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तस्माद्वा एते देवा अतितरामिवान्यान् देवान् यदग्निर्वायुरिन्द्रस्ते ह्येनन्नेदिष्ठं पस्पर्शुस्ते ह्येनत्प्रथमो विदांचकार ब्रह्मेति ॥
tasmādvā ete devā atitarāmivānyān devān yadagnirvāyurindraste hyenannediṣṭhaṃ pasparśuste hyenatprathamo vidāṃcakāra brahmeti ॥
Therefore are these gods as it were beyond all the other gods, even Agni and Vayu and Indra, because they came nearest to the touch of That....
Sri Aurobindo · CWSA 18, p. 10