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EKAVRDH AND EKAVRT IN VEDIC LITERATURE
sárve sahá vyajāyantaliadt ekavrà asayat samvritam tad devā itthaṁ cettham ca vyatyacaraṁs tan mitrāvaruņā acāyatām “The gods, verily, all became pregnant together. They were all born together. That lay alone (i.e. by itself, without procreation) rolled together. The gods passed by and beyond it in this way and that. Mitra and Varuņa observed it.” In this
passage also ekavrt is to be interpreted as containing the root noun -yrt.
1. It is not clear what this tad stands for, It is narrated further that a cow was
created from that tad,
Madhu Vidyā/111
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