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VII KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 19. 405
milk anoint thou Aditya, the unborn child!' that unborn child, the man, is indeed the sun : thus, Him anoint thou with milk !—'the all-shaped maker of a thousand,' the maker of a thousand is man, for to him belong a thousand ;-'spare him with thy heat, harbour not evil thoughts against him!' that is, spare him with thy fire, do not hurt him!-'make him live a hundred years, while thou art built!'he thereby makes man the one among animals (capable of) living a hundred years; whence man, among animals, lives up to a hundred years.
18. Then on the left side (he puts the head of) the horse, with (Våg. S. XIII, 42), “The speed of the wind,'—this one, the horse, is indeed the speed of the wind;—Varuna's navel—for the horse is Varuna; - -'the horse, born in the midst of the flood;' the flood is the water, and the horse is indeed the water-born ;-'the tawny, rock-founded child of rivers;' rock means mountain, and the waters are indeed founded on the mountains ;—'harm him not, Agni, in the highest region !' the highest region means these worlds : thus, do not harm him in these worlds!
19. Then on the right side (the head of) the bull, with (Vág. S. XIII, 43), “The imperishable, red drop,' the drop doubtless is Soma; and that bull is the same as the imperishable Soma ;-'the eager one (bhuranyu),' that is, the bearer (bhartri);-'Agni, the forward-striving, I glorify with homages;' for
1.Pratimâ' is perhaps taken here by the dogmatic expositor in the sense of likeness, counterpart;' in which case one would have to translate, the counterpart of a thousand, the all-shaped
one.'
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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 |