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X KÂNDA, 5 ADHYÂYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 14.
371 insensible; for this is a divine union 1, and that is the highest bliss.
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12. Therefore let him, who knows this, sleep, for it makes for heaven 2: he thereby, indeed, makes those two deities enjoy their dear wish, union. And one should not therefore forcibly 3 awaken him who sleeps, lest he should hurt those two deities whilst enjoying their union; and hence the mouth of him who has been asleep is, as it were, clammy, for those two deities are then shedding seed, and from that seed everything here originates, whatsoever exists.
13. Now, that man in yonder orb (of the sun), and that man in the right eye truly are no other than Death; his feet have stuck fast in the heart, and having pulled them out he comes forth; and when he comes forth then that man dies: whence T they say of him who has passed away, 'he has been cut off .'
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14. And, indeed, he is the breath (prâna), for it is he (the man in the eye) that leads forward (pranayati) all these creatures. These vital airs (prâna) are his own (sva); and when he sleeps (svapiti) then
vidâ agânâneva nrâ strî bhavati (marg. corr. agânânâv eva strîpurushau bhavatah) evam tadâ tayor mithunabhâve (? mithunâbhâve) purusho samvida iva bhavati. Sây.
1 Viz. because it is the union of Indra and Indrânî.
2 Or, perhaps, it is the usual practice (lokyam), as the St. Petersb. Dict. takes it.
3 Dhureva pîdayaiva na bodhayet, na prabuddham kuryât, dhûrvater himsârthat kvipi tâblope râpam. Sây.
? His (life) has been cut off; or, his (life-string) has been severed. Sâyana (unless there is an omission in the MS.) does not explain 'kâkhedy asya,' but seems to take 'pretam' (passed away) as the word on which the stress lies:-tasmâd imam pretam ity âhuh, prapûrvâd eteh ktapratyaye rûpam; katham, akshipurushanirgame purushasya maranam.
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| SR No. | 007679 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2382 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |