Rig Veda 2.9.5: Mandala 2, Sukta 9, Mantra 5
Sukta 2.9
उभयं ते न क्षीयते वसव्यं दिवेदिवे जायमानस्य दस्म । कृधि क्षुमन्तं जरितारमग्ने कृधि पतिं स्वपत्यस्य रायः ॥
ubháyaṃ te ná kṣīyate vasavyàṃ divé-dive jā́yamānasya dasma | kṛ́dhi kṣumántaṃ jaritā́ram agne kṛ́dhi pátiṃ svapátyasya rāyáḥ ||
ഹേ ദസ്മ—അത്ഭുതകർമ്മനേ, നിന്റെ ഉഭയ വസവ്യം—വസുരൂപ സമ്പത്ത്—ക്ഷയിക്കുകയില്ല, നീ ദിനംപ്രതി ജനിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോഴും. ഹേ അഗ്നേ, ജരിതാരനെ—സ്തുതികാരനെ—ക്ഷുമന്തൻ, ശക്തിസമ്പന്നനാക്കുക; സ്വപത്യസ്യ റായഃ—സുസന്തതിയും യുക്തമായ അധിപത്യവും നൽകുന്ന സമ്പത്തിന്റെ—പതിയാക്കുക.
Boon-request verse: prosperity, strength, and progeny tied to successful maintenance of the sacred fire; applicable in household and soma contexts where Agni is invoked for continuity and abundance.
Inexhaustible plenitude (akṣaya-like idea), Continuous becoming (jāyamāna), Rayi as fullness of being
Non-diminishing wealth comes from alignment with ṛta—right action and right offering.
Daily rebirth implies fidelity to truth-practice; abundance is stable when founded on satya.
Perpetual regeneration: Agni reborn day by day sustains creative continuity (offspring, formations).
Yoga of works (karma-yajña) as continual renewal yielding inexhaustible inner capital.
morning (daily rebirth)
Daily fire = renewed aspiration; wealth = capacities and harmonies; offspring = new truth-formations; mastery = governance of nature.
- What is the primary Vedic 'mythologem' present in this verse?
- Agni as ever-born with inexhaustible wealth: the daily rebirth of fire guarantees a renewing plenitude. Psychologically, the inner fire repeatedly re-manifests, and its ‘wealth’ is twofold—force and light, or inner and outer supports—by which the aspirant becomes empowered and gains right continuities (svapatya).
- How does the linguistic structure reflect Proto-Indo-European roots?
- √jan (jāyamāna) from PIE *ǵenh₁-. √kṛ (kṛdhi) from PIE *kwer-/*ker- complex ‘do/make’ (Indo-Iranian preserves a strong √kṛ set). ‘day by day’ as distributive reduplication is a common IE poetic device (cf. iterative formulae).
- What is the relationship between the Rishi and the Devata here?
- The singer requests not material gain alone but a transformation of capacity: ‘make the jaritṛ kṣumant’—endow the practitioner with sustaining strength—and ‘make him pati’—a governed mastery over the riches that generate noble continuities of being (svapatya).
Daily renewal of aspiration; cultivate inexhaustible inner resources (clarity + strength).
svadhisthana
steady 4-4-6 breathing to build calm power; end with a gentle inner ‘kindling’ on inhale
Grounded abundance; stable energy.
Chant at the same time daily. After chanting, write one ‘noble offspring’ intention (a quality to be born today) and take one small mastery-act (svapatya) over a habit.
Keep clear udātta on ubháyaṃ, ná, kṣī́yate, díve-díve, jā́yamānasya, kṛ́dhi, kṣúmantam, patím.
Let ‘dive-dive’ be even and rhythmic; emphasize both kṛdhi imperatives as deliberate blessings.
kṣīyate: kṣ cluster clean; long ī., jāyamānasya: long ā; avoid swallowing ya., svapatyasya: pronounce sva-pa-tya-sya; keep ty cluster crisp.
Nourishing, steady, confident—less sharp, more sustaining.
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