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<font size="4">The Bride of Brahman</font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>RIGVEDA</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>&nbsp;</span>Mandala X: Sukta 109</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(1)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; O<span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>F</span> the stain in Brahman the first to speak were: God Varuna the
Vast (shoreless), the Wind-God Matarishvan, Vayu, who blows away even a
stronghold,</p>

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violent God, Agni, the Goddess Water <i>(Apah), </i>mother of Delight: these
are the first-born by their power of Truth.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(2)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>King Soma was the first to
lead out Brahman's bride once again, – he had no hesitation.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>Varuna and Mitra followed
suit. And Agni as the su­preme priest took her hand and led on.</p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(3)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>“You can seize her body by
the hand, she is the bride of Brahman”, they said:</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>&quot;She was not meant
for the missioned messenger; ever she is protected even like the kingdom of a
king.&quot;</p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(4)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Of
this the ancients spoke, the seven seers engaged in tapas.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>The
mighty bride stood by the side of the <i>Brahmana, </i>He who has the divine
Word: she takes up and places the den­sest material into the highest heaven.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(5)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>One who lives and moves in
Brahman enters into all the domains and becomes one limbed with all the Gods.</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>The Master of the Word
followed in that way and found the Supreme bride led by the God Soma, even as
the Gods found and possessed the oblation.</p>

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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(6)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Once again the Gods gave
away and men also</p>

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text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>And royal beings also who create the Truth gave back to
Brahman his bride.</p>

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9.8pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>(7)</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>The bride of Brahman is
given back to him, made stainless by the Gods.<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p>

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none;tab-stops:230.85pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>It is
for the mighty fulfilment of earth that they have taken their seat near unto the
vast-ranging Divine-Sun.</p>

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none;tab-stops:230.85pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

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10.55pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>N<span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>OTE</span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-line-height-alt:10.55pt;
mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>It
is the story of Redemption of Maya, the Lower Nature (Apara Prakriti), its
purification or uplifting into the higher Divine Nature (Para Prakriti). The
question is always asked how did Maya enter into and possess Brahman, how did
darkness envelope and eclipse Light? It was the result of a separation, a rift
between Brahman and his Shakti. Originally it was one unique indivisible
Reality. But this rift came and the Supreme Prakriti was thrown down into</p>

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none;tab-stops:288.7pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>the ignorance
of densest matter (and the Supreme Brahman went off into mere <i>Sat </i>or <i>Asat,
</i>Shunyam).<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>&nbsp; </span></p>

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text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.25in;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:288.7pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>The Rishi says here that this fall and eclipse was for a
greater Rising, this eclipse was for a supreme Revelation. It is for a
sovereign Fulfilment, a mighty Enjoyment <i>(urjam prthivya bhaktvaya) </i>of
earth, upon earth. The Rishi speaks of how the ignorant dark material nature is
raised, trans­muted step by step into the supreme nature and unified with the
Supreme Reality, Brahman. The agents, the powers that help and operate the
process are the high Gods who belong to the Super-nature, God's own pure
nature. The principal Gods mentioned here are Varuna which means Infinite
Consciousness, Mitra, Supreme Harmony and Love, Agni, the Fiery Force of
ascension or Tapas, Soma, the supreme Delight and Vayu, the Lord of the vital
who breaks down all barriers and difficulties and forges on. Now the pro­cess
of redemption is a sacrificial journey, the image of the progressive forward
and upward march of the consciousness profusely described in the Vedas and so
dear to the Rishis. The process here described is also a process of <i>re-marriage.
</i>Brahman's dark bride is the fallen dark Nature: She is being taken back to
him led by the Gods, each bringing his own gift and pouring into and securing
the ascent and Redemp­tion. In secular marriage seven steps are spoken of which
the couple has to take and go forward towards the complete union. Here the
bride is made to take three major steps, and at each step she is married to a
higher and diviner mode of being. The first transformation is done when she is
united with Brahmana.</p>

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text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>Brahmana is Brahman as the Divine Word, the expres­sion or
embodiment of the soul-truth. In the ordinary nor­mal path of sadhana, it is
the stage when one has got the mantra and inner initiation, and starts on the
journey. The Divine Bride has now the firm stand and reveals herself as the
mighty traveller on the path; even the basest material she can handle and turn
into the divine stuff.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; line-height:150%'>Thenceforth one is living
and moving in Brahman – is Brahmachari in active life: it is the
Brahman-consciousness that expresses itself in all movements. That is the stage
where the Shakti arrives: she is now one with all the Gods and she enters into
all their domains and movements, she becomes universalised. Finally the Divine
aspirant is not only the possessor but the master of the Word, Brahmanas­pati
or Brihaspati, the embodiment of the vast dynamic Truth. Now on there is no
shade of darkness or eclipse here in the being or consciousness; the Bride is
one with the Brahman and regains her original unity and identity with the
Supreme.</p>

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separation and division is a play through which a higher union is effected – a
panorama of gradual mani­festation of the infinite riches that Brahman
enshrines in his bosom. The creation of inconscient earth and material nature
has to be accepted so that nature is purified and re­created and a divine race
of beings is established upon earth for a richer and a glorious fulfilment here
below.</p>

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