Purifiest

Over and above these claims to gratitude, Gibil had a special importance in the life of a people given to the works of metallurgy, of which fire is the chief agent: "It is thou," says one hymn, "who mixest tin and copper, it is thou who purifiest silver and gold." ❋ Unknown (1879)

"Thou purifiest thyself, not of thyself, but of Him who comes that He may dwell in thee" [Augustine]. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The joys of paradise are those of earth; and heaven is thus described, albeit in a late hymn: [46] "Where is light inexhaustible; in the world where is placed the shining sky; set me in this immortal, unending world, O thou that purifiest thyself (Soma); where is king (Yama), the son of Vivasvant, and the paradise of the sky; [47] where are the flowing waters; there make me immortal. ❋ Edward Washburn Hopkins (1894)

“Hymns of praise unto thee, O Rā, in the horizon, and homage unto thee, O thou that purifiest with light the denizens of heaven, O thou who hast sovereign power over heaven at that supreme moment when the paddles of thine enemies move with thee! ❋ Epiphanius Wilson (1880)