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The Secret Of The Veda Aurobindo - HolyBooks.com

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A Vedic Hymn to the Fire<br />

A HYMN OF THE UNIVERSAL DIVINE<br />

FORCE AND WILL 1<br />

vyA id`n a`ny-t a y (v Ev[v amtA mAdy t .<br />

v{[vAnr nAEBrEs E"tFnA\ -TZv jnA upEmd^ yy T 1<br />

Other flames are only branches of thy stock, O Fire. All the<br />

immortals take in thee their rapturous joy. O universal Godhead,<br />

thou art the navel-knot of the earths and their inhabitants; all<br />

men born thou controllest and supportest like a pillar.<br />

mDA Edvo nAEBrE`n, pET&yA aTABvdrtF rod-yo, .<br />

t\ (vA dvAso_jny t dv\ v{[vAnr >yoEtErdAyAy 2<br />

<strong>The</strong> Flame is the head of heaven and the navel of the earth<br />

and he is the power that moves at work in the two worlds. O<br />

Vaishwanara, the gods brought thee to birth a god to be a light<br />

to Aryan man.<br />

aA sy n r[myo D; }vAso v{[vAnr dEDr_`nA vsEn .<br />

yA pvt voqDF v=s; yA mAn; q vEs t-y rAjA 3<br />

As the firm rays sit steadfast in the Sun, all treasures have been<br />

placed in the universal godhead and flame. King art thou of all<br />

the riches that are in the growths of the earth and the hills and<br />

the waters and all the riches that are in men.<br />

1 A hymn of Nodha Gautama to Agni Vaishwanara in the Rig <strong>Veda</strong>.

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