(RV 9.83.3)
nŗchakşhasaĥ pitaro
garbhamā dadhuĥ,
The Fathers who have
divine vision set Soma, the godhead of Ananda within
as a child that
is to be born.
The principle of existence, even here on earth,
is Ananda, Bliss. From Ananda, says the Scripture, all is born, by
Ananda all is sustained, in Ananda all departs. This Ananda in
seed-form is there involved in all life and ceaselessly urges to
be manifested. Soma, the Godhead of Ananda, is there set within
each living form by the divine progenitors; it is the child to be
born, the truth to be delivered by each individual life. The full
meaning of existence is realized only when this intrinsic Ananda
is brought out and developed into its full figure in evolving
life.
Soma and Agni
(RV
4.45.6)
āke
nipāso ahabhir davidhvataĥ svarņa
shukram tanvanta ā rajaĥ,
Drinking
the wine near them, the fires ride and run
and extend the lower
world into a shining form like that of the luminous Heaven.
When the fires of aspiration and concentration
that are lit on the altar of the soul are fed and nourished by the
Somas of the delights of consecrated life, the flames grow and
spread themselves wide extending to all the corners of the being
and convert the whole of the triple existence of body, life and
mind into a veritable world of light—the Swar.
(RV
1.93.4)
agnī
şhomā cheti tad-vīryam vām yad-amuşhņītam-avasam pāņim gāĥ
O Agni and
Soma, that heroic might of yours was made conscient when ye Robbed
the Pani of the Cows.
Panis are the niggardly misers who deny man the
full delights of the senses, who steal and hold in their
possession the Cows, the radiances of Light that illumine the
mind. When Agni, the flame of the Divine Will and Soma, the
purified joy of life, join, a fresh puissance is released,
conscious and irresistible, which storms the citadel of the Panis
and releases the Radiant Cows for the rapid progression of man.
Soma of Life
sutapāvne sutā ime
shuchayo yanti vītaye,
somāso
dadhyāshiraĥ.
Distilled are these
Soma juices, pure they are spent for thy manifestation,
able then
to bear their own intensity.
The delights of life are gathered up to be
offered to Indra, the lord of the divine Mind. But before they are
acceptable to him they should be purified; their nature should be
freed of gross elements. The delights must derive from the higher
levels of life. Only then do they serve to promote the
manifestation, the coming into action of the Powers of Indra, e.g.
Light and Strength. Only then are they able to last and without
weakening provide the necessary support for the higher action of
Indra.
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