तस्य दृग्भ्योऽभवत् पुत्र: सोमोऽमृतमय: किल । विप्रौषध्युडुगणानां ब्रह्मणा कल्पित: पति: ॥ ३ ॥
tasya drgbhyo ’bhavat putrah somo ’mrtamayah kila viprausadhy-udu-gananam brahmana kalpitah patih
- tasya
- of him, Atri, the son of Brahma
- drgbhyah
- from the tears of jubilation from the eyes
- abhavat
- was born
- putrah
- a son
- somah
- the moon-god
- amrta-mayah
- full of soothing rays
- kila
- indeed
- vipra
- of the brahmanas
- osadhi
- of the drugs
- udu-gananam
- and of the luminaries
- brahmana
- by Lord Brahma
- kalpitah
- was appointed or designated
- patih
- the supreme director.
From Atri’s tears of jubilation was born a son named Soma, the moon, who was full of soothing rays. Lord Brahma appointed him the director of the brahmanas, drugs and luminaries.