Lexicon

of Rig Veda

gabhasti, hand

Sri Aurobindo wrote: “The right and left hand of Indra are his two powers of action in knowledge; for his two arms are called gabhasti, a word which means ordinarily a ray of the sun but also forearm, and they correspond to his two perceptive powers, his two bright horses, harī...” (CWSA.– Vol. 15.– 1998, p.194).

See also:

•  bright force (śavas)

•  hearing of the Truth (śruti)

•  horse (aśva)

•  illumination (of the Truth) (dyumna)

•  lightning (vidyut)