Rişhi: Medhātitiĥ (RV
1.20.6) uta tyam chamasam navam tvaşhtur devasya nişhkŗtam, akarta
chaturaĥ punaĥ.
And this
bowl of Twashtri, new and perfected, you made again into four.
Twashtri, the divine Architect, fashions the
material body of man which is to be the base of his development,
the first means of his journey to the divine goal. Man builds
himself on this foundation in the full figure of his soul,
develops his various faculties and powers of expression and
embodiment. He seeks the aid of the gods, especially the Ribhus
the fashioning powers of Light—in this endeavour. And they proceed
to build and shape four bodies out of the original one, e.g.
physical body, vital body, mental body, ideal or causal body.
These are the four bowls that are made from one so that the
sacrificer offers the delight of his existence, the Soma, for the
Divinity in the full plenitude of its fourfold formulation.
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