Dhammapada

SR No.: 007674
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2540
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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II KÂNDA, 6 ADHYAYA, 4 BRÂHMANA, 4.
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thrice in the year that he comes to face all the quarters and becomes a consumer of food : let him therefore not trouble himself about shaving his head.'
Fourth BRAHMANA. 1. Now when it is said, that the gods, by means of the Sâkamedha offerings, slew Vritra and gained that supreme authority which they now wield, -it is rather by means of all the Seasonal sacrifices that the gods slew Vritra; it is by all of them that they gained that supreme authority which they now wield.
2. They spake, With what king, with what leader shall we fight?' Agni spake, With me for your king, with me for your leader!' With Agni for their king, with Agni for their leader, they gained four months; and with the Brahman (sacerdotium) and the threefold science they encompassed them.
3. They spake, 'With what king, with what leader shall we fight?' Varuna spake, 'With me for your king, with me for your leader !' With Varuna for their king, with Varuna for their leader, they gained other four months; and with the Brahman and the threefold science they encompassed them.
4. They spake, 'With what king, with what leader shall we fight?' Indra spake, 'With me for your king, with me for your leader!' With Indra for their king, with Indra for their leader, they gained other four months; and with the Brahman and the threefold science they encompassed them.
Anîka (?-van-guard”), cf. V, 3, 1, 1 ‘senâyâh senânîr anîkam ;' II, 5, 3, 2. [12]
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