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458 Hymns of the Atris
clear their seat of sacrifice, find in the dwelling-places 1 of
the soul thee, the priest of sacrifice, the beloved, and they
reach in them their many objects of desire.
s Eh mA Ev[vcqEZrEBmAEt sho dD .
a`n eq; "y vA rvà, f; dFEdEh ; mt^ pAvk dFEdEh 4
4. This is the labourer in all man’s works and he holds in
himself an all-besieging force. O pure-brilliant Flame, shine
out full of joy and opulence in these our habitations, shine
out full of light, O our purifier.
1 The “seats” or homes of the soul, which progresses from plane to plane and makes
of each a habitation. They are sometimes called the cities. There are seven such planes
each with its seven provinces and one additional above. Usually we hear of a hundred
cities, the double number perhaps representing the downward gaze in each of the Soul
upon Nature and the upward aspiration of Nature to the Soul.