Dear Colleagues,

in his “Meditaciones del Quixote”, Ortega y Gasset says: “… a la mañana, cuando me levanto, recito una brevísima plegaria, vieja de miles de años, un versillo del Rig-
Veda, que contiene estas pocas palabras aladas: « ¡Señor, despiértanos alegres y danos conocimiento!». Preparado así me interno en las horas luminosas o dolientes que trae el día”. [“…when I get up in the morning, I recite a very brief prayer, thousands of years old, a verse from the Rig Veda, which contains these few winged words: «Lord, awaken us in a happy mood, and give us knowledge!». Thus prepared, I go through the bright or gloomy hours that come with the day” (Transl. E. Rugg and D. Marín)].

Can anyone guess what the verse in question might be?

Paolo Magnone

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Paolo Magnone
Sanskrit Language and Literature
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart - Milan
History of Religions - Hinduism & Buddhism
Theological Faculty of Northern Italy - Milan

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