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ANUGETA.
Veda, that the fire verily is all the deities', and knowledge (of it) arises among Brahmanas, being accompanied by intelligence. The smoke of that (fire), which is of excellent glory, (appears) in the shape of (the quality of) darkness; (its) ashes, (the quality of) passion; and (the quality of) goodness is that in connexion with it?, in which the offering is thrown. Those who understand the sacrifice understand the Samâna and the Vyana as the principal (offering). The Prâna and Apâna are portions of the offering of clarified butter, and between them is the fire. That is the excellent seat of the Udána as understood by Brahmanas. As to that which is distinct from these pairs, hear me speak about
Cf. inter alia, Aitareya-brâhmana (Haug's ed.), p. 1. • Arguna Misra says intelligence means 'discussion, or argument' The connexion of this with what has gone before, according to Arguna Misra, is this, that the author having first stated the five Hotris fully, now explains in what the Prâna and Apana are to be offered up for acquiring the Pranayama. The fire he takes to mean the sell. Cf. what has been said about Vaisvanara above, p 259.
. That is to say, the flame, I take it. He is drawing out bere the figure of the fire.
• These are only a subordinate part of the offering, called Agyabhaga. They are called subordinate, I suppose, as the operations of the Samâna and Vyana are more practically important for vitality. The fire is the self. The place of the principal offering is betwcen the Agyabhagas, as stated by Arruna Misra.
• The Udana is here treated as the life-wind into which the others are to be offered up. See p. 258, and note 8 there.
• The next three sentences seem to indicate what is to be destroyed in common with the lise-winds. One has to get rid of all notions about day and nighi, good and evil, existence and nonexistence, and then final emancipation is reached. The fire, which is common to all the passages, stands for the self; into that apparently all the ideas of time, and good and evil, and so forth, are lo be offered as the lise-winds are; and that fire stands in the place of the l'dina, for this purpose, as into the last all the other life-winds
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