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20. The gods are invisible deities, the Brahmanas are visible deities.
21. The Brahmanas sustain the world.
22. It is by the favour of the Brâhmanas that the gods reside in heaven; a speech uttered by Brâhmanas (whether a curse or a benediction) never fails to come true.
23. What the Brâhmanas pronounce, when highly pleased (as, if they promise sons, cattle, wealth, or some other boon to a man), the gods will ratify; when the visible gods are pleased, the invisible gods are surely pleased as well.
24. The mourners, who lament the loss of a relative, shall be addressed by men gifted with a tranquil frame of mind with such consolatory speeches as I shall now recite to thee, O Earth, who art cherished to my mind.
XX. 1. The northern progress of the sun is a day with the gods.
2. The southern progress of the sun is (with them) a night.
3. A year is (with them) a day and a night; 4. Thirty such are a month; 5. Twelve such months are a year.
6. Twelve hundred years of the gods are a Kaliyuga.
XX. 1-3. M.I, 67. - 6-9. M. I, 69, 70. — 10. M.1, 71. – 11. M.I, 79. - 12-14. M.I, 72. – 30. Y. III, 11.
6. The Kaliyuga itself consists of a thousand years only; but it is both preceded and followed by a twilight lasting a hundred years. It is similar with the three other Yugas. (Nand.)
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