Rişhi: Bharadwāja (RV 6.2.11)
dvişho amhāmsi duritā tarema tā tarema tavāvasā tarema,
Let us
pass beyond the foe and the sin and the stumbling; let us pass
beyond these things, pass through them safe, in thy keeping.
The journey of the soul is a battle and an
adventure. In his ascent from Ignorance to Knowledge, from
Darkness to Light, from Death to Immortality, man is faced with
many obstructions and oppositions from the agents of the nether
powers who hold the world in their sway. These enemies are
external and internal. They may be hostile spirits, obstructive
forces—embodied or unembodied—who block the way and seek to turn
back the pilgrim of the Spirit. There are also enemies within: the
various movements of mind, emotions, desires etc., which deviate
from the truth, cast the shadow of untruth and cause many a faulty
step. Man stumbles and the accumulated result of these departures
from the Right and the True is sin, the load of wrong
samskaras, habits and tendencies, that precipitate further
falls.
Apart from one's own vigilance and sincerity,
protection and guidance from the Divine are indispensable for
safety across this razor-sharp path.
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