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394 Hymns of the Atris
3. When he has uncoiled the long cord of his hosts, Strength
shines pure by the pure herd of the radiances. 1 For the goddess
who discerns grows in plenitude and is yoked to her
works; he exalted, she extended supine, he feeds on her with
his flames of the offering.
aE`nmQCA dvytA\ mnA\Es c"\qFv sy s\ crE t .
ydF\ s; vAt uqsA Ev!p [vto vAjF jAyt ag} a¡Am^ 4
4. The minds of men who grow in the godhead move entirely
towards the flame of Will even as all their seeings converge
in the Sun that illumines. 2 When two Dawns 3 of opposite
forms are delivered of him, he is born as the White Steed in
front of the days.
jEn V Eh j yo ag} a¡A\ Ehto Eht vzqo vnq; .
dmdm sØ r×A dDAno_E`nhotA En qsAdA yjFyAn^ 5
5. Yea, he is born victorious in the front of the days, a ruddy
worker established in the established delights of things; upholding
in house after house the seven ecstasies 4 Strength
has taken his seat as the Priest of the offering mighty for
sacrifice.
aE`nhotA ysFdd^ yjFyAn; p-T mAt; , s; rBA u lok .
y; vA kEv, p; zEn, W tAvA DtA k VFnAm; t m@y id^ D, 6
1
The Cows of the Dawn. Dakshina, the goddess of divine discernment, is here a form
of the Dawn herself.
2
That is to say, instead of the groping thoughts of other men, their mentality tends
to convert itself into a luminous flame of Will that is knowledge and all their thoughts
become a blaze of direct vision, the rays of the Sun of Truth.
3
Day and Night, — the latter the state of Ignorance that belongs to our material
Nature, the former the state of illumined Knowledge that belongs to the divine Mind of
which our mentality is a pale and dulled reflection.
4
To each principle of our nature there corresponds a certain divine ecstasy and on
each plane, in each body or house, Agni establishes these ecstasies.