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(1880) The name “gods' is meaningful because like the name 'ghata' (jar), it is uncompounded (and derived). Or you may think man himself rich in qualities and extraordinary powers is god.
(1881) (But) this is not so. Only when the real thing is known to exist can the name be applied figuratively. Only when the lion exists in reality can we have the term 'man-lion' figuratively.
(1882) If the gods did not exist, the heavenly fruit of acts like Agnihotra and others and of sacrifices and the fruit of (acts of) charity, etc. would be in vain. And this is not proper.
(1883) (The statement that) one wins by sacrifces the heavenly kingdom, etc., of Yama, Soma, Sūrya and Sura-guru (Bphaspati) and the invocation of India and other (gods) by mantras — all this would be in vain (if the gods did not exist).
(1884) When his doubt had been dispelled by the Victor, free from old age and death, the śramaņa became a monk along with his 350 pupils.
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