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COSMOS THE BODY OF GOD: ISA PURUSHA TATVA<br />
M.M.NINAN<br />
yaścāpaścandrā barhatīrjajānakasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema ||<br />
परजापते न तवदेताययो ववा जातान पर ताबभूव ।<br />
यकामाते जुहुमतन नो अतु वयं सयाम पतयोरयीणाम ॥<br />
parajāpate na tavadetānyanyo viśvā jātāni pari tābabhūva |<br />
yatkāmāste juhumastana no astu vayaṃ sayāma patayorayīṇāma ||<br />
Translation<br />
In the beginning was the Divinity in his splendour, manifested as the sole Lord <strong>of</strong> land, skies, water,<br />
space and that beneath and He upheld the earth and the heavens.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
It is that who bestows soul-force and vigor, whose guidance all men invoke, the Devas invoke whose<br />
shadow is immortal life and death.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
It is that who by His greatness became the One King <strong>of</strong> the breathing and the seeing, who is the Lord<br />
<strong>of</strong> man and bird and beast.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
It is that through whose glory the snow-clad mountains rose, and the ocean spread with the river, they<br />
say. His arms are the quarters <strong>of</strong> the sky.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings ?<br />
It is that through whom the heaven is strong and the earth firm, who has steadied the light and the sky's<br />
vault, and measured out the sphere <strong>of</strong> clouds in the mid-region.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>fering?<br />
It is that to whom heaven and earth, placed in the light by his grace, look up, radiant with the mind<br />
while over them the sun, rising, brightly shines.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
When the mighty waters came, carrying the universal germ, producing the flame <strong>of</strong> life, then dwelt<br />
there in harmony the One Spirit <strong>of</strong> the Devas.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
It is that who in its might surveyed the waters, conferring skill and creating worship - That, the <strong>God</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
gods, the One and only One.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
Mother <strong>of</strong> the world - may that not destroy us who with Truth as his Law made the heavens and<br />
produced waters, vast and beautiful.<br />
Who is the deity we shall worship with our <strong>of</strong>ferings?<br />
Lord <strong>of</strong> creation! No one other than thee pervades all these that have come into being.<br />
May that be ours, for which our prayers rise, may we be masters <strong>of</strong> many treasures!<br />
-- (RV 10:121) [Ralph T.H Griffith]<br />
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