Chapter 2 · Dvitīyo’dhyāyaḥ (Second Chapter)
Verse 17
तस्यास्तु दन्ताः सम्भूताः प्राजापत्येन तेजसा। नयनत्रितयं जज्ञे तथा पावकतेजसा ॥ १७ ॥
tasyāstu dantāḥ sambhūtāḥ prājāpatyēna tējasā | nayanatritayaṁ jajñē tathā pāvakatējasā || 17 ||
Translation
'Her teeth were produced from the radiance of Prajāpati. Her three eyes were born from the radiance of the fire god (Agni).'
Word by word
- tasyāḥ
- her
- tu
- and
- dantāḥ
- the teeth
- sambhūtāḥ
- were produced
- prājāpatyēna
- from the radiance of Prajāpati
- tējasā
- by the radiance
- nayanatritayam
- the three eyes
- jajñē
- were born
- tathā
- and
- pāvakatejasā
- from the radiance of Pāvaka (Agni, the fire god)
Meaning
Her fierce attributes are formed: her teeth from Prajāpati, symbolizing the power to destroy enemies of creation; her three eyes from Agni, granting supreme perception of past, present, and future, and the power to reduce evil to ashes.