Notes on Rig (M-1.1)-Salutation to the Purohit Agni

The Rig VedaRig Veda Mandala: ( 1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10 ) अ  आ  इ  ई  उ  ऊ  ऋ  ए  ऐ  ओ  औ  क  ख  ग  घ  च  छ  ज  त  द  ध  न  प  ब  भ  म  य  र  ल  व  श  ष  स  ह  § Alphabetical Index of the Rig Veda Mantras > Rigveda: A Historical Analysis by Shrikant G. Talageri (2000) > Rigveda is at least ninety thousand years old, perhaps more: OSHO > वेदपारायणविधिः-The method of reciting the Vedas > List of the Vedic Rishis > ऋग्वेद भाष्यम् – Rig Veda Bhashyam by Sayanacharya > Core Hindutva Philosophy in the Rig Veda > Read more   SamhitaSamhita अथातः सं हिताया उपनिषदं व्याख्यास्यामः । पञ्चस्वधिकरणेषु । अधिलोकमधिज्यौतिषमधिविद्यमधिप्रजमध्यात्मम् । (तैत्तिरीयोपनिषत्) Atharva Veda Samhita |Sunak Branchnch| (शौनकीय अथर्ववेद संहिता) Sam Veda Samhita | Kouthumiya | Purvarchika-Uttararchika (सामवेदः कौथुमीय) Shukla Yajurveda Kanva Shakha (Samhita) Sukla Yajurveda Samhita (शुक्‍लयजुर्वेदः) Rigveda Samhita Rigveda Samhita Full Text Taittiriya Samhita Charaka Samhita Manu Samhita ’s (First MandalaFirst Mandala ऋग्वेदः मण्डलं  (1) > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 > 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 018 19 20 > 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 > 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 > 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 > 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 > 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 > 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 > 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 > 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 > 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 > 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 > 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 > 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 > 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 > 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 > 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 > 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 > 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 -1) first Sukta features the visualisation of the Rishi (र्ऋषि) Madhuchhanda of Vaisvamitra gotra (clan), and she dedicated the Shukta to AgniAgni अग्नि पु० अङ्गति ऊर्द्ध्वं गच्छति अगि—नि नलोपः | त्रिविधः अग्नि > भौमः दिव्यः जाठरश्चेति भेदात् । Similar: वैश्वानरः  वह्निः  वीतिहोत्रः  धनञ्जयः कृपीटयोनिः ज्वलनः जातवेदाः  तनूनपात् तनूनपाः  वर्हिःशुष्मा वर्हिः  शुष्मा  कृष्णवर्त्मा  शोचिष्केशः उषर्ब्बुधःआश्रयाशः  आशयाशः  वृहद्भानुः कृशानुः  पावकः अनलः  रोहिताश्वः  वायुसखा  शिखावान् शिखी आशुशुक्षणिः  हिरण्यरेताः  हुतभुक्  हव्यभुक्  दहनः  हव्यवाहनः  सप्तार्च्चिः दमुनाः  शुक्रः  चित्रभानुः  विभावसुः  शुचिः अप्पित्तं  वृषाकपिः  जुहूवालः  कपिलः पिङ्गलः अरणिः अगिरः पाचनः  विश्वप्साः  छागवाहनः कृष्णार्च्चिः  जुहूवारः उदर्च्चिः  भास्करः  वसुः शुष्मः हिमारातिः  तमोनुत् सुशिखः  सप्तजिह्वः  अपपारिकः  सर्व्वदेवमुखः । Rigveda (1.1.1) “अग्निमीले पुरोहितम्”| It is the 'First Principle'. It invokes the mystery of the Deity. It is पुरोहितं/Priest, देव (The Deity) and initiator of the Yajna. Vedic offerings can be made through him only. Science: Rapid oxidation of a material (Flame=mixture of reacting gases and solids emitting) Devata (देव) through GayatriGayatri Gayatri Mantra  = ॐ भूर्भुव॒स्सुवः॒ तथ्स॑वि॒तुर्वरे᳚ण्यं॒ भर्गो॑ दे॒वस्य॑ धीमहि । धियो॒ यो नः॑ प्रचोदया᳚त् ॥, Gayatri Chhanda (गायत्री छन्द) = 24 letters in (3 X 8) system. Chhanda ( Vedic Poetic meter):  गायत्र्युष्णिगनुष्टुप्च बृहती पङ्क्तिरेव च ॥ १.१९ ॥ त्रिष्टुप्च जगती चैव तथाऽतिजगती मता । शक्वरी साऽतिपूर्वा स्यादष्ट्यत्यष्टी ततः स्मृते ॥ १.२० ॥ (वृत्तरत्नाकरः of  Kedar Bhatta) Chhanda (गायत्री छंद). The deity of Agni symbolizes fireFire It was created from stones approximately 400,000 years ago, or possibly much earlier. Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago (in the village of Barnham). The Rigveda mentions the use of Agni for Yagna much earlier than 10,000 years ago. (physical) and the priestPriest A typical church official cadre receives salary/ maintenance from the church fund. In Sanatan society, there is no concept of ordained priest. In Rig Veda, Agni is called Purohita (1.1) A पुरोहित performs Yagna Karma. In Ramayana and Mahabharata, a पुरोहित is a Minister of the king's administration. Vasistha was पुरोहित to King Dasaratha. (पुरोहित) of the divine offering. These hymns praise Agni’s significance in sacrificial rituals, presenting him as the mediator between humanHuman Ο άνθρωπος (Humanum> Homo sapiens) मानव:. We have failed to consider the minimum need to be a 'human'. For Christians, human beings are sinful creatures, who need some saviour. For Evolution biology a man is still evolving, for what, we don´t know. For Buddhist Nagarjuna, the realisation of having a human body is a mere mental illusion. We are not ready to accept that a human is a computer made of meat. For a slave master, a human person is another animal, his sons and daughters are his personal property.             and the divine realms. The text venerates Agni’s role as the bestower of wealth and powerPower The amount of energy transferred or converted per unit of time. In the International System of Units, the unit of it is the watt, equal to one joule per second. The capacity of energy infrastructure is rated using watts, which indicate its potential to supply or consume energy in a given period of time. A Power-plant rated at 100 MW has the potential to produce 100 MWh if it operates for one hour., portraying him as the righteous and glorious guardian of cosmic order. The verses request Agni’s guidance and blessings for the successful execution of the sacred offerings. He is the अ॒ग्नि (Who stand first) र्होता॑ (the offerer) क॒वि (creator) क्र॑तुः (offering).

Tanmoy Bhattacharyya (Adv)

Rig Veda Samhita ( First Mandala)

1

मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्रः । अग्निः। गायत्री।

अ॒ग्निमी॑ळे पु॒रोहि॑तं य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वमृ॒त्विज॑म्। होता॑रं रत्न॒धात॑मम्॥१॥
अ॒ग्निः पूर्वे॑भि॒र्ऋषि॑भि॒रीड्यो॒ नूत॑नैरु॒त। स दे॒वाँ एह व॑क्षति॥२॥
अ॒ग्निना॑ र॒यिम॑श्नव॒त् पोष॑मे॒व दि॒वेदि॑वे। य॒शसं॑ वी॒रव॑त्तमम्॥३॥
अग्ने॒ यं य॒ज्ञम॑ध्व॒रं वि॒श्वत॑: परि॒भूरसि॑। स इद् दे॒वेषु॑ गच्छति॥४॥
अ॒ग्निर्होता॑ क॒विक्र॑तुः स॒त्यश्चि॒त्रश्र॑वस्तमः। दे॒वो दे॒वेभि॒रा ग॑मत्॥५॥
यद॒ङ्ग दा॒शुषे॒ त्वमग्ने॑ भ॒द्रं क॑रि॒ष्यसि॑। तवेत् तत् स॒त्यम॑ङ्गिरः॥६॥
उप॑ त्वाग्ने दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ दोषा॑वस्तर्धि॒या व॒यम्। नमो॒ भर॑न्त॒ एम॑सि॥७॥
राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम्। वर्ध॑मानं॒ स्वे दमे॑॥८॥
स न॑: पि॒तेव॑ सू॒नवे ऽग्ने॑ सूपाय॒नो भ॑व। सच॑स्वा नः स्व॒स्तये॑॥९॥ (Agni is like a father to the son)