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Samavedas – Book 04 Chapter 02, IX Soma Vaisvanara
Identifier
017310
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
Both Vedic Mitra and Avestan Mithra derive from an Indo-Iranian common noun *mitra-, generally reconstructed to have meant "covenant, treaty, agreement, promise." This meaning is preserved in Avestan miθra "covenant." In this context it is the completion of one’s destiny, challenge and thus the spiritual path.
Varuna (Sanskrit: Varuṇa वरुण, is the Hindu god of the Water and thus, in this context a key part of purification
A description of the experience
Samavedas – Book 04 Chapter 02, IX Soma Vaisvanara
Sit down, O friends, and sing aloud
to him who purifies himself:
Deck him for glory, like a child
with holy rites.
Loose him who bringeth household wealth,
even as a calf with mother kine,
Him who hath double strength
strong god-delighting juice!
Purify him who gives us power,
most blissful one, that he may be
A banquet for the two
Mitra and Varuna