Passage 7

In English

Prayer to gets rid of delusion

To get rid of this delusion and enable man to comprehend his inherent divine nature, the ancient sages taught a prayer. This prayer is the one that is addressed to . Who is ? In the beginning with the words, " ," only the form of the deity is described. But there is another inner meaning for the name . " " means one who is clad in white. "" means, He is all-pervading. "" means His complexion is grey like that of ash. "" means He has four arms. "" means, He has always a pleasing mien. "" means, for the removal of all obstacles, "," meditate (on Him). is the deity who removes all bad qualities, instils good qualities and confers peace on the devotee who meditates on Him. This is how the theistic believers interpret this prayer. The atheists have made a parody of it by construing the prayer as a description of a donkey, which carried white clothes on its back, is ash-grey in colour, wanders everywhere, has four legs, and has a bland look.