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420 Hymns of the Atris
aA y-t sEprAs; t_`n fmE-t DAys .
eq; ; ßm; t v aA Ec \ m(yq; DA, 9
9. O strength, O presser out on us of the running richness,
when thou findest one who is a glad peace 11 for the establishing
of thy works, in such mortals illumination establish
and inspired knowledge and the conscious soul.
iEt Ec m y; mED}j-(vAdAtmA pf;\ dd .
aAd`n apZto_E/, sAs Ad^ d-yEnq, sAs Aàn^ 10
10. For to this end I born in the material existence receive as
thy gift the emotional mind and the animal being. 12 Yea, O
Will, may the eater of things overpower the Dividers 13 who
minister not to his fullness; these souls that rush upon him
with their impulsions may he overcome.
11 ´Sam and ´sarma in the Veda express the idea of peace and joy, the joy that comes of
the accomplished labour, ´samī, or work of the sacrifice: the toil of the battle and the
journey find their rest, a foundation of beatitude is acquired which is already free from
the pain of strife and effort.
12 Literally, passion-mind and the animal; but the word pa´su may also mean, as it
does oftenest in the Veda, the symbolic Cow of light; in that case the sense will be the
emotional mind and the illumined mind. But the first rendering agrees better with the
general sense of the hymn and with its previous use of the word.
13 The Dasyus who hack and cut up the growth and unity of the soul and seek to assail
and destroy its divine strength, joy and knowledge. They are powers of Darkness, the
sons of Danu or Diti the divided being.