" as "only" meaning "to support" and "to bestow" in this particular context. If I had written: "Veda consisting of verses recited in praise of deities", the title would have been more exact perhaps, but too long, wouldn't it? In turn, according to the same authors, the word "dhī" (normally "prayer", in this context) amounts to "act". They are to be approached through yoga with self-control and skill, understanding, general knowledge and above all tapasyā” BD (7. वाय॒विन्द्र॑श्च सुन्व॒त आ या॑त॒मुप॑ निष्कृ॒तम्। म॒क्ष्वि त्था धि॒या न॑रा॥६॥
“O Seer, by the lauds of the hymn-composers” RV (9.114.2). 1 "Madhucchandā Vaiśvāmitraḥ" is written, without any Sandhi or combination: "Madhucchandās Vaiśvāmitraḥ". There is a rik of Dīrghatamas declaring that the abode of the mantra is the supreme Ether known as akşhara, unmoving, where dwell all the Gods; and for him who knows this not, the riks have no use. That the riks are poetry of an extraordinary kind wherein lies their mantra-character, is evidenced by the hymns of Dīrghatamas and Virūpa above referred to. The mantra-word and its inalienable meaning are there in the sublime spaces of Ether, self-existent but their manifestation depends upon the achievement and competence of the rişhi. click on the number to quickly reach my explanation and click on th… 3 The devatā is the deity worshipped or praised or simply dealt with in a particular hymn. is a rare form of Imperative 2nd Person sing. Indra̍vāyū i̱me sū̱tā upa̱ prayo̍bhi̱rā ga̍tam| Inda̍vo vāmu̱śanti̱ hi||4||
2 Indra and Vāyu are generally associated with each other. ऋग्वेदसंहिता
Read the Declension documents for more information about cases (accusative, dative and so forth). The vision need not be couched in philosophical language. "dhiyā"), the result is not "thus by thought" or anything like that. * Well, what is that underlined 1 with a vertical line on top of it? 5 "Śrudhī" (listen!) In the Rigveda, Rudra is praised as the 'mightiest of the … Oh heroes (narā), (come) soon (makṣū) (and) willingly (itthā dhiyā)17 !||6||, I invoke (huve)18 Mitra (mitram), whose strength of will (dakṣam)19 (is) pure (pūta), and (ca) Varuṇa (varuṇam), destroyer and devourer of enemies (riśādasam). Additionally, I added "heroic" in parentheses to the phrase because another meaning of the word "vīra" is "hero". On the other hand, Varuṇa is one of the most important deities in Ṛgveda. This is no mere tradition. He is also very often identified with Savitā or Vivifier (i.e. Hinduism is based on it. As a result, another valid translation would be: "help us obtain well-being and success". (and) bestow (dadhāte) strength of will (dakṣam) upon us (nas)". (These two gods) accomplish or complete (sādhantā) (any) prayer (dhiyam) abounding (acīm) in clarified butter (ghṛta)20 ||7||, Oh Mitra (mitrā) (and) Varuṇa (varaṇau), who increase (vṛdhau) Truth (ṛtā) (and) are connected (spṛśā) with pious works of worship (ṛta), both of you, a long time ago, obtained (āśāthe)21 great (bṛhantam) intelligence and enlightenment (kratum) through the divine law and settled order (ṛteṇa)22 !||8||, Oh wise (kavī) Mitra (mitrā) (and) Varuṇa (varuṇā), of powerful nature (tuvi-jātā) (and) spacious abodes (uru-kṣayā), both of you render (dadhāte) our (nas) sacrificial act (apasam) strong (dakṣam)23 !||9||. or else "let those two (gods) come near!" The rişhi not merely sees; he also hears. ), but this is not the case as the phrase reads: "tau ā yātam upa". English-Home | Sitemap | About us | Purpose | Support, This page uses the International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST). Moola Vishnu Mantra. English The Rig Veda in Sanskrit. Therefore, if the phrase was "tau ā yātām upa", it would be quite adequate to consider "tau" as "those two (gods)" and translate all in this way: "let them both come near!" the Sun). 130). Yāska, the author of the nirukta, also says the meaning of the mantra is difficult to grasp. It is not that there is no poetical charm or other qualities that we associate with Poetry. ऋषिर्मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः - छन्दो गायत्री - देवता वायुः १-३ इन्द्रवायू ४-६ मित्रावरुणौ ७-९, वाय॒वा या॑हि दर्शते॒मे सोमा॒ अर॑ङ्कृताः। तेषां॑ पाहि श्रु॒धी हव॑म्॥१॥
The … Here is the rik: “The riks abide in the Immutable, supreme Ether where are seated all the Gods; what can he do with the rik who knows not that? क॒वी नो॑ मि॒त्रावरु॑णा तुविजा॒ता उ॑रु॒क्षया॑। दक्षं॑ दधाते अ॒पस॑म्॥९॥, Ṛṣirmadhucchandā vaiśvāmitraḥ - Chando gāyatrī - Devatā vāyuḥ 1-3 indravāyū 4-6 mitrāvaruṇau 7-9, Vāya̱vā yā̍hi darśate̱me somā̱ ara̍ṅkṛtāḥ| Teṣāṁ̍ pāhi śru̱dhī hava̍m||1||
“They chanted the mantrās carved out of the heart” RV (1.67.2). The whole of the Rigveda-Samhita is in form of verses, known as Rik. The latter means both "divine law" (the one who keeps the universe working) and "settled order", such as the regular ceremony of performing the ritual of worship daily. There are really three lines containing 8 syllables each. Well, in sentences where only one verb is operating (like the present one in this stanza), you may replace all those forms (asmān, asmabhyam and asmākam) with "nas". 15 This is because "they" ("who" refers to them both, and not only to Indra) drive chariots (or share one) drawn by many horses. The paramam vyoma has been there before the appearance and after the disappearance of the rişhi, the seer of the mantra. Thus, if you join both meanings together, a better translation of "ṛc" would be: "a verse recited in praise (of a deity)". Mahaa NyaasaH . On this point Sri Aurobindo’s view is noteworthy. The great sage Viśvāmitra had 101 children. It is to be noted that though the sacredness and power of the Vedic mantra lies in its inner and spiritual meaning of the revealed word, it lends itself – even in the outer sense – to users other than sacrificial. 7 In Ṛgveda, "vīravat" means "wealth consisting of men or sons". In turn, the latter (independent Svarita) may be subdivided into more subcategories... oh my God! The root "sac" has multiple meanings (to be associated, abide, accompany, adhere, help, etc.). 23 There is another valid translation here, by using the multiple meanings of the enclitic particle "nas", the conjugation "dadhāte" (2nd Person dual, Ātmanepada, Present Tense), which is derived from the root "dhā" (to make, render, bestow, place, support, etc.) Ah, a last thing!, "hava" does not mean here "oblation or sacrifice" as usual, but "invocation or calling", and the accent is placed on the first "a" as follows: "hava". A short pause (|) does not indicates indefectibly that this is the end of a pada or verse. However, it seems that was "unequally" arranged in a duet of 16 and 8 syllables, respectively. This mantra … While I do not discard it as a probable translation based on something which is unknown to me at present, I preferred to translate the term as: "the instrument (which is used) to come in contact", because "prapṛñcatī" is a present participle, feminine in gender, which derives from the verb "prapṛc" (to come in contact). Also, one would expect the ending "mas" instead of "masi" here, but Ṛgveda has often its own exclusive kinds of terminations. However, with that long "i", the term "śrudhī" really looks like a mere noun ending in "ī". OK, enough of all these grammatical subtleties. it seems that I will have to stop using the pretext "because it is a mere explanatory note", hehe). There are hundreds of such instances in the rik samhita which describe the glory of Speech, but they are not mentioned here for fear of swelling the subject with details. It is an ancient belief that the mantra is an extraordinary meaning of achieving all the ends of life. That is why pursuit of aesthetic grace or beauty or richness does not act as an incentive to the rişhi for varying the consecrated form which was an accepted principle among the mystics of the Rig Veda. Thus, the phrase "dhiyaṁ ghṛtācīṁ sādhantā" would mean "(These two gods) accomplish (sādhantā) the act (dhiyam) of shedding (acīm) water (ghṛta)". It is a mystic tradition that if one acquires competence for entry into the occult path, he could have direct access, even while living in the body, to these subtler worlds organized in a hierarchic order and their Gods. The entire Veda came to be understood as eternal on account of its origin in the paramam vyoma. when Visarga is before "p" or "t"... be warned then). instead of "may he bring", "he brings", "he will bring", "hopefully he will bring", etc. Such is the established faith in the greatness of the mantra-power that some even consider that there is no necessity of enquiring into the meaning of the mantra since the manifestation of its potency is not dependent on the understanding of its import. 14 The word "sa" is really the pronoun "saḥ" (he) with its Visarga (ḥ) dropped by the 10th Rule of Consonant Sandhi. are rich in meanings, some authors translate the stanza differently. It carries with it the subtle musical sound-image. Puruṣa will be described in the Book 10, Hymn 90 (which is often known as Puruṣasūkta or Hymn in honor of Puruṣa). The more we can bring in of its direct power and vision, the more intuitive and illumined become the words of our intelligence. Mantras of Rig Veda Verbal form and Meaning The word-rhythm of the mantra, which we hear with our physical ears, is only a part of what we hear. प्रथमोऽध्यायः॥ वर्गाः १-३७, ऋषिर्मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः - छन्दो गायत्री - देवता अग्निः, ॐ अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृत्विज॑म्। होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम्॥१॥
The "common" Vedic accents are three: Udātta, Anudātta and Svarita. Of the untranslatable elements in poetry, especially in the mantra poetry, the word-rhythm and the word-order stand prominently as the two wings of the soaring soul of poetic sound. Let him bring (saḥ... vakṣati) the gods (devām̐) here (ā iha)!||2||, Through the god of fire (agninā), may (one) obtain (aśnavat)6 possessions (rayim) (and) prosperity (poṣam) day by day (dive-dive) indeed (eva)! If thus there are also mantrās, which aim at the achievement of worldly objects, it may be asked, how could the Veda be described as the highly sacred store of spiritual disciplines and secrets? occurring in Ṛgveda. Still the power of the mantra does not suffer. Well, the Svarita known as Kampa, "simply" (this is a joke, obviously) arises when an independent Svarita is immediately followed by another equally independent one or a Udātta accent. After sometime, the meaning flashes (appropriately called spho°a) in our inner being. The essential power of the mantra is to make us see the world or thought beyond our senses. Sa na̍ḥ pi̱teva̍ sū̱nave'gne̍ sūpāya̱no bha̍va| Saca̍svā naḥ sva̱staye̍||9||, | And now the first set of eight lessons begins |, Seer: Madhucchandā Vaiśvāmitraḥ1 - Meter: Gāyatrī2 - Deity: Agni, the god of fire3, Om̐ (om̐) - I praise (īḻe) Agni, the god of fire (agnim), (who is) the family priest (purohitam), the divine (devam) priest (ṛtvijam) of the yajña or ritual of worship (yajñasya)4 , (as well as the priest known as) Hotā (hotārām)5 , (and who) distributes great riches (ratna-dhātamam)||1||, The god of fire (agniḥ) (is) worthy of being praised and solicited (īḍyaḥ) by (both) the former (pūrvebhiḥ) Seers (ṛṣibhiḥ) and (uta) the present ones (nūtanaiḥ). They saw the hymns, and for this reason they are called the "Seers". when necessary. Vedas are the oldest literature of the human race. The eye and ear of the rişhi are of an uncommon kind and so is the poetry manifested through them. Therefore the libation is to be offered to the Deity with self-control in the mind” (132). Thus, "aśnavat" might be translated as "let (oneself) obtain! Anyway, as I said above, the term "sutānām" (of the libations de Soma --three or more--) may distract a translator and force him to make a mistake. The word-rhythm of the mantra, which we hear with our physical ears, is only a part of what we hear. The rhythm carries the thought movement in the word. It is the most ancient … Mi̱traṁ hu̍ve pū̱tada̍kṣaṁ̱ varu̍ṇaṁ ca ri̱śāda̍sam| Dhiyaṁ̍ ghṛ̱tācīṁ̱ sādha̍ntā||7||
That is why, I translated it so, and added "ritual of" for the sake of making the term even clearer. ऋ॒तेन॑ मित्रावरुणावृतावृधावृतस्पृशा। क्रतुं॑ बृहन्त॑माशाथे॥८॥
from the root "vah") as "let him bring!" Ltd. Anthology of Vedic Hymns (A Collection of Hymns from Four Vedas), Vedic Hymns: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vayu, Vata and … Yet on scrutiny of the inner meaning, it will become clear that the swearing, curse, censure, praise and the rest are related to the history of spiritual discipline in the inner life. In some … If you do not have an English translation of the Rigveda, you may use the large file Griffith.pdf (2.7 MB), which contains the out-of-copyright English translation by Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (1826-1906) as searchable and extractable PDF file including all 10 books of the Rigveda … मि॒त्रं हु॑वे पू॒तद॑क्षं॒ वरु॑णं च रि॒शाद॑सम्। धियं॑ घृ॒ताचीं॒ साध॑न्ता॥७॥
This is the basis of the traditional belief that common objects in life also can be achieved by uncommon means. rigveda mantra lyrics. The house or abode of Agni is the receptacle on the sacrificial altar. In this article we will go into the depths of this mantra and understand its meaning. Well, if you want a translation by Indian authors, there is the translation given in agniveer.com, but the Agniveer translations are far worse than Griffiths; they're complete distortion of the meaning designed … “O Virūpa, by the eternal word give now the impulse of the high laud to the Luminous One”. Even though he is usually associated with rains, he encompasses all forces of nature indeed: rivers, ocean, wind, sun, etc. The Vedic poet was not merely a rhapsodist, not merely a thinker in stanzas, but a seer, who sees the world beyond the physical senses and the surface mind and finds the revealing word. Of course, if you translate the term as "sage, etc." In turn, one of the Vedic Seers whom Ṛgveda was revealed bears that very name too. The rik quoted above refers to the original, basic vāk, word, of the mantra abiding in the paramam vyoma, when it speaks of it as eternal. This clearly shows that there is no "fixed" translation of Ṛgveda, at least of some of their stanzas, because the amount of meanings and connotations is really large. । अथ प्रथमोऽष्टकः।
It also means "a (Soma) libation". “The shore (of knowledge) of the mantra has to be reached by tapas” nirukta (13.13). 22 Since the words "ṛta" (divine law, settled order, truth, water, sacrifice, etc.) INTERPRETING RIG VEDA - Rig Veda is the most sacred book of Hinduism. clarified butter or ghṛta). वायो॒ तव॑ प्रपृञ्च॒ती धेना॑ जिगाति दा॒शुषे॑। उ॒रू॒ची सोम॑पीतये॥३॥
poṣameva divedive|
Perfect Tense is pretty generally not used in Classic Sanskrit... thank God! That is why I added the exclamation point at the end. This is also the basis of works like Rig vidhāna of Shaunaka that deal with the use of the hymns for the fulfillment of varied objects in life. Nor is it Right to look upon these poets as composers such as are quite common everywhere in all ages and countries, even in our own day. What we have said in regarding the manifestation of the mantrās, its eternality and its being a creation – all these are decisively substantiated not only by the mantrās themselves, but justified by Yāska also. But here, it means "speech". Yāska refers to this truth when he says: “The mantrās of the rişhis are uneven, high and low, in their ideas”. Ah, a last thing: the numbers 1-3 indicate that Vāyu will be the object of praise in the stanzas 1 to 3. Ganesh Gayatri Mantra. This seeing and hearing of the rişhis is not of the ordinary kind. Ṛgveda (Rigveda) - Veda of Praise -the first and most important Veda as well as the most ancient Indo-European book available at present- (Rgveda,Rigveda,Rg veda,Rig veda,Rgveda,Rigveda,Rg veda,Rig … ", but the term "seer" is much more adequate, I think, because the ṛṣi-s are not really the authors of all these Vedic hymns, but the ones whom they were revealed. Therefore, since I do not have charts with all possible conjugations of all verbs in all Persons and numbers, specially the Vedic ones, I had to infere that "āśāthe" is in Perfect Tense, specially due to the termination and other particularities. This truth was better understood on the whole by ancients than by the modern mind, perhaps because they were more in the habit of singing, chanting or intoning their poetry. Anyway, if you are conversant with Vedic Sanskrit and want to hand me additional information about this type of conjugation, feel free to send me a message. “Only out of the sameness of experience and out of the impersonality of knowledge, there arise a fixed body of conceptions constantly repeated and a fixed symbolic language which was the inevitable form of these conceptions… We have at any rate the same notions repeated from hymn to hymn with the same constant terms and figures and frequently in the same phrases with an entire indifference to search for poetical originality or any demand for novelty of thought and freshness of language ……. However, I must use my knowledge about Sanskrit along with the common sense in order to choose the proper meaning. Looked at on the surface there is a manifest unevenness in the ideas of the rişhis. "suta"), but "pressed, extracted", from the root "su" (to press, extract). Like painting or sculpture, poetry appeals to the spirit of man through significant images. Copyright © 1999-2020 Gabriel Pradīpaka - All rights reserved. The term "Kampa" literally means "tremulous or thrilling pronunciation", i.e. 9 Aṅgirās is one of the various names of Agni, in this case. Anyway, now non-scholar people can understand why I began teaching Classic or Postvedic Sanskrit in the first place on this website, hehe, which is, for example, devoid of written accents. Hence it is far-reaching. Thus both the statements that the Vedās are both created and uncreated are compatible. A̱gnirhotā̍ ka̱vikra̍tuḥ sa̱tyaści̱traśra̍vastamaḥ| De̱vo de̱vebhi̱rā ga̍mat||5||
Besides, this affirmation shows that Vāyu is extremely addicted to drink libations of Soma. In this case, it should be interpreted as "son of Viśvāmitra", of course. 4 "Soma" is a juice prepared from "Somā" (a sacred plant). rigveda mantra in english. The hymnal poetry is unusual, different from other poetry – even from the most superb specimen full of power, of delectable sense and delightful phrase and aesthetic appeal. and so on. Still, Indra is most important in the hierarchy, at least in that one you find in Ṛgveda. Normal accusative, dative and genitive forms of the pronoun "asmad" (the basic one from which arise the nominatives "aham" --I--, "āvām" --both of us-- and "vayam" --we--, along with the remaining cases -See Declension for more information-) in "plural" number are as follows: "asmān" (to us, upon us), "asmabhyam" (for us) and "asmākam" (our, ours or of ours), respectively. I had to chose the second option in this context, of course. from the root "aś" (to gain, obtain, etc.). Again, it is obvious that Agni, taken as the usual fire in a sacrifice, grows or increases as the oblations are poured into it (e.g. Also, remember that there is no polytheism in Veda-s because every "deity" is considered as an aspect of the Supreme Being, who is "One without a second" (Advitīya). “The hymns possess indeed a finished metrical form, a constant subtlety and skill in their technique, great variations of style and poetical personality – they are not the work of rude, barbarous and primitive craftsman…… They differ in temperament and personality; some are inclined to a more rich, subtle and profound use of Vedic symbolism; others give voice to their spiritual experience in a barer and simpler dictum …… There are risings and fallings in the same hymn …… Some hymns are plain and almost modern in their language; others baffle us at first by their semblance of antique obscurity. उप॑ त्वाग्ने दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ दोषा॑वस्तर्धि॒या व॒यम्। नमो॒ भर॑न्त॒ एम॑सि॥७॥
This interpretation is more symbolic than my rather literal translation of the text, but it cannot be denied that Varuṇa is very often associated with rains. This seer of the Beyond is also the hearer of the truth; therefore that the poet-seers are truth-hearers, kavayaĥsatya-shrutaĥ is famous in the Veda, RV (5.57.8, 5.58.8, 6.49.6 etc). A person who repeats the mantra with full faith will eventually have the vision of the non-physical world experienced by the poet. It is clear that in the view of Yāska there is no other means except tapas to understand the meaning of the Veda and that mantra reveals itself to the rişhi stationed in tapas. I studied it, but as I mostly do not use it in my translations of Postvedic scriptures, had to re-study it because Ṛgveda does use it. At present (December 2004), I have not taught you Perfect and Aorist Tenses in depth, but I promise that I will reduce the quantity of hard-boiled eggs you will have to swallow to... say... twenty, hehe. 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