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 ||
తెల్లని, బ్రహ్మసదృశమైన ఒక రూపం చుట్టూ పడుతూ ప్రదర్శితమైంది. అది రజోగుణస్పర్శతో సోమస్వరూపంగా మారింది; దశదిశలు దానిని స్వీకరించాయి.
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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.