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470 Hymns of the Atris
3. O Flame, put forth thy battling might for a vast enjoyment 1
of bliss, may there be thy highest illumination; create a wellgoverned
union of the Lord and his Spouse, set thy foot on
the greatness of hostile powers.
sEmd^ D-y þmhso_`n v d tv E ym^ .
vqBo ; ßvA aEs sm@vrE v@ys 4
4. I adore, O Flame, the glory of thy high-blazing mightiness.
Thou art the Bull with the illuminations; thou burnest up in
the march of our sacrifices.
sEmd^ Do a`n aAh; t dvAn^ yE" -v@vr .
(v\ Eh h&yvA Es 5
5. O Flame that receivest our offerings, perfect guide of the
sacrifice, high-kindled offer our oblation to the godheads;
for thou art the bearer of our offerings.
aA j; hotA d; v-ytA_E`n\ þy(y@vr .
vZF@v\ h&yvAhnm^ 6
6. Cast the offering, serve the Will with your works 2 while
your sacrifice moves forward to its goal, accept the carrier
of our oblation. 3
1
The Vedic immortality is a vast beatitude, a large enjoyment of the divine and infinite
existence reposing on a perfect union between the Soul and Nature; the soul becomes
King of itself and its environment, conscious on all its planes, master of them, with
Nature for its bride delivered from divisions and discords into an infinite and luminous
harmony.
2
Or, set the Will to its workings.
3
This hymn closes the series addressed to Agni and forming the first twenty-eight
hymns of the fifth Mandala of the Rig Veda.