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434 Hymns of the Atris
t\ EcEk(v tEmEQcEkd^ @yt-y DArA an; tE D pvF, .
nAh\ yAt;\ shsA n yn t\ spAMyzq-y v Z, 2
2. O conscious seer of the Truth, the Truth alone perceive in
my consciousness; cleave out 3 many flowing streams of the
Truth. 4 Not by force, nor by the duality can I achieve the
journey nor attain to the Truth of the shining Worker, the
fertilising Lord.
kyA no a`n tyàtn B; vo nvdA ucT-y n&y, .
vdA m dv t; pA tnA\ nAh\ pEt\ sEnt; r-y rAy, 3
3. By what thought in me, O Will, shalt thou seeking the Truth
by the Truth become the impeller to knowledge of a new
word? The godhead who guards the times and seasons 5 of
the Truth, knows all in me, but him I know not, the lord of
that all-possessing felicity.
k t a`n Erpv b DnAs, k pAyv, sEnq t ; m t, .
k DAEsm`n ant-y pAE t k aAsto vcs, sE t gopA, 4
4. Who are they, O Will, that are thy binders of the Enemy?
who are the shining ones, the guardians, the seekers after
possession and conquest? Who, O Will, protect the foundations
of the falsehood? who are the keepers of a present 6
word?
sKAy-t Evq; ZA a`n et EfvAs, s to aEfvA aBvn^ .
aDqt -vymt vcoEB jyt vEjnAEn b; }v t, 5
3
From the rock in the hill where they are guarded by the opposing powers.
4
The descent of the superconscient into our life was imaged as the rain of heaven; it
formed the seven celestial rivers that flow down upon the earth-consciousness.
5
The periods, sometimes described as years, sometimes as the twelve symbolic months
of the progress of the sacrifice.
6
Or, false word. In either case it means the old falsehood as opposed to the “new
word” of the Truth of which Agni has to create the knowledge.