Rişhi: Parāshara (RV
1.71.10)
nabho na rūpam jarimā mināti purā tasyā abhishaster adhīhi,
As a mist
dims a form, age diminishes us;
before that hurt falls upon us, arrive.
Men are apt to take things for granted. Day
after day life is allowed to have its course; one does not really
live but is lived by the circumstances, by forces and events. In
the meantime time flies. The body ages. The life-force ebbs.
Mental faculties like thinking, memory, precision, begin to lose
their spring. The soul within is denied an effective
instrumentation to fulfill itself. Before this stage arrives and
age begins to tell on oneself one must wake up, keep alert and
exercise one's deeper Will to keep in harness, to make most of the
life-span given. For this purpose the aid of Agni, the Divine
Will, its Force of effectuation, is invoked. With this Force of
Will to back up and to lead, human aspiration to progress is
quickened, exertion for perfection and achievement is made
meaningful and felicitous.
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