Shloka 38
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
अथ भूयो जगत्स््रष्टा भो:शब्देनानुनादयन्
atha bhūyo jagatsraṣṭā bhoḥ-śabdenānunādayan sarasvatīm (vāṇīm) uccārayām āsa | tataḥ sārasvatasya āvirbhāvo 'bhavat | sarasvatyā vāṇyā utpanno 'sau śaktimān putraḥ apāntaratamā nāma babhūva ||
随后，诸世界的创造者又使音节“bhoḥ”轰然回响，令其回荡于十方，并宣说“萨拉斯瓦蒂”——即言语本身。由此宣说，显现出一位“萨拉斯瓦塔”之存在。那由萨拉斯瓦蒂、亦即由神圣言语所生的强大之子，被称为“阿般陀罗多摩”。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the sanctity and creative potency of speech (Vāṇī/Sarasvatī): sacred sound is not merely communication but a generative principle through which order, knowledge, and powerful beings can manifest—suggesting ethical reverence for truthful, disciplined speech.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Creator makes the call “bhoḥ” reverberate in all directions and then utters Sarasvatī (speech). From this act, a Sarasvata manifestation appears, and a powerful son is born from Sarasvatī, named Apāntaratamā.