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"bhūrbhuvaḥ suvariti vā etāstisro vyāhṛtayaḥ
tāsāmuhasmai tāṃ caturthīm , māhācamasyaḥ pravedayate
maha iti , tadbrahma , sa ātmā , aṅgānyanyā devatāḥ
bhūriti vā ayaṃ lokaḥ, bhuva ityantarikṣam
suvarityasau lokaḥ
maha ityādityaḥ, ādityena vāva sarveloka mahīyante.."
"Bhuh, Bhuvah, Suvah are three short worlds / vyahrithis of mystical significance. In addition to these, there is of course the fourth one, Mahah, made known by seer Mahacamasya.
That is Brahman.
This Mahah is (compared to) body; other Gods are its limbs."
"Bhuh is this world. Bhuvah is the sky. Suvah is the next world.
Mahah is the sun (all pervading brahmic force and not the terrestrial sun which we see)."
"It is by the sun that all worlds are nourished."
Verses 2 (Shikshavalli):
"bhūriti vā agniḥ , bhuva iti vāyuḥ , Suvarityādityaḥ,"
"maha iti candramāḥ ,"
"candramasā vāva,
sarvāṇi jyotīgͫṣi mahīyante , bhūriti vā ṛcaḥ ,"
"bhuva iti sāmāni ,
suvariti yajūgͫṣi ,
maha iti brahma , brahmaṇā vāva sarvevedā mahīyante.."
"Bhuh is fire, Bhuvah is air, Suvah is the sun,"
"Mahah is the moon. Indeed, it is by the moon that all vitalities thrive."
"Bhuh is the Rk, Bhuvah is the Saman, Suvah is the Yajus, Mahah is the Brahman (as represented by the syllable Om). It is by the Brahman indeed that the Vedas thrive."
Summarizing,
"Mahah is the moon. Indeed, it is by the moon that all vitalities thrive,
Mahah is the Brahman(as represented by the syllable Om). It is by the Moon (Margazhi Arudra Pournami) or Mahah(Brahman) indeed that the Vedas thrive."
References:
https://www.mayiliragu.com/2020/01/sheekshavalli-lyrics-with-meanings.html
http://www.vedarahasya.net/siksha.htm
1.165 to 1.191 in the Sanskrit text Rigveda
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo
His most famous work, the Confessiones, is unique in the ancient literary tradition but greatly influenced the modern tradition of autobiography; it is an intriguing piece of philosophy from a first-person perspective. Because of his importance for the philosophical tradition of the Middle Ages he is often listed as the first medieval philosopher.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeism
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/romanurbs/horologium.html
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-art-history/ancient-mediterranean-ap/ap-ancient-rome/a/augustus-of-primaporta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_astrology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)
https://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777122543/
Octavian becomes Augustus
Turning back to the Astronomica now, we can see a similar ideological and political use of heavenly influence in its dedication to Octavian, who by the time of Manilius' writing was known as Caesar Augustus and fully established in power. Manilius explicitly portrays the imperial rule of Augustus as cosmically ordained by the same fate that rules the motions of the stars in the heavens and governs every aspect of human life on earth. Here is how Manilius addresses the emperor in his opening lines: "You, Caesar, princeps and father of the fatherland," (this latter title had been officially conferred on Augustus by the Roman senate in 2 BCE) "you who rule the globe that obeys your august laws," (you get the pun on "Augustus"), "you yourself a god, you who merit the universe that was granted to your father, inspire my mind and give me the poetic strength to sing so great a subject, for at this time the universe itself is favorably disposed toward those who peer into its secrets; the universe itself is eager to lay open the inventory of its heavenly riches through the power of poetry."
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