स होवाच महिमान एवैषामेते त्रयस्त्रिँशत्त्वेव देवा इति कतमे ते त्रयस्त्रिँशदित्यष्टौ वसव एकादश रुद्रा द्वादशाऽऽदित्यास्ते एकत्रिँशदिन्द्रश्चैव प्रजापतिश्च त्रयस्त्रिँशाविति
sa hovāca mahimāna evaiṣāmete trayastrim̐śattveva devā iti katame te trayastrim̐śadityaṣṭau vasava ekādaśa rudrā dvādaśā''dityāste ekatrim̐śadindraścaiva prajāpatiśca trayastrim̐śāviti
अर्थMeaning
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'They are only the various powers of them, in reality there are only thirty-three gods .' He asked: 'Who are those thirty-three?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Âdityas. They make thirty-one, and Indra and Pragâpati make the thirty-three .'
Direct literal rendering preserving Sanskrit philosophical terminology.
व्याख्याVyakhya
उसने कहा, 'ये तो इनकी महिमाएँ (विभूतियाँ) ही हैं; देवता तो तैंतीस ही हैं।' 'वे तैंतीस कौन हैं?' 'आठ वसु, ग्यारह रुद्र और बारह आदित्य; ये इकतीस हुए, और इन्द्र तथा प्रजापति मिलकर तैंतीस।'
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