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74 The Religinn 0f the: Veda

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sacral day is to kindle the ﬁre: that 5133!} c:me the oblzxtions t0 the ether gmls, Thiﬁ is; :20 familiar- a. fact (at Vcdic I'tzligion as t0 require: an illustratimn. The truly signiﬁcant thing that it creattm u thmm: in the pectic tmzltx‘mmt ("If the: SilCI‘mCL‘, Ilzm‘ttﬂy: Agni is tht: 3011 (if Dawn, hmmmu irztrrzttdinttﬂy after GOddGSS Dawn is; balmld God 1*‘im is; kintilmh In a beautiful hymn tn Gad Sztvitar, ﬂu: Itmtivw m pmmotivc pmvur behind tlm sun, tht: timings: mf the early morn are described in real ptirtztry:

“ Weaving N ight hath foldad up hut want} In the midst of 11:31? performance Wisc- Savitttr suspands; her work... He riseth from his much and sets the seamnsi ﬁVith ﬁtting plan God Savitar hath come hitlmn“

“ T he scattered homes and all life: '1‘ he mighty ﬂame of Imuschmld fire pervadeth. The largest share the Mother has; decreed unto her San; To do his own desire god Savitar hath sped hither.”

(Rig-Veda z. 38. 4, 5.)

Let us not, by any means, imagine: that the: Mother here is the unselﬁsh human mother wlm SCCS to it that her bay Devadatta, or whatever his: 112me may be, has a substantial breakfast No, it is the Mother Dawn whose Son Agni would as a matter 01‘ fact get the largest share anyway, because all 0131a.» tions are poured into the ﬁre. We must, I think,

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