Rişhi: Vishvāmitra (RV 3.3.7)
agne...
samişho didīhi naĥ, vayāmsi jinva bŗhatash-cha jāgŗva...
O Agni,
Illumine our impulsions, animate in us the expanding powers of the
vast, O wakeful flame.
Man is normally shut in the small rounds of his
own sense-bound, ego-ridden life. And because of this
self-limitation, he cannot freely meet the contacts of the larger
life around; he suffers. The only way out is to learn to enlarge
oneself, broaden the vision of the mind, extend the range of the
emotions of the heart, expand the sphere of physical interests and
movements. Thereby there is a freer interchange with universal
Nature and the being is better able to meet and master the
external contacts, harmonizing itself with subtler movements in
the universal atmosphere. To this end is invoked the flame of
Aspiration and Will in order that the impulsions may be
enlightened, tendencies and movements and powers of enlargement
may be quickened.
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