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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
and from them those (herbs) used to grow thrice, in spring, in the rainy season, and in the autumn ;
of the brown ones will I ponder,'--the brown one, doubtless, is Soma, and the herbs are related to Soma, and the Purusha (Pragâpati) is related to herbs ? ;-'the hundred powers,'-inasmuch as he here lives a hundred (years), and has a hundred merits, and a hundred energies, there are in him those hundred powers ;-'and seven,' he thereby speaks of those seven vital airs in the head.
27. 'Yours, O Mother, are a hundred powers, and yours a thousand growths,'-inasmuch as (the plants) here are shooting out a hundredfold, and a thousandfold ;-'Ye of a hundred virtues, render ye free from sickness this one of mine!' that is, him whom I am now healing.
28. These (verses) 2 have one and the same ex
the gods before the three ages;'—but is there any other example of 'purâ' with the accusative? The author of the Brâhmana, on the other hand, takes 'triyugam pura' as adverbs independent of each other, -'formerly at three periods.'
1 Or, consists of herbs.
* That is, the two verses just explained, as well as the remaining thirteen verses (Vag. S. XII, 77 seq.; Rik S. X, 97, 3 seq.), viz. :
3. Rejoice ye at the plants, the full-budded, abounding in shoots : like victorious mares, the herbs are eager to win (or, to save).
4. As plants, o divine mothers, I call upon you: horse, and cow, and raiment would I win, and thine own self, O Purusha!
5. On the Asvattha tree is your abode, on the Parna dwelling is made for you: possessed of cattle shall ye be, when ye save the Purusha.
6. Wherein the herbs have met together, even as the nobles in the assembly, that priest is called physician, demon-killer, painremover.
7. The (herb) rich in horses, the one rich in Soma, the
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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 |