साइडबार
ऋग्वेद - मण्डल 1/ सूक्त 96/ मन्त्र 2
ऋषिः - कुत्सः आङ्गिरसः
देवता - द्रविणोदा अग्निः शुद्धोऽग्निर्वा
छन्दः - त्रिष्टुप्
स्वरः - धैवतः
स पूर्व॑या नि॒विदा॑ क॒व्यता॒योरि॒माः प्र॒जा अ॑जनय॒न्मनू॑नाम्। वि॒वस्व॑ता॒ चक्ष॑सा॒ द्याम॒पश्च॑ दे॒वा अ॒ग्निं धा॑रयन्द्रविणो॒दाम् ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठसः । पूर्व॑या । नि॒ऽविदा॑ । क॒व्यता॑ । आ॒योः । इ॒माः । प्र॒ऽजाः । अ॒ज॒न॒य॒त् । मनू॑नाम् । वि॒वस्व॑ता । चक्ष॑सा । द्याम् । अ॒पः । च॒ । दे॒वाः । अ॒ग्निम् । धा॒र॒य॒न् । द्र॒वि॒णः॒ऽदाम् ॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
स पूर्वया निविदा कव्यतायोरिमाः प्रजा अजनयन्मनूनाम्। विवस्वता चक्षसा द्यामपश्च देवा अग्निं धारयन्द्रविणोदाम् ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठसः। पूर्वया। निऽविदा। कव्यता। आयोः। इमाः। प्रऽजाः। अजनयत्। मनूनाम्। विवस्वता। चक्षसा। द्याम्। अपः। च। देवाः। अग्निम्। धारयन्। द्रविणःऽदाम् ॥ १.९६.२
ऋग्वेद - मण्डल » 1; सूक्त » 96; मन्त्र » 2
अष्टक » 1; अध्याय » 7; वर्ग » 3; मन्त्र » 2
अष्टक » 1; अध्याय » 7; वर्ग » 3; मन्त्र » 2
Purport -
O men ! That Supreme God who is the most Ancient, Possessor of truthfulness and other attributes, existed from all eternity, when none else was existent. Then at the beginning of the creation Self-Effulgent God thought of creating the universe. He created thoughtful men, other animals, plants and ordinary men. In order to set up mutual behaviour among men and animals in proper way, with His Omnicient power He manifested the Vedas, which contain all true knowledge. For men of thoughtful nature God alone is fit object to be glorified, praised and adored. God who has the power to illumine, has created all the lumineous objects like sun etc. He by His Might has created 'Svargaloka'¹ [Heaven, special kind of happiness] and other spheres in the intermediate sphere. He has manifested the middle spheres like the earth etc. and the lowest called the hell-special types of miseries and all the visible planets are created by Him. The Lord who is 900 Be, Being, Bliss is the bestower of true knowledge. The learned men know Him as Agni-[Inspirer and Bestower of knowledge]. We should worship Him alone.
Footnote -
1. The purport is that the bliss of true liberation, the birth as a man and miseries of inferior type-hell i.e. birth as animal and plants all are under the control of God. Man is totally dependenthelpless in this matter -Jagdishwarānanda Saraswati