Passage 21

In English

“As you jump out of the chariot with a leap, the brightness with which your earrings shine fills the whole sky. The universe that is inside you gets so shaken that the world is unable to bear the jolt. As you advance with the wheel in your hand, the cloth on your shoulders slips down. Even as pleads again saying ‘I have staked all my reputation with full faith in you. Pray do not let me down.’ Like a Lion, you roar, ‘Today, I shall kill and I shall save you’ and you ask to step aside to let you go; Oh God! You are advancing like a thunder; you alone are my saviour and none else. Save me as I seek thy protection!” The whole situation had changed suddenly and took great pity on . Here it is necessary for us to understand the context in which had offered his prayers. It is quite natural for us to pray to God to save us if someone else is coming to harm us. Here we must realise that did not recognise any other form of God. The Lord who was advancing towards him was the only God for him and therefore he addressed himself to save him. We have to observe the oneness of the God to whom prayed here. Divine strength can be understood only by divinity and divine strength can be controlled only by divinity. No one else can either understand or control divine strength. The aspect of is that which is in possession of such divine strength which can be controlled only by divine strength. These aspects of which enable us to realise the oneness of divinity are the aspects contained in the trinity of , and . These are the three forms which protect and give satisfaction to the entire world. It is unfortunate for us to think that the word which expounds such an infinite meaning comes from the name of some king and that it is not a Vedic word. This is a Vedic word. It has not come from any king or country. There are many words in our which describe the aspect of and which expound the greatness of .