Shloka 17
त्वत्त एता: पुनः शुक्र वीरुधों हरितच्छदा: । जायन्ते पुष्करिण्यश्व सुभद्रश्न महोदधि:,उज्ज्वलवर्णवाले अग्ने! फिर आपसे ही हरे-हरे पत्तोंवाले वनस्पति उत्पन्न होते हैं और आपसे ही पोखरियाँ तथा कल्याणमय महासागर पूर्ण होते हैं
tvatta etāḥ punaḥ śukra vīrudho haritacchadāḥ | jāyante puṣkariṇyaś ca subhadraś ca mahodadhiḥ ||
Stambhamitra said: “O radiant one, from you again arise these green-leaved plants and creepers; and from you are filled the lotus-ponds as well as the auspicious great ocean.” The speech praises the sustaining, life-giving source that renews vegetation and waters, implying an ethical vision of reverence toward the cosmic order that supports all beings.
स्तम्बमित्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches reverence for the sustaining cosmic principle: the same luminous source is credited with renewing vegetation and filling waters, highlighting interdependence and gratitude toward the forces that uphold life.
Stambhamitra addresses a radiant power (commonly understood as Agni in such hymnic praise), describing how plants and water-bodies arise and are replenished through it, as part of a laudatory or explanatory discourse on natural generation.