Text of Confucianism Part 02

SR No.: 007676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Legge
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1882
Total Pages: 2405
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 43 MB

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FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING.
1, 1.
At this time the king addressed the twice-born ?, If it be as you say, with respect to these miraculous signs, that they indicate such consequences, 53
Then no such case has happened with former kings, nor down to our time has such a thing occurred. The Brahman addressed the king thus, 'Say not so; for it is not right; 54
For with regard to renown and wisdom, personal celebrity, and worldly substance, these four things indeed are not to be considered according to precedent or subsequence; 55
'But whatever is produced according to nature ?, such things are liable to the law of cause and effect : but now whilst I recount some parallels let the king attentively listen; 56
'Bhrigu, Angira s (Angiras ?), these two of Rishi family 4, having passed many years apart from men, each begat an excellently-endowed son, 57
'Brihaspati with Sukra, skilful in making royal treatises, not derived from former families (or, tribes); 58
*Sarasvata, the Rishi, whose works 6 have long disappeared, begat a son, Po-lo-sao, who compiled illustrious Satras ? and Shâstras; 59
1 That is, the Brahman; wearing the twice-born thread. . Or, whatever is born according to the nature of things.
3 I restore these names according to the Sanskrit text, supplied by Professor Max Müller.
• That is, belonging to the Rishi tribe; in other words, these two Rishis.'
o Or, it may, perhaps more correctly, be rendered separated by a long period from Satras or Shâstras,' or, when these works had long been lost.
Is this Parâsara, the reputed father of Vyâsa ? (see Max Müller's Ancient Sanskrit Literature, p. 479.)
? Illustrious Sûtras (Ming King) may possibly refer to the Vedas, but the five vidyâs are also called by this name (Jul. II, 73).
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