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III PRAPATHAKA, 4 KHANDA, I.
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SECOND KHANDA. 1. The southern rays of the sun are the honeycells on the right. The Yagus verses are the bees, the Yagur-veda sacrifice is the flower, the water (of the sacrificial libations) is the nectar (of the flower).
2. Those very Yagus verses (as bees) brooded over the Yagur-veda sacrifice (the flower); and from it, thus brooded on, sprang as its (nectar) essence, fame, glory of countenance, vigour, strength, and health.
3. That flowed forth and went towards the sun. And that forms what we call the white (sukla) light of the sun.
THIRD KHANDA. 1. The western rays of the sun are the honeycells behind. The Sâman verses are the bees, the Sâma-veda sacrifice is the flower, the water is the nectar.
2. Those very Sâman verses (as bees) brooded over the Sama-veda sacrifice; and from it, thus brooded on, sprang as its (nectar) essence, fame, glory of countenance, vigour, strength, and health.
3. That flowed forth and went towards the sun. And that forms what we call the dark (krishna) light of the sun.
Fourth KHANDA. 1. The northern rays of the sun are the honeycells on the left. The (hymns of the) Atharvângiras are the bees, the Itihasa-purâna' (the reading of the old stories) is the flower, the water is the nectar.
next world and in the sun, therefore that essence or nectar is said to ascend to the sun.
As there is no Atharva-veda sacrifice, properly so called, we have corresponding to the Atharva-veda hymns the so-called fifth
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1879 |
| Total Pages | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 35 MB |