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the unwounded, the unsinewed, the pure, attained. That which evil has not penetrated.
He, the Poet, the wise, the (all) encompassing, the self existent, has prescribed aims, according to fundamental principles, unto the everlasting years.
The divine is enunciated as Sat (=ever existent) Cit (=all knowing) and Ananda (=pure bliss) in the following verses:
(i) Ever Existent and All knowing (=sat and cit) Anuttamā te maghavannakirnu na tvāvdî asti devatā vidānah Na jāyamāno našate na jāto yāni karisyā krnuhi pravrddha.
(RV, 1/165/9)
O bounteous self, nothing done by you is unavailing. No nature's force could be as effective. No one that is to be born, nor any one that has been
born could surpass you in these deeds which you have achieved, O exceedingly mighty self.
(ii) Pure Bliss (=ānanda)
Yo bhūtaṁ ca bhavyaṁ ca sarvaṁ yaścdhitisthati,
Svaryasya ca kevalaṁ tasmai jyesthāya brahmane namah.
(AV, 10/8/1) i.e., Let our homage be to him, the Lord
supreme, who superintends all that ever was, and all that ever will be, and all (that now
exists); His only is heavenly bliss. Akāmo dhīro amstah svayambhū rasena trpto na kutaścanonah Tameva vidvānna bibhāya mrtyorātmānam dhiramajaraṁ yuvānam. (AV, 10/8/44) i.e., Desireles, firm, immortal, Self-existence,
contented with the essence, lacking nothing, is He. One fears not death who has known Him,
the Soul (Ātman)-serene, ageless, youthful. (iii) Only One : Moreover, the Supreme is stated to be only one:
Yo devānām nāmadhā eka eva. (AV, 2/13)
i.e.,
The deities are many, but the Supreme Deity,
who is the goal of devotion, is one and one only.
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