Rigveda :Anuvaka 1:verse 3

Anuvaka 1:verse 3

 

agnina rayimasnavat posameva dive-dive

yasasam viravattamam

 

Agnina= by  fire Rayi= rich  navat=freshness  pos=abundance evam=thus dive-dive=daily  yasas=honor vira= heroic vattamam= 

 

 

By the help of fire, a man attains wealth, riches and he becomes brave

 

 

In this scripture it says, Fire aka agni will bring freshness, richness and heroism into a person. 

I was listening to a critic who says these rishis are just drinking some liquor sitting near the fire and speaking out from the illusion which that liquor brings. 

 A person who tries to understand any ancient text…then he/she should have proper ushapooja and Sandhya vandana. (morning and evening prayers) . What can we expect from people who drunk and live unrighteous and try to understand the verses by those people who were enlightened? 

 Rishi Madhuchanda is praising Agni here, whatever he recites is true. Who can live in a world without fire? 

In my childhood I was so attracted towards the Greek God Prometheus. Who stole fire from Mount Olympus for the humans.  He was eternally punished by Zeus. I still remember how I shed tears for Prometheus while reading about the troubles he took to bring fire and how he went through the punishment. I was so haunted.

 These rishis are obviously glorifying fire, and giving fire a valuable place in their life. Fire is a form of light and shines on the world removing the darkness.​ Without that our life is lifeless.

 

Here sage Madhuchanda says, by the help of fire, a man attains wealth and becomes a hero……

 

I think this is a true statement. Ancient sages tried to see god’s content in all the creations. For them each and everything was the manifestation of the creator. So, they admired it…….

 

Human of narrow bandwidth intelligence told Rigveda is just some sages asking for wealth. That’s how their mentality is………..they don’t see how the rishis praised every creation of the Lord.

 

That’s the difference between common man and enlightened rishis.