Rig Veda 2.2.6: Mandala 2, Sukta 2, Mantra 6
Sukta 2.2
- Rishi
- Gṛtsamada
- Devata
- Agni
- Chandas
- Triṣṭubh
- Rasa
- Shanta (peace) and Vira (heroism)
स नो रेवत्समिधानः स्वस्तये संददस्वान्रयिमस्मासु दीदिहि । आ नः कृणुष्व सुविताय रोदसी अग्ने हव्या मनुषो देव वीतये ॥
sá no revát sam-idhānáḥ svastáye saṃ-dadasvā́n rayím asmā́su dīdihi | ā́ naḥ kṛṇuṣva suvitā́ya ródasī ágne havyā́ mánuṣo deva vītáye ||
হে অগ্নে! সমিধায় প্রজ্বলিত হয়ে আমাদের কল্যাণের জন্য ঐশ্বর্যসমৃদ্ধ হও; এবং যে রয়ি (আধ্যাত্মিক সম্পদ) তা আমাদের মধ্যে সঞ্চিত করে—আমাদের অন্তরে দীপ্ত করো। আমাদের জন্য সু-বিত (সুগম গমন) হেতু দ্যৌ ও পৃথিবীকে প্রশস্ত করো। হে দেব! মানুষের হব্যের দিকে এসো—গ্রহণ ও আস্বাদনের (বীতয়ে) জন্য।
Word by Word
- स
- he (that one)Pronounपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक ‘स’ = ‘सः’)Role KartāRoot तद् (सः/सा/तत्) सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- नः
- for us / of usPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक)Role SampradānaRoot अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- रेवत्
- wealthy, richAdjectiveनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (समास/विशेषणम्) — ‘रेवत्(सम्)’Role KarmaRoot रेवत् (रेवन्/रेवती-सम्बद्ध) विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक
- समिधानः
- being kindled / kindling (himself)Participleवर्तमानकाले आत्मनेपदीयः शतृ-प्रत्ययः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्Role KartāRoot सम्-इध् (इधँ दीप्तौ) धातु; वर्तमान कृदन्त
- स्वस्तये
- for well-beingNounस्त्रीलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot स्वस्ति (सु+अस्ति) प्रातिपदिक
- संददस्वान्
- bestowing, giving togetherParticipleवर्तमानकाले परस्मैपदीयः शतृ-प्रत्ययः; पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (वेदिक रूप ‘-स्वान्’)Role KartāRoot सम्-दा (डादाने/दाने) धातु; परस्मैपदीय कृदन्त
- रयिम्
- wealthNounपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्Role KarmaRoot रयि (धन) प्रातिपदिक
- अस्मासु
- among us / in usPronounसप्तमी बहुवचनम्Role AdhikaraṇaRoot अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- दीदिहि
- shine! / blaze!Verbलोट् (आज्ञार्थे) मध्यमपुरुष एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्Role KriyāRoot दीदिहि < √दीद्/√दी (दीप्तौ) धातु; विधिलिङ्/लोट् (वेदिक) रूप
- आ
- towards, hitherIndeclinableउपसर्ग/निपातःRole UpasargaRoot आ (उपसर्ग/निपात) अव्यय
- नः
- for usPronounषष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचनम् (एन्क्लिटिक) यहाँ चतुर्थ्यर्थेRole SampradānaRoot अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक
- कृणुष्व
- make! / do!Verbलोट् मध्यमपुरुष एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्Role KriyāRoot √कृ (करणे) धातु
- सुविताय
- for good passage/fortuneNounनपुंसकलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot सुवित (सु+वित ‘good finding/way’, ‘good fortune’) प्रातिपदिक
- रोदसी
- the two worlds (heaven and earth)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया/प्रथमा द्विवचनम्; यहाँ द्वितीया (कृणुष्व—कर्म)Role KarmaRoot रोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ) द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक
- अग्ने
- O AgniNounपुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्Role SambodhanaRoot अग्नि प्रातिपदिक
- हव्या
- oblationsNounनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (यज्य-आहुतयः)Role KarmaRoot हव्य (√हू ‘to call/invoke’ से) प्रातिपदिक
- मनुषः
- of Manu (i.e., of mankind/Manu’s)Nounपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम्Role SambandhaRoot मनु (मानव-आदि) प्रातिपदिक
- देव
- O godNounपुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्Role SambodhanaRoot देव प्रातिपदिक
- वीतये
- for enjoyment/acceptance (of the offering)Nounस्त्रीलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम्Role SampradānaRoot वीति (√वी ‘to pursue/enjoy’/‘to go’—वेदिक ‘enjoyment/acceptance, feast’) प्रातिपदिक
Sandhi Notes
- पाठे ‘रे॒वत्स॑मिधा॒नः’ = ‘रेवत् + समिधानः’ (त् + स → त्स्)
- ‘संदद॒स्वान्’ पदं सम्-उपसर्गयुक्त ‘ददत्/ददस्वान्’ (वेदिक शतृ-रूप) इति ग्रहणम्
- ‘आ न॑:’ = ‘आ + नः’ (निपात + एन्क्लिटिक सर्वनाम)
- ‘रोद॑सी’ द्विवचन-रूपम्
- सम्बोधनद्वयम् ‘अग्ने, देव’ पृथक् पदे।
The meaning
Outer meaning
Kindled, be for us rich for well-being; gather and place wealth within us—shine it in us. Make Heaven and Earth wide for good passage; come to human offerings, O Agni, to enjoy them.
Inner meaning
When the inner Fire is truly kindled (samidhānaḥ), it becomes ‘revat’—full of inner riches: clarity, force, joy, and right circumstance. The rishi asks Agni to assemble (saṃdadasvān) the scattered ‘rayi’—spiritual plenitude—within the being and make it shine as lived consciousness (dīdihi). ‘Widen Heaven and Earth’ means widen both higher mind and embodied nature so the passage (suvitāya) of the yoga becomes unobstructed: a broad inner space where descent and action can occur without contraction. Finally, Agni is invited to ‘enjoy’ the offerings: the Divine Will accepts and assimilates our surrendered movements, turning them into fuel for illumination.
Universal truth
Well-being arises when inner will is kindled and gathers our energies into a luminous plenitude; widening of consciousness above and below creates an unobstructed path for growth and right action.
Themes
boon request, inner wealth (rayi), widening the worlds, acceptance of offerings
The seer
- Rishi
- Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
- Lineage
- Bhārgava
- Other hymns
- RV 2.2.1, RV 2.2.2, RV 2.2.3, RV 2.2.4, RV 2.2.5
Family tradition
Bhārgava Agni hymns often culminate in a practical prayer: inner riches (rayi), wideness, safe passage—signs of successful inner yajña.
Significance
A closing aspiration: the installed Agni is asked to integrate the being, illumine it, and create wideness for the journey—classic inner-sadhana outcomes in Aurobindo’s reading.
The deity
- Devata
- Agni
- Epithets
- revat (rich-bestowing), samidhāna (kindled), deva (divine), vītaye (enjoyer/acceptor of offerings)
- Related deities
- Dyāvā-Pṛthivī (Heaven-Earth), Indra (path-opener), Soma (plenitude/bliss)
Cosmic role
Receiver and transformer of offerings; opener of the path; bestower of wealth and well-being.
Inner power
Integrator and illuminator: gathers energies, widens consciousness, ensures smooth progress, assimilates offerings into light-force.
In ritual
Where it is used
Concluding prayer in Agni rites; used as a boon-seeking (āśīḥ) verse within offerings
स नो॑ रे॒वत्स॑मिधा॒नः स्व॒स्तये॑ संदद॒स्वान्र॒यिम॒स्मासु॑ दीदिहि । आ न॑: कृणुष्व सुवि॒ताय॒ रोद॑सी॒ अग्ने॑ ह॒व्या मनु॑षो देव वी॒तये॑ ॥
सः । नः॒ । रे॒वत् । स॒म्ऽइ॒धा॒नः । स्व॒स्तये॑ । स॒म्ऽद॒द॒स्वान् । र॒यिम् । अ॒स्मासु॑ । दी॒दि॒हि॒ । आ । नः॒ । कृ॒णु॒ष्व॒ । सु॒वि॒ताय॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । अग्ने॑ । ह॒व्या । मनु॑षः । दे॒व॒ । वी॒तये॑ ॥
saḥ | naḥ | revat | sam-idhānaḥ | svastaye | sam-dadasvān | rayim | asmāsu | dīdihi | ā | naḥ | kṛṇuṣva | suvitāya | rodasī iti | agne | havyā | manuṣaḥ | deva | vītaye
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Supplicatory yet strong; imperative verbs (saṃdadasvān, dīdihi, kṛṇuṣva, ā…vītaye) give command-like clarity.
Energizes aspiration and confidence; produces a felt wideness after repetition, like breath opening the chest and belly.
- समिधा॒नः (samidhānaḥ)
- Literal: being kindled. Symbolic: awakening of conscious will through practice and offering
- रेवत् (revat)
- Literal: rich, possessed of wealth. Symbolic: fullness of spiritual resources—light, strength, joy, harmony
- स्वस्तये (svastaye)
- Literal: for well-being. Symbolic: integral welfare: peace, right movement, protection, inner harmony
- संददस्वान् (saṃdadasvān)
- Literal: gathering/placing together. Symbolic: integration of scattered parts into a unified consciousness
- रयिम् (rayim)
- Literal: wealth, plenitude. Symbolic: spiritual abundance: knowledge, power, delight, right conditions
- दीदिहि (dīdihi)
- Literal: shine! make blaze. Symbolic: make the plenitude luminous and active in the being
- सुविताय (suvitāya)
- Literal: for good passage. Symbolic: clear path of progress; smooth inner journey
- रोदसी (rodasī)
- Literal: Heaven and Earth. Symbolic: higher consciousness and embodied nature to be widened
- वीतये (vītaye)
- Literal: to enjoy, to accept. Symbolic: divine assimilation—Agni takes up the offering and transforms it
General prayoga for kindling and offering acceptance; suitable in Agnihotra and Soma rite openings as a request for svasti and rayi.
After kindling and initial offerings, when asking for svasti, rayi, and suvitā (safe passage).
Offer ghee and recite as request for prosperity, protection, and successful completion of rite/journey.
Daily invocation before work/meditation: ‘kindle, gather my energies, widen my consciousness, accept my offering’.
rayi is not mere material wealth: from √rā/√rai ‘to bestow, give abundance’ → ‘plenitude’. suvitā from su+√i ‘good going’ indicates a right passage through inner states. svasti (su+asti) is ‘good being’, stability in ṛta. dīdihi from √dī ‘shine’ (redup.) denotes intensified illumination within the practitioner.
svasti (right-being), suvitā (right passage), inner illumination (dī)
Suvitā (good passage) implies movement along ṛta—right path made wide and unobstructed.
Dīdihi: truth-light shining as lived clarity; rayi as truth-wealth.
Widening of the two worlds within the person—making room for descent and embodiment.
Integral yoga orientation: integration + wideness as conditions for stable realization.
Kindling = awakening aspiration; path = inner journey through states; heaven/earth wideness = expansion of mind and body-life to hold higher force; offering = surrender of energies.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- The kindled Agni as the giver who places ‘rayi’ within the human vessel and widens Heaven and Earth for a safe passage. Mythically, it is the opening of the path by fire-light and the descent of plenitude into the seeker.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- svasti (su+asti) reflects an IE ‘good-being’ formula (cf. Greek eu- ‘good’ + being). suvitā (su+√i ‘go’) continues the ‘good journey’ blessing pattern. √dī ‘shine’ belongs to a widespread IE light vocabulary.
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The rishi offers havya and asks Agni to internalize the return gift: not external goods but an inwardly installed rayi and an expanded field (rodasī) for progress—reciprocity of offering and illumination.
Integration (gathering rayi within), illumination (dīdihi), and wideness (rodaśī made broad) for smooth progress.
Maṇipūra (kindling) expanding into Anāhata (wideness) and Sahasrāra (heavenly openness)
Widening breath: inhale feeling expansion ‘ā naḥ kṛṇuṣva’; exhale offering ‘havyā…vītaye’.
Collected, luminous, wide—ready for descent into action.
Begin practice by invoking Agni; then silently name 3 scattered energies (fear, haste, doubt) and offer them; feel them gathered into one rayi; end with a sense of wideness above and below and a simple inner ‘yes’ to divine working.
Imperatives carry clear udatta emphasis; keep pitch steady and authoritative on dīdihi and kṛṇuṣva.
Two strong requests: (1) saṃdadasvān…dīdihi (gather + shine) (2) ā naḥ kṛṇuṣva… (widen the worlds). Pause between them.
samidhānaḥ: aspirate dh clearly, saṃdadasvān: nasal ‘ṃ’ before d, suvitāya: short u, long ā at end, vītaye: long ī
Warm, confident, beneficent; end each pāda with a slight settling.
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