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CHAPTER ix, 2.
the bright fortnight, the six months of the northern solstice, departing (from the world) in these, those who know the Brahman go to the Brahman. Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, the six months of the southern solstice, (dying) in these, the devotee goes to the lunar light and returns! These two paths, bright and dark, are deemed to be eternal in this world! By the one, (a man) goes never to return, by the other he comes back. Knowing these two paths, O son of Prithà! no devotee is deluded ? Therefore at all times be possessed of devotion, O. Arguna! A devotee knowing all this “, obtains all the holy fruit which is prescribed for (study of) the Vedas, for sacrifices, and also for penances and gifts, and he attains to the highest and primeval seat.
CHAPTER IX. Now I will speak to you, who are not given to carping, of that most mysterious knowledge, accompanied by experience, by knowing which you will be released from evil. It is the chief among the sciences, the chief among the mysteries. It is the best means of sanctification. It is imperishable, not
time, by which;' and the fire-filame as included in this, though having no connexion with time. Sankara agrees, though he also suggests that fire means a deity presiding over time. I own I have Do clear notion of the meaning of these verses. Cf. Khandogya, p 342; Bribad-Aranyaka-upanishad, p. 1057 seq. 'CL Prama-upanishad, p. 64; and Sarfraka Bhashya, p. 747 seq.
Le for those wbo are fitted for knowledge or action. "Le does not desire beaven, but devotes himself to the supreme Being, seeing that heavenly bliss is only temporary. • All that is rated in this chapter.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1895 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |