The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s6.50

c14.s6.50

With ray serene of pure sun-light!
Mother of fathers and mothers!
> With the blue deep's waters thy feet ever wash'd
> Thy scarf of green ever waving in breeze,
> Sky-kiss'd on high thine Himalayan brow,
> Crown'd white thy head with tiara of snows.
First in thy firmament appeared the dawn,
First rose *Sāma*-chants in thy holy groves,
First were revealed in thy forest-abodes
Wisdom and virtue and poesy's self.
> Ever beneficent! glory to Thee!
> From Thee flows food to countries far and wide;
> Jāhnavī and Jumna, streams of thy love;
> Giver of sweet sacred milk, O Mother!''