Hymns to the Mystic Fire

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RV VII.1.1

Hymns of Vasishtha to Agni - VII.1.

1) Men have brought the Flame to birth by their thinkings from the tinders by the movement of the two hands, expressed by the word, the far-seer, the master of the house, the traveller.

अग्निं नरो दीधितिभिररण्योर्हस्तच्युती जनयंत प्रशस्तं ।
दूरेदृशं गृहपतिमथर्युं ॥

अरण्योः

Heaven and Earth = mind and physical being, are the two tinders

हस्तच्युती

The two hands are the two hands of the Sun, सवितेव बाहू

दीधितिभिः

दीधिति = thought, light, finger. All mean the same thing, for the fingers are those of the two hands of the Sun, दश धियः

प्रशस्तं

Well-expressed (शस्) by the word: external sense = praised.

अथर्युं

अथ् to move, cf अत् or अथर् —Greek αἰθήρ—the plane of flaming light

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