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VII KANDA, I ADHYÂYA, I BRÂHMANA, 27. 305
thou goest up to the flood of the heaven;' the flood of that heaven doubtless is the waters (of the atmosphere): to them he goes by his smoke; -'hither callest thou the divine inspirers,'the divine inspirers doubtless are the vital airs, for these inspire all thoughts;-'the waters approach (thee), they that are beyond the luminous sphere of the sun, and they that are below here;'-the luminous sphere doubtless is that world yonder where that (sun) is burning: he thereby means both the waters which are beyond, and those which are below that (sun).
25. [The fourth one, with Vâg. S. XII, 50] 'The Agnis Purishyas,'-that is, the Agnis favourable to cattle;-'together with those of the streams (prâvana); this is a form of starting1 (prâyana), for the Gârhapatya is indeed a starting of the fire ;'may they, benevolent, accept the sacrifice, the copious, salutary draughts!' that is, 'may they benevolently accept the sacrifice, the copious, innocuous draughts!'
26. He puts them down separately: what different desires there are, those he thereby lays into the self. He 'settles' them once: he thereby makes the self one. He pronounces the Sûdadohas 2 verse on them; for the Sûdadohas is the vital air: by means of the vital air he thus makes him (Agni) continuous, joins him together.
27. Thereupon going round behind, he sits down on the north side with his face to the south, and puts on first the southern one of the two behind,
1 Viz. inasmuch as 'prâvana' begins with the preposition 'pra,' forward, Sây.
See p. 307, note 2.
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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 |