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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
removed that darkness of his; and freed from evil he burns yonder. And in like manner does that (king) thereby enter darkness, or darkness enters him,when he puts those unworthy of sacrifice 1 in contact with the sacrifice; and he does indeed now put those unworthy of sacrifice either Sudras or whomever else in contact with the sacrifice. It is Soma and Rudra who remove that darkness of his; and freed from evil he becomes consecrated. And as to why it is cooked in milk from a white (cow) which has a white calf,—darkness is black : that darkness he removes. The sacrificial fee for this (oblation) is a white (cow) which has a white calf.
3. Even he who, while being qualified for fame, is not yet famous, may perform that offering. Now he who is learned (in the Veda), while being qualified for fame, is not famous; and he who is not famous, is covered with darkness : that darkness of his Soma and Rudra thereby remove; and freed from evil he becomes a very light by his prosperity and renown.
4. Thereupon he prepares a pap for Mitra and Brihaspati? For verily he who departs from the
with note) it was Atri who restored the light of the sun. Professor Ludwig (Bohemian Academy of Sciences, Sitzungsber., May, 1885) has tried to prove that solar eclipses (partly available for chronological purposes) are referred to in this and some other passages of the hymns. Compare also Professor Whitney's remarks thereon, Proceedings of Am. Or. Soc., Oct. 1885, p. xvii.
1 That is, some of those officials of his to whom the ratnahavis were offered; Sayana specifying the Commander of the army and others' as Sadras; and the ‘Huntsman and others' as of whatsoever (low) caste.
* According to the Taittirîya ritualists this double oblation forms part of the dîkshâ, or initiation ceremony (V, 3, 3, 1). See Taitt. S., vol. ii, p. 108.
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