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The Sons of Darkness 231
the hymn in which this phrase occurs so as to show finally the
nature of this symbolism. “Of this divine and rapturous seer
(Soma), bearer of the sacrifice, this honeyed speaker with the
illumined thought, O god, join to us, to the speaker of the word
the impulsions that are led by the cows of light (is.o goagrāh. ).
He it was who desired the shining ones (the cows, usrāh. )all
about the hill, truth-yoked, yoking his car with the thoughts of
the Truth, r.tadhītibhir r.tayug yujānah. ; (then) Indra broke the
unbroken hill-level of Vala, by the words he fought against the
Panis. He it was (Soma) who as the Moon-Power (Indu) day and
night and through the years made the lightless nights to shine
out, and they held the vision of the days; he created the dawns
pure in their birth. He it was becoming luminous who made full
of light the lightless ones; he made the many (dawns) shine by the
Truth, he went with horses yoked by the Truth, with the wheel
that finds Swar, satisfying (with the wealth) the doer of works.”
It is always the thought, the Truth, the word that is associated
with the Cows of the Panis; by the words of Indra the Divine
Mind-Power those who withhold the cows are conquered; that
which was dark becomes light; the chariot drawn by the horses
yoked by the Truth finds (by knowledge, svarvidā nābhinā) the
luminous vastnesses of being and consciousness and delight now
concealed from our vision. “By the brahma Indra pierces Vala,
conceals the darkness, makes Swar visible” (II.24.3), ud gā ājad
abhinad brahman. ā valam agūhat tamo vyacaks.ayat svah. .
The whole Rig Veda is a triumph-chant of the powers of
Light, and their ascent by the force and vision of the Truth
to its possession in its source and seat where it is free from the
attack of the falsehood. “By Truth the cows (illumined thoughts)
enter into the Truth; labouring towards the Truth the Truth one
conquers; the aggressive force of the Truth seeks the cows of
Light and goes breaking through (the enemy); for Truth the two
wide ones (Heaven and Earth) become multitudinous and deep,
for Truth the two supreme Mothers give their yield,” r.tena gāva
r.tam āvive´suh. ;r.ta ˙m yemāna r.tam id vanoti, r.tasya ´sus.mas turayā
u gavyuh. ;r.tāya pr.thvī bahule gabhīre, r.tāya dhenū parame
duhāte (IV.23.9-10).