Verse 7

Ekakshara

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

ऋचो यजूंषि प्रसवन्ति वक्त्रात् सामानि सम्राड् वसुवन्तरिक्षम् । त्वं यज्ञनेता हुतभुग् विभुश्च रुद्रास्तथा दैत्यगणा वसुश्च ॥७॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

ऋचः । यजूंषि । प्रसवन्ति । वक्त्रात् । सामानि । सम्राट् । वसु । अन्तरिक्षम् । त्वम् । यज्ञ-नेता । हुत-भुक् । विभुः । च । रुद्राः । तथा । दैत्य-गणाः । वसुः । च ।

IAST Transliteration

ṛco yajūṃṣi prasavanti vaktrāt sāmāni samrāḍ vasv antarīkṣam | tvaṃ yajñanetā hutabhug vibhūś ca rudrās tathā daityagaṇā vasuś ca ||7||

Translation

From your mouth the Ṛk hymns and the Yajus formulas are set in motion, and the Sāman chants as well. O sovereign, you are the Vasu and you are the mid-space. You are the leader of sacrifice, the eater of oblations, and the all-pervading one; you are the Rudras, and likewise the hosts of Daityas, and the Vasu deities too.

Academic Translation

From (your) mouth the Ṛk-verses and the Yajus-formulas are set in motion; the Sāman-chants (too). O sovereign, (you are) the Vasu; (you are) the mid-space. You are the leader of sacrifice, the eater of oblations, and the all-pervading one; (you are) the Rudras, and likewise the hosts of Daityas, and the Vasu(-deities) as well.

Verse Context

• Brahman as the source and immanent support of Vedic speech (śabda) and cosmic functions; non-dual all-inclusiveness
• Mahavakya: Supports the purport of ‘sarvaṃ khalv idaṃ brahma’ (Chāndogya 3.14.1) by identifying all Vedic forms and deity-classes as expressions of the One.
• Atharva