व्योम येन कृतं शून्यं शैला येन घनीकृताः । आपो द्रुताः कृता येन दीपो यस्य वशो रविः ॥ १३ ॥
vyōma yēna kṛtaṁ śūnyaṁ śailā yēna ghanīkṛtāḥ | āpō drutāḥ kṛtā yēna dīpō yasya vaśō raviḥ || 13 ||
Translation
by whom space is made empty and the mountains solid, by whom the waters are made fluid; whose lamp, under his sway, is the sun.
Word by word
- vyōma
- space
- yēna
- by whom
- kṛtaṁ
- is made
- śūnyaṁ
- empty
- śailā
- the mountains
- ghanī
- solid
- kṛtāḥ
- are made
- āpō
- (āpaḥ) the waters
- drutāḥ
- fluid
- kṛtā
- made
- dīpō
- (dīpaḥ) lamp
- yasya
- whose
- vaśō
- (vaśaḥ) under his sway
- raviḥ
- the sun
Meaning
Each thing has its own nature, space its emptiness, rock its hardness, water its flowing, and the verse gives each to him. The sun, which lights the world, is only his lamp, set up and kept at his will. The commentary: he has made the sun, which is under his control, a lamp.