०८९ दिव्या आपः

89 (94). To Agni and the waters.

दिव्या आपः।
१-४ सिन्धुद्वीपः। अग्निः। अनुष्टुप्, ४ त्रिपदा निचृत् परोष्णिक्।

[Sindhudvīpa.—caturṛcam. āgneyam. ānuṣṭubham: 4. 3-p. nicṛtparoṣṇih.]

Comment

⌊Partly prose—“verse” 4.⌋ The first three verses are found also in Pāipp. i. Various use is made of the hymn and of its several verses in the sūtras. In Kāuś. it is addressed to the holy water (42. 13) on occasion of the Vedic student’s return home, and (42. 14) vss. 1, 2, 4 accompany his laying of fuel on the fire after sunset; with vs. 3 (57. 24) his hands are washed in the upanayana ceremony, and with vs. 4 (57. 27) he partakes of hot food; two phrases occurring in the latter (edho ‘si, tejo ‘si) appear (6. 12, 13) in the parvan sacrifice, but are hardly to be regarded as quotations from it (the comm., however, considers them such); and the schol. (note to 46. 17) and comm. reckon the hymn as intended by the snānīyās, or verses to be recited at the bath taken after the death of one’s teacher. In Vāit. (3. 18), vss. 1-3 accompany in the parvan sacrifice the priests’ cleansing; vs. 1 (or more?) in the agniṣṭoma (24. 6) is repeated on approach to the āhavanīya fire; with vs. 3, the sacrificer’s wife is decked in the cāturmāsya sacrifice (8. 20); with vs. 4, fuel is laid on the fire in the parvan sacrifice (4. 1).

Translations

Translated: Henry, 36, 106; Griffith, i. 373.

A prayer for purification and prosperity

Translation

1. The heavenly waters have I honored (cāy); with sap have we been
   mingled; with milk, O Agni, have I come; me here unite with splendor.

Notes

The verse is, with differences, RV. i. 23. 23, and is found also in VS.
(xx. 22), TS. (i. 4. 453), MS. (i. 3. 39), JB. (ii. 68), LśS. (ii. 12.
13). RV. has, for a, ā́po adyā́ ’nv acārisam; the others nearly the
same ⌊see also note to vs. 4, below⌋, only all give the more regular
grammatical form apás, and TS. omits adyá, while JB. reads
acārṣam; in b, RV. has at end agasmahi, LśS. aganmahi,
VS.TS.MS. asṛkṣmahi; in c, TS. combines páyasvāṅ ag-, and RV.
reads gahi for agamam; VS. adds a fifth pāda. The verse is repeated
as x. 5. 46, and its second half is the last part of ix. 1. 14. Ppp.
agrees in a with RV., and has aganmahi in b. The comm. glosses
acāyiṣam with pūjayāmi.

The heavenly Waters have I ranged: we have been sated with their dew. Here, Agni, bearing milk, am I. Endow me with the gift of strength.

अ॒पः। दि॒व्याः। अ॒चा॒यि॒ष॒म्। रसे॑न। सम्। अ॒पृ॒क्ष्म॒हि॒। पय॑स्वान्। अ॒ग्ने॒। आ। अ॒ग॒म॒म्। तम्। मा॒। सम्। सृ॒ज॒। वर्च॑सा। ९४.१।

• अग्निः
• सिन्धुद्वीपः
• अनुष्टुप्
• दिव्यआपः सूक्त

विद्वानों की संगति का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (दिव्याः) दिव्य गुण स्वभाववाले (अपः) जलों [के समान शुद्ध करनेवाले विद्वानों] को (अचायिषम्) मैंने पूजा है (रसेन) पराक्रम से (सम् अपृक्ष्महि) हम संयुक्त हुए हैं। (अग्ने) हे विद्वान् ! (पयस्वान्) गतिवाला मैं (आ अगमम्) आया हूँ, (तम्) उस (मा) मुझको (वर्चसा) [वेदाध्ययन आदि के] तेज से (सम् सृज) संयुक्त कर ॥१॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य उद्योग करके विद्वानों से और वेद आदि शास्त्रों से विद्या प्राप्त करके यशस्वी होवें ॥१॥ यह मन्त्र कुछ भेद से यजुर्वेद में है−२०।२२ ॥

टिप्पणी: १−(अपः) जलानि। जलानीव शोधकान् विदुषः (दिव्याः) दिव्यगुणस्वभावाः (अचायिषम्) चायृ पूजानिशामनयोः-लुङ्। पूजितवानस्मि (रसेन) पराक्रमेण (सम् अपृक्ष्महि) पृची सम्पर्के-लुङ्। संगता अभूम (पयस्वान्) पय गतौ-असुन्। गतिमान्। उद्योगी (अग्ने) हे विद्वन् (आ अगमम्) गमेर्लुङ्। आगतोऽस्मि (तम्) तादृशम् (मा) माम् (संसृज) संयोजय (वर्चसा) ब्रह्मवर्चसेन ॥

Translation

2. Unite me, O Agni, with splendor, with progeny, with life-time; may
   the gods know me as such; may Indra know, together with the seers
   (ṛ́ṣi).

Notes

The verse is repeated below as ix. i. 15 and x. 5. 47. It is RV. i. 23.
24; RV. reads, in c, asya unaccented, as the comm. also defines
our word to be; and one or two of our mss. (Bp.K.R.s.m.) so give it. The
comm. explains me asya by enam mām (supplying pūtam), or,
alternatively, etādṛśasya me (supplying abhimataphalaṁ sādhayitum).
Ppp. reads, for b, prajayā ca bahuṁ kṛdhi, and combines in d
saharṣ-. ⌊Perhaps the Anukr. scans c, d as 7 + 9.⌋

Endow me with the gift of strength, with children, and a length- ened life. May the Gods mark this prayer of mine, may Indra with the Rishis mark.

सम्। मा॒। अ॒ग्ने॒। वर्च॑सा। सृ॒ज॒। सम्। प्र॒ऽजया॑। सम्। आयु॑षा। वि॒द्युः। मे॒। अ॒स्य। दे॒वाः। इन्द्रः॑। वि॒द्या॒त्। स॒ह। ऋषि॑ऽभिः। ९४.२।

• अग्निः
• सिन्धुद्वीपः
• त्रिपदा निचृत्परोष्णिक्
• दिव्यआपः सूक्त

विद्वानों की संगति का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (अग्ने) हे विद्वान् ! (मा) मुझको (वर्चसा) [ब्रह्म विद्या के] तेज से (सम्) अच्छे प्रकार (प्रजया) प्रजा से (सम्) अच्छे प्रकार और (आयुषा) जीवन से (सम् सृज) अच्छी प्रकार संयुक्त कर। (देवाः) विद्वान् लोग (अस्य) इस (मे) मुझको (विद्युः) जानें, (इन्द्रः) ऐश्वर्यवान् आचार्य (ऋषिभिः सह) ऋषियों के साथ [मुझे] (विद्यात्) जानें ॥२॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य उत्तम विद्या पाकर संसार के सुधार से अपना जीवन सफल करके विद्वानों और गुरु जनों में प्रतिष्ठा पावें ॥२॥

टिप्पणी: २−(सम्) सम्यक् (मा) माम् (अग्ने) विद्वन् (वर्चसा) वेदाध्ययनादितेजसा (सृज) संयोजय (सम्) (प्रजया) (सम्) (आयुषा) जीवनेन (विद्युः) जानीयुः (मे) द्वितीयार्थे षष्ठी। माम् (अस्य) एनम् (देवाः) विद्वांसः (इन्द्रः) ऐश्वर्यवान्। आचार्यः (विद्यात्) जानीयात् (ऋषिभिः) अ० २।६।१। आप्तैः। मुनिभिः ॥

Translation

3. O waters, do ye carry forth both this reproach and what is foul
   (mála), and what untruth I have uttered in hate, and what I have sworn
   fearlessly (?).

Notes

The majority of our mss. (all but R.T.) accent ā́pas in a, and SPP.
reports that three of his mss. also do the same: both texts emend to
āpas. Ppp. omits abhi in c, and combines in d śepe ‘bhī-.
The verse is found, with pervading differences of reading, as RV. i. 23.
22, and also, less discordant, in VS. vi. 17, ĀpśS. vii. 21. 6, LśS. ii.
2. 11. VS. differs from our text only by accenting abhīrúṇam; Āp. has
vā for ca in c and d; LśS. agrees throughout. The RV. text
is this: idáṁ āpaḥ prá vahata yát kíṁ ca duritám máyi: yád vā ’hám
abhidudróha yád vā śepá utā́ ’nṛtam. The sense of our abhī́ruṇam at the
end is extremely questionable; very possibly it may contain abhi and
have nothing to do with the root bhī; it occurs only in this verse.
The comm. explains it as abhi and ruṇa for ṛṇa ‘debt.’

Ye Waters, wash away this stain and whatsoever taint be here, Each sinful wrong that I have done and every harmless curse of mine.

इ॒दम्। आ॒पः॒। प्र। व॒ह॒त॒। अ॒व॒द्यम्। च॒। मल॑म्। च॒। यत्। यत्। च॒। अ॒भि॒ऽदु॒द्रोह॑। अनृ॑तम्। यत्। च॒। शे॒पे। अ॒भीरु॑णम्। ९४.३।

• अग्निः
• सिन्धुद्वीपः
• अनुष्टुप्
• दिव्यआपः सूक्त

विद्वानों की संगति का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - (आपः) हे जल [के समान शुद्धि करनेवाले विद्वानो !] (इदम्) इस [सब] को (प्रवहत) बहा दो, (यत्) जो कुछ [मुझ में] (अवद्यम्) अकथनीय [निन्दनीय] (च च) और (मलम्) मलिन कर्म है। (च) और (यत्) जो कुछ (अनृतम्) झूँठ-मूँठ (अभिदुद्रोह) बुरा चीता है, (च) और (यत्) जो कुछ (अभीरुणम्) निर्भय [निरपराधी] पुरुष को (शेपे) मैंने दुर्वचन कहा है ॥३॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य शुद्धाचारी विद्वानों के सत्सङ्ग से अपने आचरण को सुधारें ॥३॥ यह मन्त्र यजुर्वेद में है−६।१७ ॥

टिप्पणी: ३−(इदम्) वक्ष्यमाणम् (आपः) जलानीव शुद्धिकरा विद्वांसः (प्रवहत) अपनयत (अवद्यम्) अकथनीयं निन्द्यम् (च च) समुच्चये (मलम्) अ० २।७।१। मलिनं कर्म (यत्) यत् किञ्चित् (अभिदुद्रोह) द्रुह जिघांसायाम्-लिट्। अनिष्टं चिन्तितवानस्मि (अमृतम्) यथा तथा। असत्यम् (शेपे) शप आक्रोशे-लिट्। दुर्वचनं कथितवानस्मि (अभीरुणम्) क्षधिपिशिमिथिभ्यः कित्। उ० ३।५५। ञिभी भये-उनन्, स च कित्, रुडागमः। निर्भयम्। अनपराधिनम् ॥

Translation

4. Fire-wood (édhas) art thou, may I be prosperous (edh); fuel
   (samidh) art thou, may I altogether prosper (sam-edh); brightness
   art thou, put thou brightness in me.

Notes

⌊Prose.⌋ This address to the pieces of kindling-wood or fuel piled on
the sacred fire, punning on the similarity of the roots idh ‘burn’ and
edh ‘prosper,’ is found also in VS. xxxviii. 25, K. ix. 7, xxxviii. 5,
AśS. iii. 6. 26, LśS. ii. 12. 12, śGS. ii. 10. VS. and śGS. have all
three parts, only omitting sám edhiṣīya in the second*; LśS. has only
the first two addresses, and reads in each edhiṣīmahi; AśS. reads as
LśS., but has also our third address prefixed as its first, with the
variant me dehi. The Anukr. scans 8 + 9: 10 = 27. ⌊MGS. has the first
two addresses at i. 1. 16 (cf. p. 149, 156); then follows apo adyānv
acāriṣam; and tejo ‘si is at ii. 2. 11 (cf. p. 150).⌋ *⌊And reading
edhiṣīmáhi in the first.⌋

Thou art the wood, may I succeed! fuel, may I be glorified! splendour, give splendour unto me.

एधः॑। अ॒सि॒। ए॒धि॒षी॒य। स॒म्ऽइत्। अ॒सि॒। सम्। ए॒धि॒षी॒य॒। तेजः॑। अ॒सि॒। तेजः॑। मयि॑। धे॒हि॒। ९४.४।

• अग्निः
• सिन्धुद्वीपः
• अनुष्टुप्
• दिव्यआपः सूक्त

विद्वानों की संगति का उपदेश।

पदार्थान्वयभाषाः - [हे विद्वन् !] तू (एधः) बढ़ा हुआ (असि) है, (एधिषीय) मैं बढ़ूँ, (समित्) तू प्रकाशमान (असि) है, मैं (सम्) ठीक-ठीक (एधिषीय) प्रकाशमान होऊँ। (तेजः असि) तू तेज है, (तेजः) तेज को (मयि) मुझ में (धेहि) धारण कर ॥४॥

भावार्थभाषाः - मनुष्य विद्यावृद्ध, तपोवृद्ध विद्वानों से सुशिक्षा पाकर उन्नति करते हुए तेजस्वी होवें ॥४॥ यह मन्त्र कुछ भेद से यजुर्वेद में है−२०।˜२३ ॥

टिप्पणी: ४−(एधः) एध वृद्धौ-पचाद्यच्। प्रवृद्धः (असि) (एधिषीय) एध वृद्धौ-आशीर्लिङ्। अहं वर्धिषीय (समित्) ञि इन्धी दीप्तौ-क्विपि, नकारलोपः। प्रकाशमानः (असि) (सम्) सम्यक् (एधिषीय) ञिइन्धी दीप्तौ आशीर्लिङि छान्दसो नकारलोपो गुणश्च। इन्धिषीय। अहं समिद्धः प्रदीप्तः भूयासम् (तेजः) प्रकाशस्वरूपः (असि) (तेजः) प्रकाशम् (मयि) ब्रह्मचारिणि (धेहि) धारय ॥