ambhas tu yad-reta udāra-vīryaṁ
ambhas tu yad-reta udāra-vīryaṁ
sidhyanti jīvanty uta vardhamānāḥ
lokā yato 'thākhila-loka-pālāḥ
prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
May the Lord of great vibhūtis, from whose semen, in the form of water which possesses great power, living entities and the protectors of the planets are born, live and increase, be pleased with us!
Uḍara-viṛyam means “possessing great śakti.” From water, living entities are born (sidhyanti).
|| 8.5.34 ||
somaṁ mano yasya samāmananti
divaukasāṁ yo balam andha āyuḥ
īśo nagānāṁ prajanaḥ prajānāṁ
prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
May the Lord, possessing great vibhūtis, whom the wise say is the moon which is the food, strength and life of the devatās, the controller of trees, and the means of reproducing for the offspring, be pleases with us!
The moon is the food of the devatās, and also their strength and life. The moon is the lord of the trees (nagānām). It also causes generation (prajanaḥ) for the living entities.
|| 8.5.35 ||
agnir mukhaṁ yasya tu jāta-vedā
jātaḥ kriyā-kāṇḍa-nimitta-janmā
antaḥ-samudre 'nupacan sva-dhātūn
prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
May the Lord possessing great vibhūtis, whose mouth is fire which produces wealth, which appeared in order to perform sacrifices, and which digests the food in the stomach and the ocean, be pleased with us!
Jāta-vedāḥ means the producer of wealth. Antaḥ samudre means “in the stomach.” Fire digests things like food that can be digested (sva-dhātūn), and as well heats up water in the ocean as the Vādava fire.[125]
|| 8.5.36 ||
yac-cakṣur āsīt taraṇir deva-yānaṁ
trayīmayo brahmaṇa eṣa dhiṣṇyam
dvāraṁ ca mukter amṛtaṁ ca mṛtyuḥ
prasīdatāṁ naḥ sa mahā-vibhūtiḥ
May the Lord, who possesses great vibhūtis, whose eye is the sun, the deity presiding over the path of liberation, which is the embodiment of the three Vedas, which is the place of worship, the door to liberation, immortality and death, be pleased with us!
The sun (taraṇiḥ) represents the path of liberation (deva-yānam). The sun is a guiding deity on the path of liberation. The sun is the three Vedas (trayīmayaḥ). Śruti says saiṣā trayi eva vidyā tapati: the sun shines as the three Vedas. (Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 10.5.2.2.) The sun is the place for worship (brahmaṇaḥ dhiṣṇyam). Śruti says ya eṣo ‘ntar ādityo hiraṇmayaḥ puruṣaḥ: the golden form of the Lord resides within the sun. The sun is the door to liberation since it is on the deva-yāna, the path of liberation. It is immortality, or heavenly since it is a pure planet based on piety. It is death because it personifies time.
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