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अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 14/ सूक्त 2/ मन्त्र 3
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सोम॑स्य जा॒याप्र॑थ॒मं ग॑न्ध॒र्वस्तेऽप॑रः॒ पतिः॑। तृ॒तीयो॑ अ॒ग्निष्टे॒ पति॑स्तु॒रीय॑स्तेमनुष्य॒जाः ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठसोम॑स्य । जा॒या । प्र॒थ॒मम् । ग॒न्ध॒र्व: । ते॒ । अप॑र: । पति॑: । तृ॒तीय॑: । अ॒ग्नि: । ते॒ । पति॑: । तु॒रीय॑: । ते॒ । म॒नु॒ष्य॒ऽजा: ॥२.३॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
सोमस्य जायाप्रथमं गन्धर्वस्तेऽपरः पतिः। तृतीयो अग्निष्टे पतिस्तुरीयस्तेमनुष्यजाः ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठसोमस्य । जाया । प्रथमम् । गन्धर्व: । ते । अपर: । पति: । तृतीय: । अग्नि: । ते । पति: । तुरीय: । ते । मनुष्यऽजा: ॥२.३॥
अथर्ववेद - काण्ड » 14; सूक्त » 2; मन्त्र » 3
Subject - Surya’s Wedding
Meaning -
Surya is first the care of Soma. Your second protector, O Surya, is Gandharva. Agni is the third protector, and the fourth protector, your husband, is the son of man. (Reference may be made to Rgveda, 10, 85, 40: “O bright girl, your first protective and promotive gurdian is Soma, divine nature’s energy which leads you to puberty. The next is Gandharva which energises you with fertility. The third is Agni which inspires you to love and passion, and your fourth guardian is your husband, son of man for the continuance of humanity.” Since the fourth is called ‘the son of man’, it is clear that the previous three are other than the man, they being forces of nature as explained. It has to be stressed and clarified that the guardians in successive order have all the qualities of the previous ones. Therefore the fourth, son of man, has all the other three: health, energy, enlightened passion, and all-inclusive humanity. In other words, he has to be cool yet energetic as soma, bright as sun, enlightened as well as enthusiastic as agni, and human as the concept of man in Rgveda, 10, 53, 6. Reference may also be made to Gita 9, 20 and 15, 13; 10, 26; 4, 37; 10, 36; and 10, 28 and 7, 11.)