Chapter 7Mandala Seven
Book 4. Part Four: Vedic Notes
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[RV VII.41–45]
VII.41. Bhaga — (
..
) S.
— either “thinking upon, meditating, mentalising” or “he who thinks himself”
. (
)
cf
in other hymns. S. . (
) .
= submission
. S. “let them come to the sacrifice for a pure place” . S.
.
42. Vi¸cwa Devas.
1 The two stones
(Heaven & Earth) The form of the sacrifice (
) The thundering of the Lord of the clouds. The Cows 2 The colours of Agni’s horses 3 The births of the Gods.
()
43. Vi¸cwadevas.
. S. for getting you (
) ()
(
)
. Sy. specially (
)
(
)
Shakti ()
.
(?
.) Sy.
44. Dadhikra
..
(also 2, 4, 5)
(
).
.
(cf 3.
)
— Sy.
. (
?) 2 The two arms of Surya —
cf 4.
Conclusive for sense of “labour”
Gen. or nom.?
S.
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[RV VII.61–63]
VII.61. Surya —
. Surya perceives the mentality in man, ie the Vijnana awakes in the mind of man & moulds it into the forms of Truth. He extends (forms) the vision in the seeker after godhead.
. Therefore the man becomes illumined & possessed of the truth & with a mind to which inspirations come from all the regions of consciousness.
.
. The clear use of
for the inspiration since it is used here of the utterer, not the hearer of the prayer.
. Ye filled the time-periods with the activity of the Will.
. Will. Action. Power of Action. Here it means the Will in the action of sacrifice Mahas described as
´eclaireurs. Mitra & Varuna place their powers of illumination who awake consciousness in the growths of earth & in its peoples.
. Here
seems to mean the same as
, but it may also mean strength or abundance. In that case has to be fixed in some other meaning.
as opposed to Whose thinking is a sacrifice to the gods or whose thought is for the sacrifice
. Here
seems to mean the soul — otherwise it has a special sense different from
.
Throws light on
. Not worship, but illumination.
VII.62. Surya made by
, the Will in action & perfected by the doers.
. Arka, Archis, Rich. Mitra
The most loved or the most loving of the Purushas. Aditi different from Earth.
VII.63.
— All referring to the Mahas or Vijnana which is the same for all mortals.
— Proof of
in the sense of joyous or lords of joy.
Surya is the eye or vision of Mitra & Varuna — see 61.1. Artha — the goal.
the goal.