Canto 24Mandala Seven
Book 2. cover for HMF=16.pdf
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[RV VII.1.1]
Hymns of Vasishtha
to
5Agni
VII.1.
1. Men have brought the Flame to birth by their thinkings from
the tinders by the movement of the two hands, expressed by the
word, the far-seer, the master of the house, the traveller.
10aEn
nro
dFEDEtEBrr@yoh
tQy
tF
15jny
t
ft
d
r
20d
f
g
hpEtmTy
ar@yo
25Heaven and Earth = mind and physical being, are the two
tinders
htQy
tF
sEvt
30v
bAh
The two hands are the two hands of the Sun,
dFEDEtEB
dFEDEt = thought, light, finger. All mean the same thing, for
35df
EDy
the fingers are those of the two hands of the Sun,
ft
Well-expressed (fs
40 ) by the word: external sense = praised.
aTy
aT
at
aTr
45 to move, cf
or
— Greek
r — the plane of
a j
50flaming light