Shloka 113

रौद्रे लोहितमित्याहुलोहितात्‌ कनकं स्मृतम्‌ । तन्मैत्रमिति विज्ञेयं धूमाच्च वसव: स्मृता:

raudre lohitam ity āhur lohitāt kanakaṃ smṛtam | tan maitram iti vijñeyaṃ dhūmāc ca vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ ||

วสิษฐะกล่าวว่า “ในภาวะแห่งรุทรา เรียกว่า ‘โลหิตะ’ (ผู้แดง) และจากโลหิตะนั้นกล่าวกันว่าเกิด ‘กนกะ’ คือทองคำ ทองคำนั้นพึงรู้ว่าเป็น ‘ไมตระ’ อันสังกัดมิตระ—หลักแห่งความสมัครสมานและมิตรภาพ และจากควันนั้นกล่าวถึงกำเนิดของเหล่าวสุ”

रौद्रेin/with (the state called) raudra
रौद्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरौद्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
लोहितम्redness; the red (color/thing)
लोहितम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोहित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
लोहितात्from the red (substance/color)
लोहितात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootलोहित
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
कनकम्gold
कनकम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकनक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
स्मृतम्is remembered/considered
स्मृतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
FormPast passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मैत्रम्friendly; pertaining to Mitra
मैत्रम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमैत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विज्ञेयम्should be known/understood
विज्ञेयम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + ज्ञा
FormGerundive (tavya/anīya-class; here -ya), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
धूमात्from smoke
धूमात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootधूम
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वसवःthe Vasus (a class of deities)
वसवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवसु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्मृताःare remembered/considered
स्मृताः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

वसिष्ठ उवाच

V
Vasiṣṭha
R
Rudra
L
Lohita
K
Kanaka (gold)
M
Mitra
D
Dhūma (smoke)
V
Vasus

Educational Q&A

The verse links divine principles to elemental transformations: ‘Lohita’ in the Rudra-aspect is associated with the emergence of gold, which is then characterized as ‘maitra’ (aligned with Mitra—harmony and alliance). It also preserves a traditional cosmological association that the Vasus are connected with (or arise from) smoke.

Vasiṣṭha is presenting a traditional, Vedic-style mapping of names and origins—connecting Rudra, Lohita, gold, Mitra, smoke, and the Vasus—within a didactic discourse that uses cosmological correspondences to convey ordered relationships in the world.