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" Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the godhead who illuminates all, who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat. "
Researches Concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, Etc. of ... - Page 174
by Quintin Craufurd - 1817 - 378 pages
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Life in Ancient India

Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1856 - 530 pages
...Philosophers' Belief.^ " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun (opposed to the visible luminary), the Godhead who illuminates all, who recreates all,...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat." This may happily give the views of rare philosophers, such as the lamented llammohun Roy, but it is...
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Life in Ancient India

Mrs. Manning (Charlotte Speir) - 1856 - 526 pages
...the supremacy of that divine Sun (opposed to the visible luminary), the Godhead who illuminates al], who recreates all, from whom all proceed, to whom...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat." This may happily give the views of rare philosophers, such as the lamented Rammohun Roy, but it is...
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The Universalist Quarterly and General Review, Volume 13

Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 pages
...374. The holiest text of the Vedas, Gayatri, so called, is thus translated by Sir William Jones : " Let us adore the supremacy of that divine Sun the...illuminates all, who re-creates all, from whom all proceed, and to whom all must return ; whom we invoke to direct our under" standing in our progress toward his...
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Rig-veda Sanhita: A Collection of Ancient Hindu Hymns Constituting ..., Volume 3

1857 - 562 pages
...known to English readers by Sir W. Jones' translation of a paraphrastic interpretation : he renders it, Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat (Works, 8vo. vol. xiii. p. 367) : the text has merely Tat savitur varenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi,...
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The National Review, Volume 4

1857 - 494 pages
...prayer (Gayatri) from the Rigveda in a way implying that he regarded it as addressed to the supreme Godhead, " who illuminates all, who recreates all,...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat." And F. Schlegel said in 1808 : " We cannot deny to the Ancient Indians the recognition of the true...
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National Review, Volume 4

1857 - 496 pages
...prayer (Gayatri) from the Rigveda in a way implying that he regarded it as addressed to the supreme Godhead, " who illuminates all, who recreates all,...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy seat." And F. Schlegel said in 1808: "We cannot deny to the Ancient Indians the recognition of the true God;...
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Caloric: Its Mechanical, Chemical and Vital Agencies in the ..., Volume 1

Samuel Lytler Metcalfe - 1859 - 650 pages
...Phoenicia, Arabia, Persia, Greece, Italy and among all the ancient tribes of Europe.* Nor is it ceed, to whom all must return, whom we invoke to direct our understandings aright, in our progress toward his holy seat." (Asiatic Researches, vol. i.; Works, vol. vi. p. 417.) It may also be worthy...
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The Eastern, Or Old World: Embracing Ancient and Modern History, Volume 1

Henry Howard Brownell - 1862 - 588 pages
...portions of these remarkable works. The following passage is deeply revered by the religious natives: "Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the...understandings aright in our progress towards his holy sent. "What the light and sun are to this visible world, that are the Supreme Good and Truth to the...
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The Vishńu Puráńa: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition, Volume 2

Fitzedward Hall - 1865 - 416 pages
...known to English readers by Sir W. Jones's translation of a paraphrastic interpretation. He renders it: 'Let us adore the supremacy of that divine sun, the...to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward his holy seat' (Works, 8vo., Vol. XIII., p. 367). The text has merely Tat savitur vareiiyam...
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The Gnostics and Their Remains: Ancient and Mediaeval, Part 1

Charles William King - 1864 - 322 pages
...considered as the mouth or principal part of the Veda." ' The Gayatri, or holiest verse of the Vedas : " " Let us adore the supremacy of that Divine Sun, the...to direct our understandings aright in our progress toward the Holy Seat." Another is : " Earth ! Sky ! Heaven ! Let us meditate on the most excellent...
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