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अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 13/ सूक्त 1/ मन्त्र 41
सूक्त - ब्रह्मा
देवता - अध्यात्मम्, रोहितः, आदित्यः
छन्दः - त्रिष्टुप्
सूक्तम् - अध्यात्म प्रकरण सूक्त
अ॒वः परे॑ण प॒र ए॒नाव॑रेण प॒दा व॒त्सं बिभ्र॑ती॒ गौरुद॑स्थात्। सा क॒द्रीची॒ कं स्वि॒दर्धं॒ परा॑गा॒त्क्व स्वित्सूते न॒हि यू॒थे अ॒स्मिन् ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठअ॒व: । परे॑ण । प॒र: । ए॒ना। अव॑रेण । प॒दा । व॒त्सम् । बिभ्र॑ती । गौ: । उत् । अ॒स्था॒त् । सा । क॒द्रीची॑ । कम् । स्वि॒त् । अर्ध॑म् । परा॑ । अ॒गा॒त् । क्व᳡। स्वि॒त् । सू॒ते॒ । न॒हि । यू॒थे । अ॒स्मिन् ॥१.४१॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
अवः परेण पर एनावरेण पदा वत्सं बिभ्रती गौरुदस्थात्। सा कद्रीची कं स्विदर्धं परागात्क्व स्वित्सूते नहि यूथे अस्मिन् ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठअव: । परेण । पर: । एना। अवरेण । पदा । वत्सम् । बिभ्रती । गौ: । उत् । अस्थात् । सा । कद्रीची । कम् । स्वित् । अर्धम् । परा । अगात् । क्व। स्वित् । सूते । नहि । यूथे । अस्मिन् ॥१.४१॥
अथर्ववेद - काण्ड » 13; सूक्त » 1; मन्त्र » 41
Subject - Rohita, the Sun
Meaning -
Bearing this lower, tangible form of existential reality by that higher intangible presence of essential Reality by immanence, and bearing that higher, intangible presence of essential Reality by this lower, tangible form of existential reality by reflection, the Gau (‘Cow’, Prakrti, Divine Speech) yet rises above the expressive medium of form. Where from does it come? To which self-sufficient, self-existent presence and power does it retire? Where at all in the created world of existence does it abide? Not, of course, in the multitude of humanity. (Shvetashvatara Upanishad (1,7) describes the ultimate Reality as Brahma which comprises a threefold self-existent trinity of Ishvara, jiva and Prakrti. Brhadaranyaka Upanishad (2, 3,1) describes the existential version of Brahma as twofold: Murtta (con¬ crete), and Amurtta (abstract). The existential Tapas (acti-vity) of Brahma is articulated in Rgveda, 10, 190, 1-3. The existential Tapas starts with divine self- awareness: T am Brahma’ (Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, 1, 4, 10). It moves to thought and desire with the divine intention, Sankalpa, to create the many forms of existence (Ibid. 1, 4, 17). The existential extentional activity then is: awareness, thought, and form. Thought is abstract (Amurtta), and form is concrete (Murtta). The Amurtta-and-Murtta expresses itself through two media: Prakrti and Speech. The concrete prakrtic form is the universe, the tangible speech form is Veda. Prakrti bears this universe by the self-conscious presence of That Brahma through Its immanence; and it bears that Brahma by this universe through Its reflection in the universe. So the concrete, tangible, universe is a reflection of Brahma, and Brahma is the abstract Spirit of the universe. Prakrti is the medium in both cases, and still Prakrti transcends the universe, its concrete mode, just as Brahma transcends its immanence as well as its reflection in the universe. Similarly speech is the medium of divine Brahma-awareness, and Veda is the articulation, in speech form, of that awareness. Speech is the medium in both cases, of awareness and of the articulation. And still Speech transcends the Veda, its tangible form, as awareness transcends the expression in words and Brahma transcends Its immanence and reflection in the universe. For futher thought, deep reflection on Jagad Brahma and Shabda-Brahma is suggested.)