Thread by @punarutthana

Apah Suktam - from Rig Veda (10.9) आपः सुक्तम् - 

आपो हि ष्ठा मयोभुवस्था न ऊर्जे दधातन।
महे रणाय चक्षसे ॥१॥
Meaning:
1.1: O Water, b'coz of your presence,the Atmosphere is so refreshing & imparts us wth  vigour &strength.
1.2: We revere u who gladdens us by your pure essence 1/n

Milords, is praying for water is communal?
यो वः शिवतमो रसस्तस्य भाजयतेह नः ।
उशतीरिव मातरः ॥२॥

Meaning:
2.1: O Water, this auspicious Sap of yours, please share with us,
2.2: Like a Mother desiring (to share her best possession with her children).
2/n

#Milords, Our forefathers were communals?

तस्मा अरं गमाम वो यस्य क्षयाय जिन्वथ।
आपो जनयथा च नः ॥३॥
Meaning:
3.1: O Water, when your invigorating essence goes to one affected by weakness, it  enlivens him,
3.2: O Water, you are the source of our lives.

3/n

शं नो देवीरभिष्टय आपो भवन्तु पीतये ।
शं योरभि स्रवन्तु नः ॥४॥

Meaning:
4.1: O Water, may the auspicious divinity which is wished for be present in you when we drink (water).
4.2: May the auspiciousness which  supports you, flow to us.

4/n

#Milords, worth taking dip at #KumbhMela2019 b4 passing any orders on KVs PIL.

ईशाना वार्याणां क्षयन्तीश्चर्षणीनाम् ।
अपो याचामि भेषजम् ॥५॥
Meaning:
5.1: O Water, may the divinity in Water dwell in the Farm lands,
5.2: O Water, I implore you to give nutrition (to the crops).
5/n

अप्सु मे सोमो अब्रवीदन्तर्विश्वानि भेषजा।
अग्नि च विश्वशंभुवम् ॥६॥

Meaning:
6.1: O Water, Soma told me that in Water is present all Medicinal Herbs of the World
6.2: ... and also Agni (Fire) who brings auspiciousness to the World.

6/n

आपः पृणीत भेषजं वरूथं तन्वेऽ मम ।
ज्योक्च सूर्यं दृशे ॥७॥

Meaning:
7.1: O Water, you are abundantly filled with Medicinal Herbs; Please protect my body, ...
7.2: ... so that I can  see  the  Sun for long (i.e. I live long).

7/n

#Milords
इदमापः प्र वहत यत्किं च दुरितं मयि ।
यद्वाहमभिदुद्रोह यद्वा शेप उतानृतम् ॥८॥

Meaning:
8.1: O Water, please wash away whatever wicked tendencies are in me, ...
8.2: ... and also wash away the treacheries burning me from within, and any falsehood present in my Mind.

आपो अद्यान्वचारिषं रसेन समगस्महि ।
पयस्वानग्न आ गहि तं मा सं सृज वर्चसा॥९॥
Meaning:
9.1: O Water, today, 2you who is pervaded by fine Rasa (Invigorating Sap) I came,
9.2: I deeply enter (i.e. bathe) in u who is pervaded by Agni (Fire Principle);May that Agni produce lustre in me