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i.e., Much praised and most opulent soul, we, the
sense-organs belong to you; we glorify you alone Accept our offerings.None other than you is entitled to receive our devotion. May you love and
cherish our prayers as the mother-earth cherishes its creatures. Manye tvā yajñiyam yajñiyānāṁ manye tvä сyavanam acyutānām Manye tvā satvanām indra ketum manye tvā vrsabhaṁ carşanīnām. (RV, 8/96/4) i.e., Ideem Thee as the Holiest of the holy,
I deem Thee as the Shaker of the unshaken; I deem Thee, O god! As the Banner of heroes,
I deem Thee as the Chief of the people.
Saṁ no bhavatu bhuvanasya yaspatih. (YV, 36/2)
i.e.
Whatever distressing lacuna I have in my
vision, in my heart or in my thought,
may the lord Supreme remove that, May gracious to us
be He, who is the lord of the whole universe.
(iii) Approaching (=upāsanā):
The Vedic word upāsanā is in fact the original appellation for the idea of bhakti. Several usages of the verb upa+ Öās and its equivalents are scattered in all the four Vedas such as follow: (a) Tava sarman priyatame daāhānā
Upa stheyāma saranaṁ na vrksm. (RV, 7/95/5)
And placing us under Thy protection, Thou most beloved!
May we approach Thee as a tree for shelter.
(b)
Ambho amo mahah saha iti tvopāsmahe vayam. (AV, 13/4/50)
i.e.,
We worship you as fruit-fullness, as strength, as might, as over powering force.
Ambho arunaṁ rajatam rajah saha iti tvopāsmahe vayam. (AV, 13/4/51)
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