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The Conquest over the Dasyus 239
makes difficult the Path by his robberies and obstructions; “Cast
away utterly far from us the enemy, the thief, the crooked one
who places falsely the thought; O master of existence, make our
path easy to travel. Slay the Pani for he is the wolf, that devours”
(VI.51.13-14). His rising to the attack must be checked by the
gods. “This god (Soma) in his birth with Indra for helper held
back by force the Pani” and won Swar and the sun and all
the riches, (VI.44.22). The Panis have to be slain or routed so
that their riches may be ravished from them and devoted to the
higher life. “Thou who didst sever the Pani in his continuous
ranks, thine are these strong givings, O Saraswati. O Saraswati,
crush the obstructors of the gods” (VI.61). “O Agni and Soma,
then was your strength awakened when you robbed the Pani of
the cows and found the one Light for many” (I.93.4).
When the gods awake in the Dawn for the sacrifice, the Panis
must not awake also to interfere with its successful progress; let
them sleep in their cavern darkness. “O Dawn, queen of the
plenitudes, awaken those who fill us (the gods), but let the Panis
sleep unawakening. Richly dawn for the lords of the plenitude,
O queen of the Plenitude, richly for him who affirms thee, O
Dawn that art Truth. Young she shines out before us, she has
created her host of the ruddy cows; in the non-existent vision has
dawned out wide” (I.124.10-11). Or again in IV.51, “Lo, in front
of us that supreme light full of the knowledge has arisen out of
the darkness; daughters of heaven shining wide, the Dawns have
created the path for the human being. The Dawns stand in front
of us like pillars in the sacrifices; breaking out pure and purifying
they have opened the doors of the pen, the darkness. Breaking
forth today the dawns awaken to knowledge the enjoyers for the
giving of the rich felicity; within where there is no play of light
let the Panis sleep unwaking in the heart of the darkness.” Into
this nether darkness they have to be cast down from the higher
planes while the Dawns imprisoned by them in that night have to
be lifted to the highest planes. “Panis who make the knot of the
crookedness, who have not the will to works, spoilers of speech,
who have not faith, who increase not, who do not sacrifice, them
has Agni driven farther and farther; supreme, he has made them