द्रोण उवाच
सूर्यो भूत्वा रश्मिभिर् जातवेदो; भूमेर् अम्भो भूमिजातान् रसांश् च ॥
विश्वान् आदाय पुनर् उत्सर्गकाले; सृष्ट्वा वृष्ट्या भावयसीह शुक्र ॥
त्वत्त एताः पुनः शुक्र वीरुधो हरितच्छदाः ॥
जायन्ते पुष्करिण्यश् च समुद्रश् च महोदधिः ॥
droṇa uvāca
sūryo bhūtvā raśmibhir jātavedo; bhūmer ambho bhūmijātān rasāṃś ca ||
viśvān ādāya punar utsargakāle; sṛṣṭvā vṛṣṭyā bhāvayasīha śukra ||
tvatta etāḥ punaḥ śukra vīrudho haritacchadāḥ ||
jāyante puṣkariṇyaś ca samudraś ca mahodadhiḥ ||
Drona said: "Becoming the sun, with your rays, O Jatavedas, you draw up the water of the earth and all the saps born of the earth; having taken all, again, at the time of release, having made it into rain, you nourish them here, O Shukra; from you, O Shukra, these plants again, green-leaved, are born, and the lotus ponds, and the sea, the great ocean."
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Here Agni is perceived as the mover of nature's cycle. It is significant that, like the sun, he draws up the waters and returns them as rain, nourishing life: one power governs the cycling of the elements. Behind the cycle of nature stands a single divine orderer. Thus scripture reveals the wise design of the universe -- and praise rises to the One who moves it.