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Some, like the ancient commentator Shākapūņi, believe that
Vishvedevaĥ constitute a special class of Deities. In the
opinion of Yāska, the term Vishva is in the sense of
all; hence it refers to the collectivity of all the Gods including
the Gods with specific names like Agni etc. and those not
specifically mentioned. This view seems to be better since all the
hymns addressed to them carry the implied sense of the assembly of
all the Gods. These hymns especially stress the qualities common
to all the Gods. Vishvedevāĥ occurs in the Rigveda for the
first time in Hymn 3, mantrās (3.7) to (3.9). |
