Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
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

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descriptions, (namely) sacrifice, gift at a sacrifice, and sacred study?, for (every one) who is born Such is the teaching of the ancients. He who duly understands this, becomes possessed of concentration of mind, O chief of the twice-born! and know, too, that he is released from all sins. Space' is the first entity; as connected with the individual) self it is called the ear; as connected with objects likewise it is called sound; and the presiding deity there is the quarters. The second entity is air; as connected with the individual) self it is called the skin; as connected with objects it is the object of touch; and the presiding deity there is the lightning. The third is called light; as connected with the individual) self it is laid down to be the eye; next as connected with objects it is colour; the presiding deity there is the sun. The fourth should be understood to be water; as connected with the individual) self it is stated to be the tongue; as connected with objects it should be understood to be taste; the presiding deity there is Soma. The fifth element is earth; as connected with the individual) self it is called the nose; as connected with objects likewise it is called smell; the presiding deity there is Vayu. Thus have I
i Cf. as to this Khandogya, p. 136, which justifies our rendering, though the commentator Arguna Misra seems to understand the passage differenuly.
. Arguna Misra seems to understand this to mean 'twice-born.'
"This is a repetition of what occurs at p. 337, and apparently is spurious. But two of the MSS., both those containing commentaries, contain the passage iwice. One of the other MSS. omits the page sage where it occurs before, and has it here. I think that ibe passage is in its place before, and probably interpolated here.
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