IX VISION OF ṚTA Ṛtam is the master-word of the Vedic teaching; it is the "truth in the soul, truth in vision, truth in the intention, truth in the act."1 Usha is described as 'following effectively the path of Truth', Ṛtasya panthām anveti sādhu.2 Dawn is repeatedly represented as awakening to a sublime vision, right perception and right movement impelling men to move rightly in the direction of supreme happiness. Rtam is the key — locution and declaration of the Vedic vision and its spiritual interpretation. It is the principle of bṛhat, the Vast and leads upward to Bliss. It is the path leading to the supreme fe