Rig Veda 7.95.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 95, Mantra 2
Sukta 7.95
एकाचेतत्सरस्वती नदीनां शुचिर्यती गिरिभ्य आ समुद्रात् । रायश्चेतन्ती भुवनस्य भूरेर्घृतं पयो दुदुहे नाहुषाय ॥
ékā acetat sárasvatī nadī́nāṃ śúcir yatī́ giríbhyā́ samudrā́t | rā́yaś cetántī bhúvanasya bhū́rer ghṛtáṃ páyo duduhe nā́huṣāya ||
Allein, die Bewusste, erwacht sie unter den Flüssen — Sarasvatī, rein in ihrem Lauf von den Bergen bis zum Meer. Die Reichtümer der weiten Welt erkennend, melkt sie für Nahusha ghṛta und payas aus: geklärte Wonne und nährende Fülle.
Invocation for purity and inspired abundance; can accompany rites seeking medhā/inspiration and prosperity (inner and outer)
Consciousness in nature (cetantī), Ghṛta as clarified light/delight, Rayi as plenitude
Purity of movement (śuciḥ) indicates alignment with ṛta rather than mixed desire-currents.
Awakened consciousness (acetat) as truth-aware movement.
Waters as original consciousness; the descent from heights to sea as manifestation/integration.
Integral Vedāntic symbolism: higher mind to totality; essence-extraction into delight and strength.
Mountains = peaks of intuition; sea = infinite/total being; ghee/milk = clarified delight and nourishing force extracted from experience by luminous discernment.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Sarasvatī as the uniquely conscious river who ‘milks’ essence for man: a transformation of nature into a personified power that yields spiritual nourishment (ghṛta, payas). Inner myth: the truth-current extracts clarified delight and sustenance for the evolving soul.
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √cit (know/perceive) and √duh (milk) are old inherited verbal notions with Indo-Iranian continuities; the ‘milking’ metaphor is widespread in IE poetics for extracting value/essence (here ritual-psychological rather than pastoral literalism).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The r̥ṣi recognizes Sarasvatī as a conscious benefactress and asks (implicitly through praise) that her pure flow become operative for humanity: she provides clarified delight (ghṛta) and nourishment (payas) as inner boons that widen the being.
Trace consciousness from ‘summit’ insight to ‘sea’ wholeness; let the insight nourish the whole life-field.
Ājñā (vision) to Viśuddha (expression) integration
Slow inhalation ‘from mountains’ (crown/brow) and long exhalation ‘to sea’ (heart/whole body), 6–8 cycles.
Purified flow with gentle joy; integrative awareness.
After chanting, recall one high intuition; feel it descend as a cool bright stream through the mind into heart and body, becoming ghṛta (clear delight) and payas (steady nourishment).
Follow udatta marks (॑) carefully on ekā́/acetat/sárasvatī; keep the cadence even across long compounds.
Let the first pāda open gently; emphasize ‘ekā acetat’ as the awakening pivot; maintain steady fall on line endings.
ekā: long ā, acetat: ‘c’ as ‘ch’ in Vedic phonetics (palatal), but keep it crisp, giribhyaḥ: articulate -bhyaḥ without dropping aspiration, duduhe: repeat ‘du’ clearly; avoid ‘dudhe’ contraction
Pure, unforced, flowing; minimal vibrato.
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