Adhyaya 17 — The Birth of Atri’s Three Sons: Soma, Dattatreya, and Durvasa
ब्रह्मरूपञ्च शुक्लाभं पतमानं समन्ततः ।
सोमरूपं रजोपेतं दिशस्तं जगृहुर्दश ॥
brahmarūpañca śuklābhaṃ patamānaṃ samantataḥ |
somarūpaṃ rajopetaṃ diśastaṃ jagṛhurdaśa ||
શ્વેત, બ્રહ્મસદૃશ એક રૂપ સર્વત્ર પડતું પડતું પ્રગટ થયું. તે રજોગુણથી રંજિત સોમસ્વરૂપ બન્યું; દશ દિશાઓએ તેને સ્વીકાર્યું.
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The ‘ten directions’ receiving the form suggests that a deity’s function is cosmic and all-encompassing, not localized. The mention of rajas hints that even luminous divinity participates in dynamic governance of the world.
Sarga/Pratisarga imagery (formation and cosmic placement) in service of Vaṃśa narration (the arising of Soma as Atri’s son).
‘Ten directions’ can symbolize the full field of experience; Soma as mind-linked luminary becomes ‘held’ by the totality of space, indicating mind’s pervasion through the experiential cosmos.