Shloka 24
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
रेतसोऽन्ते च रेवन्तः खड्गी चर्मो तनुत्रधृक् ।
अश्वारूढः समुद्भूतो बाणतूणसमन्वितः ॥
retaso 'nte ca revantaḥ khaḍgī carmo tanutradhṛk / aśvārūḍhaḥ samudbhūto bāṇatūṇasamanvitaḥ
ଏବଂ ବୀଜସ୍ରାବର ଶେଷରେ ରେବନ୍ତ ଉଦ୍ଭବ ହେଲେ—ଖଡ୍ଗ, ଢାଳ ଓ କବଚ ଧାରଣ କରି; ଅଶ୍ୱାରୂଢ, ବାଣ ଓ ତୂଣୀର ସହିତ ସଜ୍ଜିତ।
FAQs
The verse presents ‘dharma of protection’ through iconography: divine power is not only luminous (Sūrya) but also defensive and order-preserving (armed, armored Revanta).
Vaṃśānucarita: it records the characteristic birth and attributes of a figure within the Solar familial cycle.
Revanta’s immediate emergence as fully armed suggests latent śakti manifesting as readiness—‘potential’ becoming ‘function’ without graduality, a common Purāṇic sign of divinity.