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VII KANDA, 5 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 22. 395
to go out of him. He kept them back by means of strength: hence those two are kept back by strength; for he to whom one gives strength, breathes and eats food.
20. Those (energies) thus were kept back by one another. Having kept them back by one another, he (Pragâpati) caused them to enter his own self; and that food having entered, all the gods entered along with it; for everything here lives on food.
21. It is thereto that this verse applies,' Then, indeed, he became that breath,'-for that breath he then indeed became ;- having become the great Pragâpati,'-for great he indeed then became, when those gods entered him ;-' having obtained the benefits, the beneficial,'-the benefits doubtless are the vital airs (breaths), and the beneficial are the food: thus, having obtained all that; -'when he breathed the breaths in the stronghold;'-the stronghold doubtless is the self (body), and inasmuch as he breathed the breaths, the gods are the breaths; and inasmuch as Pragâpati breathed, the breath also is Pragâpati; and verily he who is that breath, he is that Gâyatri ;-and as to that food, that is Vishnu, the deity; and as to that strength, that is the Udumbara (tree).
22. He said, 'Verily this one has lifted me from out of all evil;' and because he said 'he has lifted me out (udabhârshit),' hence (the name) 'udumbhara;'-'udumbhara' doubtless being what is mystically called Udumbara, for the gods love the mystic. 'Wide space (uru) shall it make (karat) for me!' he said, hence urukara;' 'urukara' doubtless being what is mystically called 'ulûkhala' (the mortar); for the gods love the mystic. Now that mortar is
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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 |