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Brihaspati, Power of the Soul 317
aþtFto jyEt s\ DnAEn þEtj yA y; t yA sj yA .
av-yv yo vErv, kZoEt b} Z rAjA tmvE t dvA, 9
9. None can assail him, he conquers utterly all the riches of
the worlds which confront him and the world in which he
dwells; he who for the Soul-Power that seeks its manifestation
creates in himself that highest good, is cherished by the
gods.
i dý [c som\ Epbt\ bh-pt_E-mn^ yâ m dsAnA vq vs .
aA vA\ EvfE (v dv, -vAB; vo_-m rEy\ svvFr\ En yQCtm^ 10
10. Thou, O Brihaspati, and Indra, drink the Soma-wine rejoicing
in this sacrifice, lavishing substance. Let the powers of
its delight enter into you and take perfect form, control in
us a felicity full of every energy.
bh-pt i dý vDt\ n, scA sA vA\ s; mEtB(v-m .
aEv V\ EDyo Ejgt\ p; r DFjj-tmyo vn; qAmrAtF, 11
11. O Brihaspati, O Indra, increase in us together and may that
your perfection of mind be created in us; foster the thoughts,
bring out the mind’s multiple powers; destroy all poverties
that they bring who seek to conquer the Aryan.
COMMENTARY
Brihaspati, Brahmanaspati, Brahma are the three names of the
god to whom the Rishi Vamadeva addresses this mystic hymn
of praise. In the later Puranic theogonies Brihaspati and Brahma
have long become separate deities. Brahma is the Creator, one
of the Three who form the great Puranic Trinity; Brihaspati is
a figure of no great importance, spiritual teacher of the gods,
and incidentally guardian of the planet Jupiter; Brahmanaspati,
the middle term which once linked the two, has disappeared.
To restore the physiognomy of the Vedic deity we have to reunite
what has been disjoined and correct the values of the two