Rişhi: Vishvāmitra (RV 3.62.10)
tat savitur-vareņyam bhargo devasya dhīmahi, dhiyo yo naĥ
prachodayāt
On the excellent splendour of the Lord Savitr,
we meditate. May he activate our thought.
The Sun, Savitr, is not the physical sun we see in the skies, but
the supreme Effulgence in the highest firmament above, beyond the
lower triple creation. The physical sun is indeed taken as the
image of the Truth-Sun, the Centre of all Knowledge and radiating
Power. It is the radiance issuing from the Supreme Source in which
is massed all the creative movement of the Uncreated that is the
ultimate root of all movements in the creation. Let that Light
motivate and energise our thought-movements, says the Rishi.
In the Vedic times, the worship of murthies or
idols seem to be absent. In the later times, Savitr was
represented as a Goddess, sometimes with one face, sometimes with
six faces sitting on a lotus or standing on the waters, the
standard symbol of Divine energies. One pair of her hands have
conch shankha and the wheel chakra symbolising the creation
by the word. The second pair carries the mace and the axe
representing her forces to battle the demons. In another pair, she
carries the bowl of madhu, the wine of delight, ananda, the secret
of creation. Another pair display her benediction to all her
devotees.
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