ॐ अहं रुद्रेभिर्वसुभिश्चराम्यहमादित्यैरुत विश्वदेवैः। अहं मित्रावरुणोभा बिभर्म्यहमिन्द्राग्नी अहमश्विनोभा ॥ १ ॥
ōṁ ahaṁ rudrēbhirvasubhiścarāmyahamādityairuta viśvadēvaiḥ | ahaṁ mitrāvaruṇōbhā bibharmyahamindrāgnī ahamaśvinōbhā || 1 ||
Translation
Om. I move with the Rudras and the Vasus, with the Ādityas and with all the gods. I uphold both Mitra and Varuṇa; I uphold Indra and Agni, and both the Aśvins.
Word by word
- ōṁ
- sacred syllable
- aham
- I
- rudrēbhiḥ vasubhiḥ
- with the Rudras and the Vasus
- carāmi
- move
- ādityaiḥ uta viśvadēvaiḥ
- with the Ādityas and with all the gods
- mitrāvaruṇā ubhā
- both Mitra and Varuṇa
- bibharmi
- uphold, bear
- indrāgnī
- Indra and Agni
- aśvinā ubhā
- both the Aśvins
Meaning
The book tells who speaks: Vāk, daughter of the sage Ambhṛṇa, a great knower of Brahman who had become one with the Goddess. These are her words. She does not stand beside the gods as one more of them: she moves in every company of them and holds them up, as the one power by which each god is what he is.