Shloka 19

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

वसवस्ते समाख्याताः सर्वभूतहितैषिणः आपो ध्रुवश् च सोमश् च धरश्चैवानिलो ऽनलः

Transliteration

vasavaste samākhyātāḥ sarvabhūtahitaiṣiṇaḥ āpo dhruvaś ca somaś ca dharaścaivānilo 'nalaḥ

Translation

ഇവരാണ് വസുക്കൾ എന്നു പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടവർ—സകലഭൂതങ്ങളുടെ ഹിതം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർ: ആപഃ (ജലം), ധ്രുവൻ, സോമൻ, ധരൻ, അനിലൻ (വായു), അനലൻ (അഗ്നി).

Word by Word

• वसवः: the Vasus (a class of deities)

• ते: these/they

• समाख्याताः: have been proclaimed/enumerated

• सर्वभूतहितैषिणः: desirous of the welfare of all beings

• आपः: Āpa/Waters

• ध्रुवः: Dhruva/the fixed one

• सोमः: Soma/Moon

• धरः: Dhara/the supporter (earth-bearing principle)

• अनिलः: Anila/wind

• अनलः: Anala/fire

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages; internal source tradition implied)