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सायण-भाष्यम्

‘उभा हि दस्रा’ इति पञ्चर्चं षष्ठं सूक्तम् । विश्वको नाम कृष्णस्य पुत्रः कृष्ण एव वर्षिः । जगती छन्दः । अश्विनौ देवता । तथानुक्रम्यते– ’उभा हि पञ्च विश्वको वा कार्ष्णिर्जागतम्’ इति । विनियोगो लिङ्गादवगन्तव्यः ॥

Jamison Brereton

86 (695)
Aśvins
Krṣ̥ ṇa Āṅgirasa or Viśvaka Kārṣṇi
5 verses: jagatī
This hymn clearly depicts a precise situation, with the poet Viśvaka making a direct appeal to the Aśvins, but the particular nature of the situation is difficult to ascer tain. The two named men, Viśvaka and Viṣṇāpū, are found together three times else where, always in Aśvin context. In nearly identical Kakṣīvant passages (I.116.23, 117.7) the Aśvins “gave” (dadathuḥ) Viṣṇāpū to Kr̥ṣṇiya Viśvaka (Viṣṇāpū com pared to “a lost herd-animal” in 116.23); in X.65.12 they “let loose” (áva sr̥jathuḥ) Viṣṇāpū to Viśvaka. The first verb occurs twice in our hymn (2b, 3b), though not with a personal object; the other verb has a close synonym (mumócatam “release”) in the refrain of all five verses. Thus, our hymn seems roughly to conform to the other R̥gvedic occurrences of these personae. Unfortunately this is all we know of the story: neither of the named men occurs in later texts, and though Geldner provides a contextualizing narrative, himself relying on Sāyaṇa, with Viśvaka the “grieved and deserted” (betrübte und verlassene) father who catches sight of his son, a poet who had gone far away to seek his fortune, there is no real evidence for this plot in the R̥gvedic passages—not even for the father–son relationship. Like many
of the Aśvin myths it is intriguing and probably ultimately unknowable. The Viśvaka/Viṣṇāpū episode seems only to occupy the first three verses, which may form a tr̥ca, as Oldenberg suggests (Noten ad loc.). The last two verses (4–5) retain the final-pāda refrain (of vss. 1–3), but omit the repeated c-pāda with its mention of Viśvaka. The appeal to Indra for help (vs. 4) and the praise of truth (vs. 5) seem loosely attached to the rest of the hymn.

Jamison Brereton Notes

Aśvins

01 उभा हि - जगती

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उभा᳓ हि᳓ दस्रा᳓ भिष᳓जा मयोभु᳓वा
उभा᳓ द᳓क्षस्य व᳓चसो बभूव᳓थुः
ता᳓ वां वि᳓श्वको हवते तनूकृथे᳓
मा᳓ नो वि᳓ यौष्टं सखिया᳓ मुमो᳓चतम्

02 कथा नूनम् - जगती

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कथा᳓ नूनं᳓ वां वि᳓मना उ᳓प स्तवद्
युवं᳓ धि᳓यं ददथुर् व᳓स्यïष्टये
ता᳓ वां वि᳓श्वको हवते तनूकृथे᳓
मा᳓ नो वि᳓ यौष्टं सखिया᳓ मुमो᳓चतम्

03 युवं हि - जगती

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युवं᳓ हि᳓ ष्मा पुरुभुजेम᳓म् एधतुं᳓
विष्णापु᳓वे दद᳓थुर् व᳓स्यïष्टये
ता᳓ वां वि᳓श्वको हवते तनूकृथे᳓
मा᳓ नो वि᳓ यौष्टं सखिया᳓ मुमो᳓चतम्

04 उत त्यम् - जगती

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उत᳓ त्यं᳓ वीरं᳓ धनसा᳓म् ऋजीषि᳓णं
दूरे᳓ चित् स᳓न्तम् अ᳓वसे हवामहे
य᳓स्य स्वा᳓दिष्ठा सुमतिः᳓ पितु᳓र् यथा
मा᳓ नो वि᳓ यौष्टं सखिया᳓ मुमो᳓चतम्

05 ऋतेन देवः - जगती

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ऋते᳓न देवः᳓ सविता᳓ शमायत
ऋत᳓स्य शृ᳓ङ्गम् उर्विया᳓ वि᳓ पप्रथे
ऋतं᳓ सासाह म᳓हि चित् पृतन्यतो᳓
मा᳓ नो वि᳓ यौष्टं सखिया᳓ मुमो᳓चतम्