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
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tQy
tF
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t
ft
d
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20r
d
f
g
hpEtmTy
25ar@yo
Heaven and Earth = mind and physical being, are the two
tinders
htQy
tF
30The two hands are the two hands of the Sun,
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v
bAh
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35dFEDEtEB
dFEDEt = thought, light, finger. All mean the same thing, for
the fingers are those of the two hands of the Sun,
df
EDy
40ft
Well-expressed (fs
) by the word: external sense = praised.
aTy
aT
45 to move, cf
at
or
aTr
— Greek
50a j
r — the plane of
flaming light