Vinaya Texts

SR No.: 007684
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids, Hermann Oldenberg
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1881
Total Pages: 2523
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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II, 85.
STUDENTSHIP.
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timely (performance of the) rites (prescribed for) them, will be blamed among virtuous men.
81. Know that the three imperishable Mahavyâhritis, preceded by the syllable Om, and (followed) by the three-footed Savitri are the portal of the Veda and the gate leading (to union with) Brahman.
82. He who daily recites that (verse), untired, during three years, will enter (after death) the highest Brahman, move as free as air, and assume an ethereal form.
83. The monosyllable (Om) is the highest Brahman, (three) suppressions of the breath are the best (form of) austerity, but nothing surpasses the Sâvitri; truthfulness is better than silence.
84. All rites ordained in the Veda, burnt oblations and (other) sacrifices, pass away; but know that the syllable (Om) is imperishable, and it is) Brahman, (and) the Lord of creatures (Pragâpati).
85. An offering, consisting of muttered prayers, is ten times more efficacious than a sacrifice performed
81. Vi. LV, 15. Brahmano mukham, literally, the mouth of Brahman,' is probably meant to convey the double sense given in the translation. Both interpretations are given by Medh., Kull., and Râgh., while Gov., Nár., and Nand. explain it merely by the beginning or portal of the Veda;' see also Âp. I, 13, 6. 82. Vi. LV, 16.
83. Vi. LV, 17. 84. Vi. LVI, 18. Pass away,' i.e. as far as their results are concerned' (Medh., Gov., Kull.. När.), as far as their form and their results are concerned'(Nand.). Sacrifices procure only the perishable bliss of heaven, while the constant recitation of the syllable Om secures union with Brahman. According to Medh., Gov., Kull., and Ragh., Brahman is here a neuter; according to Nár. and Nand., a masculine. The words and (it is Brahman (and) Pragâpati'(Medh., Gov., Nâr., Rågh.) are taken by Kull. as 'since it is Brahman (and) Pragâpati,' by Nand. as 'just like Brahman, the Lord of creatures.'
85. Vi. LVI, 19; Vas. XXVI, 9. The sacred texts meant are, of course, Om, the Vyâhritis, and the Gâyatri.
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