(RV
7.16.8)
yachchhā naĥ sharma dīrghashrut
Give to us the peace that hears the Truth
from afar.
“Eternity speaks, none understands its word” observes Sri
Aurobindo in Savitri. Man is so much lost in the clamour, bustle
and din of his desires, ego-movements, aimless thoughts and
mechanical drives, that he can hardly hear the intimations of the
Higher Truth. What he listens to is mostly his own voice, in fact
the many voices of his several personalities. The saving word
cannot get to him in this medley of noises. Man needs to find his
poise in Peace if he would hear the voice of Truth. And this Peace
is much more and other than the quiet or the calm that can be
eaten by human will. These can be disturbed by contrary
vibrations. But not so the solid Peace that is in the giving of
Agni. It is ever undisturbed and always open to the harmonies of
the Spirit.
(RV
1.94.13)
sharmant-syāma tava saprathas-tame,
Under thy very wide peace, may we dwell.
Human joy and delight bring excitement in their wake and this in
turn gives rise to reaction. The Divine Beatitude, on the
contrary, has an inviolable Peace with it. This Peace is not
confined to the individual to whom it is vouchsafed but it spreads
out far and wide. Anyone coming in the atmosphere of the person
breaths that Peace.
May that Peace of Divine Beatitude be our permanent dwelling, says
the seer. Not a passing experience, not a temporary phase
terminable at the first impact of contrary forces, but a secure
home of felicity.
Peace Threefold
(RV 5.4.8)
vayam deveşhu sukŗtaĥ syāma
sharmaņā nas-tri-varūthena pāhi
May we be good doers before the gods, Protect us with a triple
armour of peace.
Before one can get peace one must be in a state that can receive
and hold peace. That is not possible if the being is restless or
in a chaotic state of vibrations, the inevitable result of every
movement of falsehood and wrong-doing. Therefore there has to be a
willed turning to be the truth and the right, in body, in
life-activity, in mind. Only when the being is established in this
harmony, can the peace of God descend on man and act as a
protective covering against all disturbing attacks from the
hostile elements. And this peace is three-fold: peace in the
physical body enabling it to withstand pressures of all kinds and
avert accidents; peace in the vital body (the life-organism)
building up a strong nervous envelope capable of resisting attacks
of illness and other kinds; peace in the mind enabling the mental
faculties to function aright and guarding it from invasions of
malevolent nature.
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