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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
3. And as to why he puts on and wears the gold plate ;—that plate is yonder sun, and man, in his human form, is unable to sustain that fire: it is only in this (solar or divine) form that he bears that (divine) form.
4. And, again, why he puts on and wears the gold plate ;—this fire is seed poured out here; and the gold plate means vital energy (or brilliance) and vigour : he thus lays vital energy and vigour into that seed.
5. And, again, why he puts on and wears the gold plate ;-the gods now were afraid lest the Rakshas, the fiends, should destroy here that (Agni) of theirs. They made that (plate), yonder sun, to be his (Agni's) protector (standing) by his side, for the gold plate is yonder sun: and in like manner does this (Sacrificer) now make that (plate) to be his (Agni's) protector by his side.
6. It is sown up in a black antelope's skin; for the black antelope skin is the sacrifice, and the sacrifice is able to sustain that (Agni): by means of the sacrifice the gods carried him, and by means of the sacrifice he now carries him ;—with the hair (inside), for the hair are the metres, and the metres are indeed able to sustain him : by the metres the gods carried him, and by the metres he now carries him.
7. It is sown into the white and black hair, for these two are forms of the rik (hymn-verse) and the saman (hymn-tune), and the rik and sâman are indeed able to sustain him (Agni): by the rik and sâman the gods carried him, and by the rik and saman he now carries him. The hempen sling of the gold plate is a triple (cord): the significance of this has been explained.
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| 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 |