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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III ADHYAYA, 9 BRÂHMANA, 8. (1,17!tai.
4. He asked : 'Who are the Rudras ?'
Yagñavalkya replied: "These ten vital breaths (prânas, the senses, i.e. the five gñanendriyas, and the five karmendriyas), and Atman', as the eleventh. When they depart from this mortal body, they make us cry (rodayanti), and because they make us cry, they are called Rudras.'
5. He asked : 'Who are the Âdityas?'
Yâgñavalkya replied : ‘The twelve months of the year, and they are Adityas, because they move along (yanti), taking up everything ? (adadânâh). Because they move along, taking up everything, therefore they are called Adityas.
6. He asked: “And who is Indra, and who is Pragâpati ?'
Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Indra is thunder, Pragâpati is the sacrifice.'
He asked: And what is the thunder?' Yâgñavalkya replied : ‘The thunderbolt.' He asked: And what is the sacrifice?' Yâgñavalkya replied: The (sacrificial) animals.' 7. He asked : 'Who are the six ?'
Yâgñavalkya replied : 'Agni (fire), Prithivi (earth), Vậyu (air), Antariksha (sky), Aditya (sun), Dyu (heaven), they are the six, for they are all this, the six.'
8. He asked: "Who are the three gods?' the commentator hardly explains our text. Perhaps vasu is meant for the world or the dwellers therein. The more usual explanation occurs in the Satap. Brâh. p. 1077, ete hidam sarvam vâsayante tadyad idam sarvam vâsayante tasmâd vasava iti; or on p. 874, where we read te yad idam sarvam &c. * Atman is here explained as manas, the common sensory.
The life of men, and the fruits of their work. . They are the thirty-three gods..
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