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« on: October 27, 2012, 05:00:14 PM »
3 durgA sUktam
अग्ने॒ त्वं॑ पा॑रया॒ नव्यो॑ अ॒स्मान् स्व॒स्तिभि॒रति॑ दु॒र्गाणि॒ विश्वा॑॑ ।
पूश्च॑ पृ॒थिवी ब॑हु॒ला न॑ उ॒र्वी भवा॑ तो॒काय॒ तन॑याय॒ शंयोः ॥
agnE tvam pArayA navyO asmAn svastibhirati durgAni vishvA .
pUshca pRuthivi bahulA na urvI bhavA tOkAya tanayAya shamyOh ..
O Fire (Effulgence of wisdom, Self) Thou who art worthy of praise and worship, be thou pleased and take us to the beyond, and (take us) across the difficulties in an easy and loving manner (without difficulties). (Gracious one, Thou please be pleased) and cleanse this earth (body) and the heaven (mind, intellect) and (we pray, Thou be pleased to) show the same grace to our children and their children with the same (this wisdom) bliss!
Friends, all the sources that i referred to, translated the second line "pUshca pRuthivi bahulA na urvI" interpretting 'pU' as hometown and urvI as a space of land, and conveyed a prayer to grant blessings so that their lands increase and crops raise and show blessings upon their children and grandchildren. Somehow it did not satisfy me, and upon checking with the dictionaries, i came to learn that 'pU' also meat to cleanse, and earth (pRuthivI) represented the body, and the urvI (also represented heavens) that is our mind, where lies all joys. I have taken the liberty to satisfy my understanding, thus and felt it nice, instead of praying for increase in crops and lands. Corrections are welcome. thank you
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