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Sukta 6.71
Bharadvāja (Bārhaspatya)
Savitṛ (Savitar)
Triṣṭubh
Is mantra mein Savitr ki tareef hai jo sabko aage badhane wala devta hai. Wo subah uthke apne soni haath failata hai aur poore brahmand mein sahi system chalata hai. Yeh unse pray karta hai ki hawan ko aashirwad de aur use shakti de. Jo log daan dete hai unko dhan aur sukh mile. Har din humare liye acche cheezein mile, yeh bhi maanga hai. Sab kuch sahi soch aur sahi niyat se milta hai.
Mantra 1
उदु ष्य देवः सविता हिरण्यया बाहू अयंस्त सवनाय सुक्रतुः । घृतेन पाणी अभि प्रुष्णुते मखो युवा सुदक्षो रजसो विधर्मणि ॥
Savitar devta uthte hain. Unke haath sone jaisi chamak rahe hain, woh aage badha rahe hain. Woh ghee se haath geela kar rahe hain. Woh jawan hain aur bahut samajhdaar hain. Woh duniya mein sahi niyam bana rahe hain.
Mantra 2
देवस्य वयं सवितुः सवीमनि श्रेष्ठे स्याम वसुनश्च दावने । यो विश्वस्य द्विपदो यश्चतुष्पदो निवेशने प्रसवे चासि भूमनः ॥
Hum Savitar devta ki shakti mein rahein. Woh humein dhan de. Yeh devta bahut bade hain. Insaan aur jaanwar sab inke haath mein hain. Yeh sab ko jagah dete hain aur sab ko aage badhaate hain.
Mantra 3
अदब्धेभिः सवितः पायुभिष्ट्वं शिवेभिरद्य परि पाहि नो गयम् । हिरण्यजिह्वः सुविताय नव्यसे रक्षा माकिर्नो अघशंस ईशत ॥
Savitar devta, tum apni raksha mein rakhna. Tumhari zaban sone jaisi hai. Humein naya sukh do. Koi bura insaan hum par haath na maar sake.
Mantra 4
उदु ष्य देवः सविता दमूना हिरण्यपाणिः प्रतिदोषमस्थात् । अयोहनुर्यजतो मन्द्रजिह्व आ दाशुषे सुवति भूरि वामम् ॥
Savitar devta uthte hain jo ghar mein rehte hain. Unke haath sone jaisi chamak rahe hain. Shaam ke waqt woh khade rehte hain. Woh bahut taakatwale hain. Jo log bhagwan ko puja karte hain, unko yeh sukh deta hai.
Mantra 5
उदू अयाँ उपवक्तेव बाहू हिरण्यया सविता सुप्रतीका । दिवो रोहांस्यरुहत्पृथिव्या अरीरमत्पतयत्कच्चिदभ्वम् ॥
Savita apne haath upar karke khada hai, jaise koi kaam karwane wala bolta hai. Woh sone jaisa chamak raha hai aur bilkul saaf dikh raha hai. Woh dharti se aasman ki taraf chadhta hai. Woh sab kuch sahi disha mein chalata hai, bade-bade khaali ilaakon se bhi guzar jaata hai.
Mantra 6
वाममद्य सवितर्वाममु श्वो दिवेदिवे वाममस्मभ्यं सावीः । वामस्य हि क्षयस्य देव भूरेरया धिया वामभाजः स्याम ॥
Savita, aaj hume accha de, kal bhi accha de. Roz-roz hume aage badha. Bhagwan, tumhare paas bahut acchi jagah hai. Hume bhi uska hissa mil jaye, hum bhi wahan pahunch jaayein.
Savitṛ is the divine “Impeller” who sets things in motion—sun’s course, life’s activity, and the sacrifice. The hymn describes him with golden arms and hands that consecrate and energize the rite.
It repeatedly asks for vāmá—“the desirable good”: prosperity, well-being, and a secure share in Savitṛ’s abundant dwelling of delight, today and every day.
They are transition points when Savitṛ is invoked as the power that ‘turns on’ right movement and right order. The hymn explicitly places him at dusk and also portrays his rising, making it suitable for liminal ritual moments.
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