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katame vasava iti | agniś ca pṛthivī ca vāyuś cāntarikṣaṃ cādityaś ca dyauḥ ca candramāś ca nakṣatrāṇi caite vasavaḥ | eteṣu hīdaṃ sarvaṃ vasu hitaṃ iti tasmād vasava iti ||

3. He asked: 'Who are the Vasus.'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Agni (fire), Prithivî (earth), Vâyu (air), Antariksha (sky), Âditya (sun), Dyu (heaven), Kandramas (moon), the Nakshatras (stars), these are the Vasus, for in them all that dwells (this world) rests; and therefore they are called Vasus.'

katame vasava iti teṣāṃ svarūpaṃ pratyekaṃ pṛchcyate;agniśca pṛthivī ceti - agnyādyā nakṣatrāntarā ete vasavaḥ - prāṇināṃ karmaphalāśrayatvena kāryakaraṇasaṃghātarūpeṇa tannivāsatvena ca vipariṇamanto jagadidaṃ sarvaṃ vāsayanti vasanti ca;te yasmād vāsanti tasmāde vasava iti || 3 ||

Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 3,9.3; Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.; Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.; Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84; Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.; Permanent link

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