Shloka 5
Adhyaya 17 — Harishchandra
स सोमो मानसोजज्ञे तस्यामत्रेः प्रजापतेः ।
पुत्रः समस्तसत्त्वानामायुराधार एव च ॥
sa somo mānaso jajñe tasyāmatreḥ prajāpateḥ |
putraḥ samastasattvānāmāyurādhāra eva ca ||
ആ സോമൻ പ്രജാപതി അത്രിയുടെ മനസ്സിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ചു. അവൻ അത്രിയുടെ പുത്രനായി, സർവ്വജീവികളുടെ ആയുസ്സിന്റെ അധാരമായി നിലകൊണ്ടു.
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FAQs
The Moon is linked with nourishment and vitality; calling Soma ‘support of lifespan’ frames cosmic order as sustaining embodied life. It also elevates the mind (manas) as a generative principle capable of producing world-supporting powers.
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita: genealogical account of Atri’s divine offspring, with cosmological function statements (Sarga-adjacent).
Soma as ‘mind-born’ encodes the correspondence between the lunar principle and manas in Indic thought: the waxing/waning mind, emotional tides, and vitality rhythms.