Rişhi: Atreya (RV 5.12.4)
ke
dhāsim-agne anŗtasya pānti ka āsato vachasaĥ santi gopāĥ,
Who keep
the foundation of the Falsehood, O Fire? Who are the guardians of
the untrue word?
Falsehood is not an unsubstantial shadow that
recedes at the appearance of Truth. It is a positive formation in
this creation and it opposes the advent of Truth, resists its
advance. Its foundations extend deep below the layers of
sub-conscience, into the abysses of Inconscience. When Agni
emerges in his full glory he strikes at the roots of this
Falsehood and consumes them with his flames.
So too with the word, the concentrated
expression, of untruth which is the enemy of the manifesting
Truth. Agni wipes the altar clean of all movements expressive of
falsehood.
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