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सायण-भाष्यम्

॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।।

यस्य निःश्वसितं वेदा यो वेदेभ्योऽखिलं जगत् ।

निर्ममे तमहं वन्दे विद्यातीर्थमहेश्वरम् ॥

अथ पञ्चमाष्टके चतुर्थोऽध्याय आरभ्यते । तत्र षडनुवाकात्मकस्य वासिष्ठस्य सप्तमस्य मण्डलस्य तृतीयेऽनुवाके द्वाविंशतिसूक्तानि । तत्र ‘प्र ब्रह्म’ इति नवर्चं तृतीयं सूक्तं वसिष्ठस्यार्षं त्रैष्टुभं पूर्ववद्वैश्वदेवम् । अनुक्रान्तं च— प्र ब्रह्म नव ’ इति । विनियोगो लैङ्गिकः ॥

Jamison Brereton

36 (552)
All Gods
Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi
9 verses: triṣṭubh
Like many All God hymns, this one allots a verse each to a god or group of gods, most named, some not named but obvious from their description, and a few less transparently characterized. The verses whose divinities are clear are 1: Sun; 2: Mitra and Varuṇa; 5: Rudra, 6: Rivers, 7: Maruts (and their mother Pr̥śni?); 8: Aramati, Pūṣan, and Bhaga; 9: Maruts and Viṣṇu. For verse 3 some schol
ars identify the Wind and Parjanya [Thunder] as the dedicands, but we assign it instead to Soma; verse 4 may belong to both Indra and Aryaman, but we consider aryamán here to be used as a descriptor of Indra, rather than as the name of the third member of the Ādityan triad, since the other descriptors—
strong resolution and confounding of the enemy’s battle fury—are characteristic of Indra.
The hymn can also be read as a chronological progress through a sacrifice. In verse 1 the fire is kindled at dawn and ritual speech is uttered on the ritual ground. The hymn is mentioned in verse 2, and the preparation of soma in verse 3. The invitation to Indra to come to the sacrifice with his horses is given in verse 4, and the actual sacrifice occurs in verse 5. Although the verse to the rivers (6) does not appear to fit this pattern, it could refer to the waters used to swell the soma stalks

(see also vs. 3) or to other ritual uses of water. The final three verses (7–9) call upon the various gods for wealth and progeny.

Jamison Brereton Notes

All Gods As noted in the published introduction, this hymn can be read as a progress through a sacrifice. Renou (EVP IV.97) follows Hillebrandt in seeing it as a “récitation du pressurage vespéral.” Hillebrandt (Myth. II.128 n. 3) in fact considers it as forming, with VII.37.1-7 and VII.38, an old śāstra for the Evening (or Third) Pressing.

Although the focus on Indra and the Ṛbhus in VII.37 does identify that hymn as associated with the Third Pressing, I do not see that association here. The kindling of the ritual fire that climaxes our vs. 1 (d) suggests rather the Morning Pressing, as does the sun’s sending out the cows in 1b (so also Geldner n. 1b). Moreover, most of the gods named in our hymn are not Third Pressing gods; for example, the Maruts, mentioned twice (vss. 7 and 9) are primarily associated with the Midday Pressing, and though the Third Pressing begins with an Āditya cup (which could subsume Mitra and Varuṇa), that pair is prominent in the Morning Pressing and are found here in vs. 2; Sūrya (vs. 1) is certainly not appropriate to the Evening Pressing. As far as I can, VII.36 and VII.37 are ritually independent.

01 प्र ब्रह्मैतु - त्रिष्टुप्

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प्र᳓ ब्र᳓ह्म एतु स᳓दनाद् ऋत᳓स्य
वि᳓ रश्मि᳓भिः ससृजे सू᳓रियो गाः᳓
वि᳓ सा᳓नुना पृथिवी᳓ सस्र उर्वी᳓
पृथु᳓ प्र᳓तीकम् अ᳓धि ए᳓धे अग्निः᳓

02 इमां वाम् - त्रिष्टुप्

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इमां᳓ वाम् मित्रावरुणा सुवृक्ति᳓म्
इ᳓षं न᳓ कृण्वे असुरा न᳓वीयः
इनो᳓ वाम् अन्यः᳓ पदवी᳓र् अ᳓दब्धो
ज᳓नं च मित्रो᳓ यतति ब्रुवाणः᳓

03 आ वातस्य - त्रिष्टुप्

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आ᳓ वा᳓तस्य ध्र᳓जतो रन्त इत्या᳓
अ᳓पीपयन्त धेन᳓वो न᳓ सू᳓दाः
महो᳓ दिवः᳓ स᳓दने जा᳓यमानो
अ᳓चिक्रदद् वृषभः᳓ स᳓स्मिन् ऊ᳓धन्

04 गिरा य - त्रिष्टुप्

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गिरा᳓ य᳓ एता᳓ युन᳓जद् ध᳓री त
इ᳓न्द्र प्रिया᳓ सुर᳓था शूर धायू᳓
प्र᳓ यो᳓ मन्युं᳓ रि᳓रिक्षतो मिना᳓ति
आ᳓ सुक्र᳓तुम् अर्यम᳓णं ववृत्याम्

05 यजन्ते अस्य - त्रिष्टुप्

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य᳓जन्ते अस्य सखियं᳓ व᳓यश् च
नमस्वि᳓नः सुव᳓ ऋत᳓स्य धा᳓मन्
वि᳓ पृ᳓क्षो बाबधे नृ᳓भि स्त᳓वान
इदं᳓ न᳓मो रुदरा᳓य+ प्र᳓यिष्ठम्+

06 आ यत्साकम् - त्रिष्टुप्

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आ᳓ य᳓त् साकं᳓ यश᳓सो वावशानाः᳓
स᳓रस्वती सप्त᳓थी सि᳓न्धुमाता
याः᳓ सुष्व᳓यन्त सुदु᳓घाः सुधारा᳓
अभि᳓ स्वे᳓न प᳓यसा पी᳓पियानाः

07 उत त्ये - त्रिष्टुप्

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उत᳓ त्ये᳓ नो मरु᳓तो मन्दसाना᳓
धि᳓यं तोकं᳓ च वाजि᳓नो अवन्तु
मा᳓ नः प᳓रि ख्यद् अ᳓क्षरा च᳓रन्ति
अ᳓वीवृधन् यु᳓जियं ते᳓ रयिं᳓ नः

08 प्र वो - त्रिष्टुप्

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प्र᳓ वो मही᳓म् अर᳓मतिं कृणुध्वम्
प्र᳓ पूष᳓णं विदथि᳓यं न᳓ वीर᳓म्
भ᳓गं धियो᳓ अविता᳓रं नो अस्याः᳓
सातउ᳓ वा᳓जं रातिषा᳓चम् पु᳓रंधिम्

09 अच्छायं वो - त्रिष्टुप्

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अ᳓छायं᳓ वो मरुतः श्लो᳓क एतु
अ᳓छा वि᳓ष्णुं निषिक्तपा᳓म् अ᳓वोभिः
उत᳓ प्रजा᳓यै गृणते᳓ व᳓यो धुर्
यूय᳓म् पात सुअस्ति᳓भिः स᳓दा नः