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DIVINE WORSHIP &C.
" THE GAYATRI, OR HOLIEST VERSE OF THE VEDAS-"
" Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun,*
"the god-headf who illuminates all, who recreates all,
"from whom all proceed, to whom all must return,
"whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in
our progress toward his holy seat.
* * *
"What the sun and light are to this visible world,
"that are the Supreme good and truth to the intellectual
and invisible universe ; and, as our corporeal eyes have
"a distinct perception of objects enlightened by the sun,
"thus our souls acquire certain knowledge, by meditat-
"ing on the light of truth, which emanates from the
"Being of beings : that is the light by which alone our
minds can be directed in the path to beatitude."
* Opposed to the visible luminary.
t Bhargas, a word consisting of three consonants, derived from
bka, to shine; ram, to delight; gam, to move.
DIVINE WORSHIP &C.
" THE GAYATRI, OR HOLIEST VERSE OF THE VEDAS-"
" Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun,*
"the god-headf who illuminates all, who recreates all,
"from whom all proceed, to whom all must return,
"whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in
our progress toward his holy seat.
* * *
"What the sun and light are to this visible world,
"that are the Supreme good and truth to the intellectual
and invisible universe ; and, as our corporeal eyes have
"a distinct perception of objects enlightened by the sun,
"thus our souls acquire certain knowledge, by meditat-
"ing on the light of truth, which emanates from the
"Being of beings : that is the light by which alone our
minds can be directed in the path to beatitude."
* Opposed to the visible luminary.
t Bhargas, a word consisting of three consonants, derived from
bka, to shine; ram, to delight; gam, to move.