Page Text
________________
VI KÂNDA, 6 ADHYÂVA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 6.
257
desert us worn out, like a milked-out cow, or like an ox that has been (tired out by) drawing (the cart).' Accordingly they laid into the udumbara tree what pith and essence there was in those trees; and on account of that pith it matures (fruit) equal to all the (other) trees ! ; hence that (tree) is always moist, always full of milky sap,—that udumbara tree, indeed, (being) all the trees, is all food : he thus gratifies him (Agni) by every kind of food, and kindles him by all trees (kinds of wood).
4. [Vâg. S. XI, 72] ‘From the farthest distance,'—that is, ' (from) what farthest distance there is; '-'O red-steeded, come hither!' for red, indeed, is Agni's horse ;-'Purishya, much-loved,' —that is, 'favourable to cattle, dear to many;'-'O Agni, overcome thou the scorners l' that is, O Agni, overcome all evil-doers!'
5. He then puts on one not cut by an axe, -that(Agni) is born when he is built up : it is for all (kinds of) food that he is born. Now that (wood) not cut by an axe is one kind of food (for the fire): it is thereby that he now gratifies him. [Vâg. S. XI, 73; Rik S.VIII, 102, 20] Whatsoever wood we lay upon thee, O Agni, let all that be ghee unto thee, do thou relish that, O youngest!' as the text, so its meaning: whatever (wood there is not cut by the axe, that he makes palatable to him; and having made it food for him, he sets it before him.
6. He then puts on one that has lain on the ground,—he (Agni) is born when he is built up: it is for all (kinds of) food that he is born. Now that
According to Ait. Br. V, 24, its fruits ripen three times a year.
[+1]
Digitized by Google
| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| 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 |