The Mother reads Book 7 Canto 3

The Mother's reading of Savitri Book Seven, Canto III

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एहि मनुर्देवयुर्यज्ञकामोऽरंकृत्या तमसि क्षेष्यग्ने ।
सुगान् पथः कृणुहि देवयानान् वह हव्यानि सुमनस्यमानः॥५॥
कुर्मस्त आयुरजरं यदग्ने यथा युक्तो जातवेदो न रिष्याः।
अथा वहासि सुमनस्यमानो भागं देवेभ्यो हविषः सुजात ॥७॥

ehi manurdevayuryajñakāmo'raṅkṛtyā tamasi kṣeṣyagne,
sugān pathaḥ kṛṇuhi devayānān vaha havyāni sumanasyamānaḥ.5
kurmasta āyurajaraṁ yadagne yathā yukto jātavedo na riṣyāḥ,
athā vahāsi sumanasyamāno bhāgaṁ devebhyo haviṣaḥ sujāta. 7

Rig Veda 10.51. 5, 7

Come to us; the human being, god-seeking, is desirous of sacrifice, he has made all ready but thou dwellest in the darkness, O Fire. Make the paths of the journeying of the gods easy to travel, let thy mind be at ease, carry the offerings. (5)

Since we make thy life imperishable, O Fire, O knower of all things born, so that yoked with it thou shalt not come to harm, then with thy mind at ease thou canst carry their share of the offering to the gods, O high-born Fire. (7)

(Translation by Sri Aurobindo)