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488 Hymns of the Atris
The image of the chariot, of the journey, of the path occurs
constantly in association with Pushan because this growth which
he gives is a journey towards the fullness of the Truth that lies
beyond. The Path in the Veda is always the path of this Truth.
Thus the Rishi prays to Pushan to become for us the charioteer of
the Truth and the idea of the Vedic thought and knowledge and
the idea of the Path are frequently interwoven with each other.
Pushan is the lord of the Path whom we yoke as if a chariot for
thought, for the winning of the plenitude; he distinguishes our
paths so that the thoughts may be accomplished and perfected;
he leads us on them by knowledge, forcefully teaching us, saying
“thus it is and thus” so that we learn from him of the homes to
which we travel; it is as the seer that he is the impeller of the
horses of our chariots. Like Usha he makes for us happy paths
of an easy going, — for he finds for us the will and strength, —
and by his traversing of them rids us of evil. The wheel of his
chariot comes not to harm, nor is there any trouble or suffering
in its movement. There are indeed enemies on the way, but he
shall slay these oppressors of our journey. “O Pushan, the wolf,
the troubler of our bliss who teaches us evil, him smite from the
Path. The adversary, the robber perverse of heart, drive him far
from the road of our journeying. Set thy foot on the distressful
force of whatsoever power of duality expresses evil in us.”
Thus beyond all the obstacles that cling to our wheels
Pushan, the divine and luminous increaser of man’s soul, shall
lead us to the light and bliss which Surya Savitri creates. “The
Life that is the life of all shall guard thee; Pushan shall guard
thee in thy forward path in front, and where the doers of the
good work are seated, where they have gone, there shall the
divine Savitri set thee. Pushan knoweth all the regions and he
shall lead us by the way which is freest from peril. Let the
giver of felicity, the blazing god who has all the energies lead
steadily in our front by his knowledge. Pushan has been born in
thy forward travelling on the paths through earth and through
heaven; for he moves in both the worlds which are made full of
delight for us; here he ranges in his knowledge and he journeys
beyond.”