Rishi: मैत्रावरुणिर्वसिष्ठः (वृष्टिकामः), कुमार आग्नेयो वा · Devata: पर्जन्यः · Metre: त्रिष्टुप्
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What happens in this chapter
Parjanya, bull of the rain clouds
Maharshi Vasishtha, praying for rain, or by another account Kumara son of Agni, praises Parjanya. Speak the three words led by light that milk the honeyed udder, he says; the bull, born at once, roars and makes the plants conceive. Parjanya rules the growth of plants and waters and the whole moving world; let him give triple shelter. He takes whatever body he wills; the mother receives the father's milk, and by it father and son grow. In him stand all the worlds, three heavens and threefold waters. Let the rains bring joy and the plants bear good fruit.