{"id":1877,"date":"2013-07-13T01:38:02","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=1877"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:38:02","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:38:02","slug":"61-hymns-to-agni-v-1-28-hymn-twenty-second-vol-15-the-secret-of-veda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/03-cwsa\/15-the-secret-of-veda\/61-hymns-to-agni-v-1-28-hymn-twenty-second-vol-15-the-secret-of-veda","title":{"rendered":"-61_Hymns to Agni &#8211; V 1- 28 &#8211; Hymn Twenty-Second.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100%\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\"><br \/>\n<b><font size=\"4\">The Twenty-Second Hymn to Agni <\/font><\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\"><br \/>\n<b>A HYMN OF THE JOURNEY TO THE PERFECT JOY <\/b><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">[Man, the eater of things, seeks a fulfilment of his desires in a final equality of delight. To this end he has to be purified by the<br \/>\ndivine Flame, the Seer-Will who holds in himself the conscious vision and the utter rapture. By increasing him in us we shall<br \/>\njourney forward with our progressing sacrifice and the gods will utterly manifest themselves. We must entertain this divine Force<br \/>\nas the master of our house, our physical and mental body, and give it all the objects of our enjoyment as its food.]<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 25pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/elibrarytest\/-01 Works of Sri Aurobindo\/-03_CWSA\/-15_The Secret of Veda\/-image\/-248_The%20Twenty-Second%20Hymn%20to%20Agni.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"42\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">1. Man who seekest thy equal fulfilment in all, sing as the enjoyer of things the word of illumination to him of the<br \/>\nbright purifying flame, to the object of our adoration in the march of our sacrifices, to the priest of the offering most<br \/>\nrapturous in the creature.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 25pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/elibrarytest\/-01 Works of Sri Aurobindo\/-03_CWSA\/-15_The Secret of Veda\/-image\/-249_The%20Twenty-Second%20Hymn%20to%20Agni.jpg\" width=\"252\" height=\"46\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">2. Set within thee Will that knows all the births, the divine<br \/>\nsacrificer in the seasons; today let thy sacrifice march forward unceasingly, thy sacrifice shall open to thee the whole<br \/>\nepiphany of the godheads. &nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 25pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/elibrarytest\/-01 Works of Sri Aurobindo\/-03_CWSA\/-15_The Secret of Veda\/-image\/-250_The%20Twenty-Second%20Hymn%20to%20Agni.jpg\" width=\"262\" height=\"46\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n\t\t\t<span lang=\"en-gb\"><font size=\"2\">Page &#8211; 455<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>\t\t\t<span lang=\"en-gb\"><\/font><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">3. Mortals, we have set our mind on thee the divine, for thou hast the mind of conscious vision; we meditate on thee as<br \/>\nwe journey, that we may increase and for the increase too of thee, the supremely desirable.<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 25pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/elibrarytest\/-01 Works of Sri Aurobindo\/-03_CWSA\/-15_The Secret of Veda\/-image\/-251_The%20Twenty-Second%20Hymn%20to%20Agni.jpg\" width=\"397\" height=\"48\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: -15pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 15pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">4. Awake then, O Will, to the vision of this within us; this is our word to thee, O Lord of Force. Strong-jawed enjoyer,<br \/>\nmaster of our house, the eaters of things increase thee by their affirmations and by their words they make thee a thing<br \/>\nof bright gladness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n<span lang=\"en-gb\">&nbsp;<\/span><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt;line-height: 150%;margin-left: 0pt;margin-top: 0;margin-bottom: 0\">\n\t\t\t<span lang=\"en-gb\"><font size=\"2\">Page &#8211; 456<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Twenty-Second Hymn to Agni &nbsp; A HYMN OF THE JOURNEY TO THE PERFECT JOY &nbsp; [Man, the eater of things, seeks a fulfilment of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15-the-secret-of-veda","wpcat-41-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}