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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
of the air, the supporter of the regions, the ruler of beings,'--for he (the sun) is indeed the holder of the air, the supporter of the regions, and the ruler of beings ;-'thou art the wave, the drop, of water,'—the wave, doubtless, means the essence ;-Visvakarman is thy Rishi!'-Visvakarman (the all-shaper), doubtless, is Pragâ pati : thus, • Thou art fashioned by Pragâpati.'— May the Asvins, the Adhvaryus, settle thee here!' for the Asvins, as Adhvaryus, did lay down (this brick).
11. Now as to why he lays down these Asvini (bricks). When Pragâpati had become relaxed (disjointed), the deities took him and went away in different directions. Now what part of him there was above the feet and below the waist, that part of him the two Asvins took and kept going away from him.
12. He said to them, Come to me and restore unto me that wherewith ye have gone away from me!'—'What will accrue to us therefrom?'--'That part of my body shall be sacred unto you!'- So be it!' so the Asvins restored that (part) unto him.
13. Now these five Âsvini (bricks) are that same (part) of his (Agni's) body; and when he now puts them into this (layer of the altar), he thereby restores to him what (part) of his body these (bricks) are: that is why he puts them into this (layer).
14. `Thou art firmly founded, firmly seated, firm,' he says, for whatsoever is steady and established that is firm. Now that part of his (PragâpatiAgni's) body was, as it were, unsteady, unfirm ; and having made it steady and firm they (the Asvins) restored it to him.
15. “Nestlike, fat, wise,' he says, for this indeed
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