Book Title: Upnishad
Author(s): Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ II KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 6. 385 pati thought within himself,' How comes it that the living beings created by me pass away?' He then became aware that his creatures passed away from want of food. He made the breasts in the fore-part of (their) body teem with milk. He then created living beings; and by resorting to the breasts, the beings created by him thenceforward continued to exist : they are these (creatures) which have not passed away. 4. Hence it has been said by the Rishi», — Three generations have passed beyond,'— this is said regarding those that passed away ;-'Others settled down around the light (arka, the sun)'—the light doubtless is the fire: those creatures which did not pass away, settled down around the fire; it is with regard to them that this is said. 5. The great one (neut.): remained within the worlds'-it is with regard to Pragâpati that this is said.—'The blower (or, purifier) entered the regions' -the regions doubtless are the quarters, and these were indeed entered by that blowing wind : it is with regard to them that this verse was uttered. And in like manner as Pragâpati created these living beings, so they are propagated : for whenever the breasts of woman and the udder of cattle swell, then whatever is born is born; and by resorting to the breasts these (beings) continue to exist. 6. Now that milk is indeed food; for in the beginning Pragâpati produced it for food. But that ? Âtmana evågre; the Kårva text has åtmany evägre. Rig-veda VIII, 90, 14. • Or perhaps better, as Ludwig takes it, 'On high he took his place within the worlds.' [13] Сс Digitized by Google Digitized by

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