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(RV 1.11.5)

tvam valasya gomato apāvar-adrivo bilam, tvām devā abhibhyuşhas-tujyamānāsa āvişhuĥ.

Thou didst uncover the hole of Vala of the cows, O God of the thunderbolt;

Then gods, unfearing, entered putting forth their force with thee.

Vala, the enemy who encloses the illuminations of Knowledge in his hole, the ring of sub-conscience, is forced by Indra, the God of the Divine Mind, to uncover his stolen possessions. Following Indra, other gods enter there with their luminous powers and restore to man the concealed radiances with which he forges ahead towards his goal.

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