Lexicon

of Rig Veda

retas, seed

The energy of creation. Often the word is associated with the creation of hymns. The father giving the seed may be Heaven with its highest consciousness-knowledge, the God, the Rishi.

See also:

•  creation (creation-son), creativity; begetting (begetting-hymn) (toka)

•  father (pitṛ)

•  offspring (prajā)

•  son (tanaya)

•  son; offspring (sūnu)