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30 Works of Pandit Guru Datta Vidyarthi
than velvet plain on one side, and a cluster of variegated fragrant
flowers on the other. The feathery creation with peacock's train, and
deer with slender legs, and chirping birds with plumage lent from
Heaven, all, in fact all, darted into vision. Was there naught before the
sun had shone? Had verdant forests, rich with luxuriant vegetation,
and filled with the music of birds, all grown in a moment? Where lay
the crystalline waters? Where the blue canopy, where the fragrant
flower? Had they been transported there by some magical power in
a twinkling of the eye from dark dim distant region of chaos? No !
they did not spring up in a moment. They were already there. But
the sunbeams had not shed their lusture on them. It required the
magic of the lustrous sun to shine, before scenes of exquisite beauty
could dart into vision. It required the luminous rays of the
resplendent orb to shed their influence, before the eyes could roll in
the beautiful, charming, harmonious, reposeful and refreshing scenes
of fragrant green. Yes, thus, even thus, is this sublimely attractive
Universe, fqq4 illuminated by a sun 74 'We-Fr, the Sun that
knows no setting, the Sun that caused our planets and the solar orb
to appear s'cilicitcpq,, the Sun that evolves the panorama of this grand
creation, foRctqict the eternal Sun ever existing through eternity in
perpetual action for the good of all. He sheds the rays of His Wisdom
all around; the deeply thirsty, parching and blast dried atoms of
matter drink, to satiation, from the ever flowing, ever gushing, ever-
illuminating rays of Divine wisdom, their appropriate elements and
essences of phenomenal existence and panoramic display. Thus is
this Universe sustained. One central Sun producing infinity of
colours. One central Divinity, producing infinity of worlds and
objects. Compare with this Monier Williams' translation (Indian
Wisdom, p.19):
"With speed, beyond the ken of mortals, thou, 0 Sun,
Dost ever travel on, conspicuous to all.
Thou dost create the light, and with it dost illume
The universe entire;"
We have shown why we regard
Chhandas
and
Mantra
as
synonymous. We have also seen how Max Muller distinguishes