Mandala 10

Sukta 9: Apo hi shtha: hymn to the Waters

Rishi: त्रिशिरास्त्वाष्ट्रः, सिन्धुद्वीप आम्बरीषो वा · Devata: आपः · Metre: गायत्री, ५ वर्धमाना गायत्री, ७ प्रतिष्ठा गायत्री, ८-९ अनुष्टुप्

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Apo hi shtha: hymn to the Waters

This is the Apo hi shtha sukta, seen by Trishiras Tvashtra or Sindhudvipa Ambarisha, in gayatri with anushtubh at the close. It is recited at marjana in daily sandhya. The Waters are called sources of joy; the rishi asks them to give strength, great delight and clear sight, and to share their most auspicious essence as loving mothers do. Soma has told him that all medicines lie within the waters, and Agni who heals all. He asks for healing, a shield for the body and long sight of the sun, and that the waters carry away whatever wrong he has done, any curse or untruth.

9.1

आपो॒ हि ष्ठा म॑यो॒भुव॒स्ता न॑ ऊ॒र्जे द॑धातन ।
म॒हे रणा॑य॒ चक्ष॑से

āpo hi ṣṭhā mayobhuvastā na ūrje dadhātana |
mahe raṇāya cakṣase

9.2

यो व॑ः शि॒वत॑मो॒ रस॒स्तस्य॑ भाजयते॒ह न॑ः ।
उ॒श॒तीरि॑व मा॒तर॑ः

yo vaḥ śivatamo rasastasya bhājayateha naḥ |
uśatīriva mātaraḥ

9.3

तस्मा॒ अरं॑ गमाम वो॒ यस्य॒ क्षया॑य॒ जिन्व॑थ ।
आपो॑ ज॒नय॑था च नः

tasmā araṃ gamāma vo yasya kṣayāya jinvatha |
āpo janayathā ca naḥ

9.4

शं नो॑ दे॒वीर॒भिष्ट॑य॒ आपो॑ भवन्तु पी॒तये॑ ।
शं योर॒भि स्र॑वन्तु नः

śaṃ no devīrabhiṣṭaya āpo bhavantu pītaye |
śaṃ yorabhi sravantu naḥ

9.5

ईशा॑ना॒ वार्या॑णां॒ क्षय॑न्तीश्चर्षणी॒नाम् ।
अ॒पो या॑चामि भेष॒जम्

īśānā vāryāṇāṃ kṣayantīścarṣaṇīnām |
apo yācāmi bheṣajam

9.6

अ॒प्सु मे॒ सोमो॑ अब्रवीद॒न्तर्विश्वा॑नि भेष॒जा ।
अ॒ग्निं च॑ वि॒श्वश॑म्भुवम्

apsu me somo abravīdantarviśvāni bheṣajā |
agniṃ ca viśvaśambhuvam

9.7

आप॑ः पृणी॒त भे॑ष॒जं वरू॑थं त॒न्वे॒३॒॑ मम॑ ।
ज्योक्च॒ सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे

āpaḥ pṛṇīta bheṣajaṃ varūthaṃ tanve mama |
jyokca sūryaṃ dṛśe

9.8

इ॒दमा॑प॒ः प्र व॑हत॒ यत्किं च॑ दुरि॒तं मयि॑ ।
यद्वा॒हम॑भिदु॒द्रोह॒ यद्वा॑ शे॒प उ॒तानृ॑तम्

idamāpaḥ pra vahata yatkiṃ ca duritaṃ mayi |
yadvāhamabhidudroha yadvā śepa utānṛtam

9.9

आपो॑ अ॒द्यान्व॑चारिषं॒ रसे॑न॒ सम॑गस्महि ।
पय॑स्वानग्न॒ आ ग॑हि॒ तं मा॒ सं सृ॑ज॒ वर्च॑सा

āpo adyānvacāriṣaṃ rasena samagasmahi |
payasvānagna ā gahi taṃ mā saṃ sṛja varcasā

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