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light, we have known the secrets of divine forces.
Now that would the malignant do to Harm us? O immortal, what man's deception Now to us?
After the dawn of divine inspiration, the devotees start paying obeisance to him, not once or twice, but on all days and at all times: Upa tvāgne dive dive dosāvastardhiyā vayam Namo bharanta emasi. (RV, 1/1/7)
i.e.,
Day and night, we approach you, Lord, with reverential homage through
sublime thoughts and noble deeds.
In this state of ecstasy, the devotee bows down to the divine and exclaims:
Divo nu mām brhato antariksādapāṁ stoko bhyapatadrasena Samindriyena payasahamagne chandobhiryajñaih sukstāṁ krtena. (AV, 6/124/1) i.e., From the vast sky, or from the midspace,
a drop of water with pleasure fall upon me.
O adorable Lord, may I be united with
Power of my sense-organs, with milk, with sacrifices and with the fruit of pious deeds.
At this advance stage of bhakti, the devotee desires nothing but the extreme, eternal friendship with the divine: Dūnāśam sakhyam tava gaur asi vīra gavyate Aśvo aśvāyate bhava. (RV, 6/45/26)
Your friendship, O brave resplendent Lord, is not easily lost. You give wisdom to him
who aspires for wisdom and vitality to
him who aspires for vitality.
In fact, the bhakta has now realized the value of divine benediction and so he does not want to lose it at any cost:
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