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अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 13/ सूक्त 1/ मन्त्र 42
सूक्त - ब्रह्मा
देवता - अध्यात्मम्, रोहितः, आदित्यः
छन्दः - विराड्जगती
सूक्तम् - अध्यात्म प्रकरण सूक्त
एक॑पदी द्वि॒पदी॒ सा चतु॑ष्पद्य॒ष्टाप॑दी॒ नव॑पदी बभू॒वुषी॑। स॒हस्रा॑क्षरा॒ भुव॑नस्य प॒ङ्क्तिस्तस्याः॑ समु॒द्रा अधि॒ वि क्ष॑रन्ति ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठएक॑ऽपदी । द्वि॒ऽपदी॑ । सा । चतु॑:ऽपदी । अ॒ष्टाऽप॑दी । नव॑ऽपदी । ब॒भू॒वुषी॑ । स॒हस्र॑ऽअक्षरा । भुव॑नस्य । प॒ङ्क्ति । तस्या॑: । स॒मु॒द्रा: । अधि॑ । वि । क्ष॒र॒न्ति॒ ॥१.४२॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
एकपदी द्विपदी सा चतुष्पद्यष्टापदी नवपदी बभूवुषी। सहस्राक्षरा भुवनस्य पङ्क्तिस्तस्याः समुद्रा अधि वि क्षरन्ति ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठएकऽपदी । द्विऽपदी । सा । चतु:ऽपदी । अष्टाऽपदी । नवऽपदी । बभूवुषी । सहस्रऽअक्षरा । भुवनस्य । पङ्क्ति । तस्या: । समुद्रा: । अधि । वि । क्षरन्ति ॥१.४२॥
अथर्ववेद - काण्ड » 13; सूक्त » 1; मन्त्र » 42
Subject - Rohita, the Sun
Meaning -
This speech, the holy ‘Cow’, evolves, corresponding to the evolution of Prakrti and life, by one step, two steps, four steps, eight steps, nine steps, and still evolves over many more. It evolves over a thousand imperishable elements in correspondence with the evolution of the universe and the interaction of humanity and its environment. From this as from Prakrti flow out oceans, oceans of existence and treasures of knowledge of infinite divine awareness, words and meanings. (The steps of the evolution of Prakrti, as those of corresponding speech, are to be worked out from Mahat, the first existential mode of indescribable Prakrti, to the two, Mahat and Ahankara, then to four, Mahat, Ahankara, Tanmatras and mind-sense complex, then to eight, five gross elements from ether to earth, herbs, food, and vitality, and then to nine, extending to the evolution of life forms. Another suggestion is: One, Prakrti, two, Prakrti and Purusha; four, mana, buddhi, chitta and ahankara (mind, intelligence, memory and I-sense or sense of identity); eight, the eight chakras or centres of vital energy and awareness; and nine, the ‘nine-door’ entrances and exits of the human bodily system. Sahasrakshara Pankti is the boundless expansion of galaxies, stars and planets and the corrosponding words of speech.)