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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 21.3.9.3

मूल पाठSource scriptureOriginal Sanskritमूल संस्कृत

कतमे वसव इत्यग्निश्च पृथिवी च वायुश्चान्तरिक्षं चाऽऽदित्यश्च द्यौश्च चन्द्रमाश्च नक्षत्राणि चैते वसव एतेषु हीदं वसु सर्वँ हितमिति तस्माद्वसव इति

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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.'

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'वसु कौन हैं?' 'अग्नि, पृथिवी, वायु, अन्तरिक्ष, आदित्य, द्युलोक, चन्द्रमा और नक्षत्र, ये वसु हैं; क्योंकि इन्हीं में यह सब वसु (जगत्) बसा हुआ है, इसलिए ये वसु कहलाते हैं।'

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