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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VI KANDA, 7 ADHYÂYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 5. 273
of one mind, unlike in form,'-night and dawn, doubtless, are day and night, (and they are) of one mind 1, and unlike in form;-'nourish one child, combining together,'-whatever belongs to the day and the night, therewith they, combining together, indeed nourish him (Agni);—'a golden disk, he shineth between heaven and earth,'whilst taking it (the fire), he mutters this prayer; for heaven and earth are those two, the sky and the earth; and moving between these two he shines : that is why, in taking it, he mutters this prayer ;'the wealth-giving gods kept Agni;'-therewith, having taken hold of it in both hands, he sets it down; for the wealth-giving gods are the vital airs, and they indeed kept up Agni at first: by means of them he now keeps him up.
4. He then puts round his (neck) the sling of the netting, with (Vâg. S. XII, 3; Rik S. V, 81, 2), 'The wise putteth on all forms,'-the wise one, doubtless, is yonder sun, and the netting is all forms; he hath brought forth what is good for the two-footed and four-footed,'-for in rising he does bring forth what is good for the twofooted and four-footed; the adorable Savitri hath glanced over the firmament,'-the firmament, doubtless, is the heaven, and even in rising he looks along it;-'he flasheth forth after the starting of the Dawn,'-for the Dawn shines forth first, and after her shining forth he (the sun) follows, flashing forth.
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5. By means of the fashioning (formula) he then fashions him out of that (matter): he thereby
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1 That is to say, they are allied.
* Or, perhaps, after the precedence (example) of the Dawn.
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