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Sukta 10.75
Āpas (Waters), with special focus on Sindhu; Vivasvat as luminous seat-context
Is mantra mein jal ki bahut tareef ki gayi hai. Sindhu nadi ko sabse takatwar aur tez bataya gaya hai. Kavi kehte hain ki Sindhu dusri nadiyon mein sabse vijayi hai. Kai pavitra nadiyon ke naam liye gaye hain jaise Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati. Kavi in sab nadiyon ko apni stuti mein shamil hone ka bulav dete hain. Nadiyan jeevan deti hain, bal deti hain aur sahi rasta dikhati hain. Ye sab Vivasvat ke sthan mein sthit hain, jo suraj aur satya ka kshetra hai.
Mantra 1
प्र सु व आपो महिमानमुत्तमं कारुर्वोचाति सदने विवस्वतः । प्र सप्तसप्त त्रेधा हि चक्रमुः प्र सृत्वरीणामति सिन्धुरोजसा ॥
Main paani ki mahatva ki baat karta hoon. Yeh bohot badi baat hai. Paani ke paas bohot taakat hai. Saat nadiyan teen hisson mein banti hain. Sindhu nadi sabse tez hai aur baaki sab nadiyon se aage nikal jaati hai. Usme ek khass taakat hai.
Mantra 2
प्र तेऽरदद्वरुणो यातवे पथः सिन्धो यद्वाजाँ अभ्यद्रवस्त्वम् । भूम्या अधि प्रवता यासि सानुना यदेषामग्रं जगतामिरज्यसि ॥
Varuna ne Sindhu ke liye raaste saaf kiye the. Jab Sindhu aage badhne lagi, toh uske liye path bana diye. Yeh paani zameen se upar pahadiyon ke saath jaata hai. Sindhu sabse aage chal rahi hai, saari duniya ko le ke chal rahi hai.
Mantra 3
दिवि स्वनो यतते भूम्योपर्यनन्तं शुष्ममुदियर्ति भानुना । अभ्रादिव प्र स्तनयन्ति वृष्टयः सिन्धुर्यदेति वृषभो न रोरुवत् ॥
Aasman mein awaaz goonj rahi hai, zameen par bhi uski awaaz phail rahi hai. Sindhu ki chamak se ek badi taakat uth rahi hai. Jaise baadal se baarish tapak ti hai, waise hi yeh nadi chal rahi hai. Bael ki tarah garajti hui, badi taakat ke saath aage badh rahi hai.
Mantra 4
अभि त्वा सिन्धो शिशुमिन्न मातरो वाश्रा अर्षन्ति पयसेव धेनवः । राजेव युध्वा नयसि त्वमित्सिचौ यदासामग्रं प्रवतामिनक्षसि ॥
Sindhu ke paas maa ki tarah pyaar se baaki nadiyaan aati hain. Jaise gaay apne bacche ke paas doodh laati hai, waise hi yeh nadiyaan aati hain. Raja ki tarah apni sena ko lead karta hai, waise hi Sindhu baaki paani ko le chalti hai. Woh sabse aage reh kar pahadiyon se utarti hai.
Mantra 5
इमं मे गङ्गे यमुने सरस्वति शुतुद्रि स्तोमं सचता परुष्ण्या । असिक्न्या मरुद्वृधे वितस्तयार्जीकीये शृणुह्या सुषोमया ॥
Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati aur Sutudri, yeh sab nadiyaan is stuti mein shaamil ho jaao. Parushni bhi saath aao. Asikni, Vitasta, Arjikiya aur Susoma, tum bhi suno. Humaari awaaz suno aur humare saath jud jaao.
Mantra 6
तृष्टामया प्रथमं यातवे सजूः सुसर्त्वा रसया श्वेत्या त्या । त्वं सिन्धो कुभया गोमतीं क्रुमुं मेहत्न्वा सरथं याभिरीयसे ॥
Sindhu pehle Trishtama aur Rasa ke saath nikli. Phir Shveti bhi saath aayi. Kubha, Gomati, Krumu aur Mehatnu, sab ek hi rath mein baith ke chal padi hain. Jaise ek gaadi mein sab saath jaate hain, waise hi yeh sab nadiyaan ek saath beh rahi hain.
Mantra 7
ऋजीत्येनी रुशती महित्वा परि ज्रयांसि भरते रजांसि । अदब्धा सिन्धुरपसामपस्तमाश्वा न चित्रा वपुषीव दर्शता ॥
Sindhu nadi seedhi chalti hai, tez hai, aur apni badi haisiyat se chamakti hai. Woh aas-paas ke saare ilaake apne saath le chalti hai. Koi use na hara sakta hai na thaka sakta hai. Woh paani mein sabse tez hai. Dekhne mein woh aisi lagti hai jaise chamakde ghode ho. Yeh taakat hamare andar bhi aisi hi chalti rahe, koi use rokh na paaye.
Mantra 8
स्वश्वा सिन्धुः सुरथा सुवासा हिरण्ययी सुकृता वाजिनीवती । ऊर्णावती युवतिः सीलमावत्युताधि वस्ते सुभगा मधुवृधम् ॥
Sindhu ke paas achhe ghode hain, achhe rath hain, aur woh achhe kapde pehenti hai. Woh sona jaisi chamakti hai, achhi tarah bani hai, aur taakat se bhari hai. Woh ek jawan ladki jaisi hai, oon le kar aati hai, aur acchi tarah dhalti hai. Uske upar madhu jaisi chamak hai jo badhti rehti hai. Aisa hi hamara mann bhi taakat aur khushi se bhara rahe.
Mantra 9
सुखं रथं युयुजे सिन्धुरश्विनं तेन वाजं सनिषदस्मिन्नाजौ । महान्ह्यस्य महिमा पनस्यतेऽदब्धस्य स्वयशसो विरप्शिनः ॥
Sindhu ne aasaan chalne wala rath joda hai, ghodon se kheenchta hua. Us rath se woh is jung mein jeet haasil karti hai. Uski badai sach mein bahut badi hai, log uski tareef karte hain. Woh kabhi nahi harti, khud apni badai wali hai, aur bahut door tak uski pahunch hai. Aisa hi hamara andar ka rath sahi disha mein chale aur hum jeet paayein.
It is a hymn praising the divine Waters (Āpas), especially Sindhu, and it also invokes many named rivers to join the poet’s hymn and bring strength, purity, and auspicious flow.
The rivers are treated as living divine powers. Naming them is a way of inviting their presence and blessings, and of honoring the interconnected sacred landscape through which life and offerings flow.
Vivasvat is the solar, luminous context of order and truth. The phrase suggests that the waters are praised not only as physical rivers but as powers working within a higher, radiant order (ṛta-like harmony).
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