Questions of King Milinda Part 01

SR No.: 007681
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1890
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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V KÂNDA, I ADHYÂYA, 5 BRÂHMANA, 24.
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horses), the significance (of the performance) is the same.
19. He offers, with (Våg. S. IX, 14; Rik S. IV, 40, 4), 'That courser speedeth after the whip, fettered at the neck and shoulder and mouth: may Dadhikrà win according to his power; may he run along the windings of the roads, hail!'
20. [Vag. S. IX, 15; Rik S. IV, 40, 3], 'And of him, the running, speeding, there fanneth like the wing of the eager bird, -as of the gliding eagle,-about the breast of Dadhikrâvan passing along with might, hail!'
21. He then either offers or addresses (the horses) with the following tristich : this is twofold, because he either offers or addresses. Whether he offers, or addresses (the horses), the significance is the same: he thereby speeds those running horses, imbues them with energy. There are here three earths, namely this one, and two beyond it: these he thereby wins.
22. He addresses (the horses, with Vàg. S. IX, 16; Rik S. VII, 38, 7), 'Auspicious be the coursers unto us at the invocations in the divine service, running their measured course, with beautiful song; swallowing the dragon, the wolf, the evil spirits: may they ever keep away from us affliction!
23. (Vág. S. IX, 17; Rik S. X, 64, 6], 'Those racers, wont to hear the calls, may they all hear our call, the coursers running their measured course: they, the winners of thousands, eager to win at the winning of oblations, who have carried off great gain in the contests.'
24. [Våg. S. IX, 18; Rik S. VII, 38, 8) 'In
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