Kāṇḍa 10 — Cosmological and philosophical hymns

Afar let her depart : away we drive her whom, made

Complete, with head and nose and ears/ all-beaate*

Made by a SAdra or a Prince, by priests or women,

I with this salutary herb have ruined all their magic '"^'' ■ arts,

111 fall on him who doCtfa iU, on him Who curseth

Whoever said to thee» (}o forth against the foeman tip the stream, To himt O KritjA, go thoo bacL Forsise not iis^ the - sinless ones.

A$ th^ganik^pwrtiU* aftghtr an the ocbamoo of mony m faotiourof the inEant or joath. S<m«d Her; uttaiad thy name in aider tc make thee thaobjeot af a eolaiiitt oaise or ineaotatiatt/

From mention of thy name, from sin against the

As the wind stirs the dust from earth atd drivea the

This, KrityA, U thy path, we say, and guide thee.

No path leads hitherward for thee to travel. Turn

The eliarm or secret power which they have baried

That tool of hatred, understood, made ready, stealthy

When we have ibimd her ducked and drenched,, a hapless co-w whose ealf hath cUed^ liCt all my woe depart and let abundant richea eomc to me.

May Soma, gracious friend, imperial Sovran, and the world'a Masters look on us with favour.

Anointed, balmed,^ and well' adorned, bMring all

KfityA, begone, stay not Pursue as 'twere the wound*

He waits, and aiming ;mth his shaft smites him who.

Hearken to this my word ; then go thither away

^hava and ^arya cast the flash of lightning, the weapon of the Gods, against the sinner who made ; the evil thii^, who deius in witchcraft I •

Within our house are swords of goodly iron. Eptyft, , : ^ we know thy joints and all their places.

O Krity4, 1 will cut thy throat and hew thy fbet off.

AsSftrya frees' himself from depth of darkness, and casts away the night and rays of moi^ning,

B4€om$igki^fOimt: tlisti% twio^sst«iftsaa«irifl^astto«t«4

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Whence did thev make the ankles that are tinder, and the knee^bones of PArasha above them ? ^ * What led them onward to the legs* construction ? Who planned and formed the knees' articalations?

Loud neighing he hath dived below, and rising up

PaidTa kUk Easar^Ua, kiUs both the white Serpent

Fnm$9ueu: The iwe of the boMdiotion, God bleat joa f after taeetiiigis attributed to Si. Giegoiy. Arietotle mentioM a aimilar eoetoia amoqg the Qreeka, and CioeiD aaja (de Dit. 3. 40), Stemu* taBMnta enint obeer? anda. The laoie eapentitioo baa been obeenred aleo amoqg natiTea of Alrioa and Indian tribee of North America. Thi Unts iil-MUH^ wiei$af€ : the faMi», or bird, here ia probahlj the

He set within the jaws the tongue that reaches hr^ and thereon placed Speech the mighty Goddess. He wanders to and fro mid living creatures, robed in the waters. Who hath understood it?

A fourfold frame is fixt with ends connected, and up above the knees a yielding belly. The hips and thighs, who was their generator, those props whereby the tmnk grew firmly stablished ?

Whence bringeth mighty PArusha both pleasant and unpleasant things Of varied sort^ sleep, and alarm, fatigue, enjoyments and delights ? .

Whence is^ there found in Pnrusha want, evil, suf-

Who stored in him floods turned in all directions,

Who gave him visible form and shape I Who gare - him magnitude and name ?

As with its might the wind breaks down the trees,

Trnth mid/tUekood: or (the knowlodge of) right and wioog.

.Who wore the Tttal air in iiim, who fiUod him With

Through whom did he spread waters out, through

Who set the seed in him and said, Still be the thread

Through whomr did he bedeck the earth, through

Through whom seeks he Paijanya out, and Soma of

LMtmedpriea: fr^triyam; the Bnhnuui Teraed in fnffiortlia re?ealad dootrina of tha Yada. Parliapa, aa Dr. SclMniiaii anggeat^ the imnk and dignity (^ a 9ratri7a is aiaaiit» Lord 8wyrau : F^nk- mcah(bin.

He, Brahma, gains the learned priest, he, Brahnu^

Through whom doth he abide with Gods? ^Througk

Onward I urge your gathered floods : enter your own

By whom was this our earth disposed? By whom

By Brahma was this earth disposed : Brahma is sky

As glory is bestowed upon the patron and this sacrifice,. So may the Charm, eta

That Amulet may the Deities bestow on me to win r.". Buocess, .• . •' ^ • , • •

I bind on me my happy fif^te witii holy prayw and .! •.' energy. ••' '■•-•; ■ •''•'' ■■■ .■ -^ ^

The fort of Qods, impregnable, with circles eight and portals nine, Contains a golden treasure^est, celestial, begirt with light

As, when the ploug^h hath tilled the soi^the seed

Charm,' forwarder of sacrifice, who hast a hundred '■■■ -priestly fees^;-'-^-^^'^-"* .' ' V'\' :'.^./-''' ■J-'*-/" :/

I turn me unto Frayerd^ Mi^ ibat,^* etoi

I turn me unto Brfthmi^na. . May they, ietc.

Bereft of life and poison they lie slain by bolt^armed Indra's hand. Indra and we have slaughtered them.

ThotfattthebondofVaruoatheKingi > ;' '-^ ^ Bindi such an one» the son of such a w6mali| id vital

All food of thine, O Lord of Lifei that liMi tipdn the . fiioeofterth, : - r - Thereof bestow thou upoh us^ O Lord of Li£i| Fnyi*

Celestial Waters have I sought t tiriih jtfiM have I

Give me the boon erf splendid strength ; give, Agnit . .» progeny and life. . '^ > -

Let the shot missile eateh him with VaiyvAnaia's '..i two mighty fimgs.

Destroy the TAtudh&nas with thy fervour, c6lisume

To|{etW».with his tteedle hkik AilMurvan sewn his

That is indeed Athanrao's head, the well^osed

Stationed on high, Pamsha hath pervaded all regiona

WellHskilled, againstthis man I hurl this Waters' bolt with four spikes, to cleave his hctftd asunder*

The Charm to yfhich men, JPathers, Gods look eyer ' for their maintenance.

Bridima hath passed within the fort, the golden castle, ne'er subdued. Bright with excessive brilliancy, compassed with glory round about

Oim ia raperior plaee «Qd oort U eanoueat : "may I

I follow SArya's ooorse in heaveOt the course that

Men deep in lore of Brahma know that Animated Being which

Jf ^iorw dmiUik m m wmi: eL ' Tbe tpkndid (ZIL 1. 25).

Mkwuu : Godlike Beingt, tiie Oodt. '

Which of his members is the seat of Fervour ? Which

Upheld by Skambha's power thesef tw6, the heaven

Out of which member glows the light of Agni f From

Whitherward yearning blaaethAgni upward ? Whi-

Whitherward go the half-months, and, aooordant with

Whitherward yearning speed the two young Damsels,

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

That universe which Praj&paii created, wearing all

Thai mupart: or, member. See'stsnsa 25.

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha in whom

The infinite to every side extended, the finite and the

Who out of many, tsll me, is that Skambha / J .In whom the Si^es earUest bom, the Jiohas, Stoan,

The first line it obioavo. Lndwig suggests thst wau or pitcher here may mean the Moon. A migktjf Being: mahdd f t ^ ikdm ; % supcT" natural animated Being (o£. X. 3. 32; 7. SS), apparentlj rqpsided as the Fiist Cause of creation. 2!l< n^lers ^ (iU rM/eu : theCkids.

Who out of many, teU me, is that SUmbha.

They who in Porusha undeiatand Brshmaknow Him

Who bai of m»xky, tell me, is tlut Skambha

ffaiff Un: Mkma} fdivine knowledge/— kair. Tkt honey- tmeim t d Wk^ : the lledhtiluifK or Honey-whip (a eTinbol, perhapi, oferaathre mm! farrigoimiing power) of the Afrine: tee IX. 1 iqq.

2%«iilA4r«4jtptmicf:tbe8oogeor Hymn^ "JLngiiMee; tee YoL I., Prefiac^ p. ▼!.

Footless at first was he produced, footless he brought

Useful will he become, and then will he consume

Him too they call eternal; he may become new

A hundred, thousand, myriad, yea a hundred million

Great, verily, are those Gk>ds who sprang froni^ noor

Where Skambha generating gave the Ancient World

The three-and^thirty Gods withiii bis body were . disposed as limbs :

Men know Hirapyagarbba as. supreme and inexpree* .. sible; ■ • ■...:..•;..: • . .'■ - ■, ; .■•

Forth from the full he lifts the full, the full he sprin-

Brought forth ia olden time, the everlasting, high

Known by the name of Guardian Grace the Deity

He: the Sun. - . •- • *. - -

TIu pri€9€: * the Athami-Teda priest (bfafamSX ^l>e has m knowledge of those god-gnaidians of the praaeral Veda has tk$ kaow^^ ledge (or, be who has soofa a knowledge is a i^ontfff -At har f i^ f eda priest)/-*Goldstaoker. . », . > . ;

Homage to highest Brahma, him wba, sprong from

Why doth the Wind move ceaselessly ? Why doth

Absorbed in Fervonr, is the mighty Being, in the

Who out of many, tell me, is that Skambha

Darkness is chased away from him : he is exempt

He verily who knows the Reed of Gold that stands

Singly the two. young Maids of different colours

il MaU: the fiwt Man or Male; Piiroeha, Adipuruaha, Prnji- patL TkM im6 : meaning hem the mysterious primeval sacrifioe which oottstittttes oraatkm. Cf. 'The Man extends it, and the Man . nnbinda it : efen to the fault of heayen hath he outspun it. These pegs aie fastened to the seat of worship : the/ made the S&ma-hjmns ^ir weaWng^ntUes' (9. T. X. 180. 3.)

These pegs have buttressed up the sky. The SAmans

Of these. two, dancing round as 'twere, I cannot

On Indra Fervour rests, on him tlie worlds and Holy

Ere ran and dawn man ealls and ealls ode Deiiy by

Be reverenoe paid to him, that highest Brahma,

Homage io highest Brahma, him whose eye is Siki^a

Homage to highest Brahma, him whose two life-

Skambha set fast these two, the earth and heaven,

SttkUg truth : following the luttuiml law of their being. '

Men eount as 'twere a thing supreme nonentity's

When he is near she leaves him not, she sees hini not though he is near. Behold the wisdom of the Qod : he hath not died, he growe not old.

Who gave command nnto the wind that bloweth ?

One God inhabiteth the earth we live on ; another

I know the drawn-out string, the thread whereon these creatures all are strung. I know the thread's thread also, thus I know the mighty Brlhma«a.

When Ami passed between the earth and heareo, devounng with his flame, the all-consnmer, Where dwelt afar the spouses of one hasban<^ where at that moment, where was M&tarifvan 1

Om IMy h^A$ ^lhm^% nmmt thftt ia, iha^ wwihipp«r w^ in- V<»mlii<fato|wrfyittyoki^8lauahha» m Wkm; fttilMna, witli

BiHDiHO the mouths of those who threaten mischief, agMDst my rivals cast this bolt of thuDder.

Thy skin shall be the Altar ; let thine hair become Uie Sacred Gh«ss. Thiseord hath held thee firmly: let this pressing- stone dance round on thee. ^ )

He who prepares the Hundredfold Oblation gains

He rises up to heaven, ascends to yonder third celes*

That man completely wins those worlds, bpth.of the

Goddess : the Cow is fiddressecL

The holy water be thy hair: let th]r tongue make thee clean, O Cow, Qo^ Hundredfold Oblation, made bright and adorable, to heaven. ""

The (Jods, the Fathers, mortal men, Gandharvas, and

The man who pays the Hundredfold Oblation win^

Sprinklioflf down fatness^ to the QtoAn will the bene*

From all the Qods enthroned in heaven, in air, from

Let both thy lips, thy nostrilsi both thy horns, and

Let heart and perioardiom, let thy langsjwith all the

Let liver, and let kidneys, let thine entrails, and the

Let rectum and omentum, let thy belly^s hollows,

Let thy head, let thy mouth, let both thine ears, and those two jaws of thine ' Pour for the giver mingled card, and flowing butter, milk, and mead

Let both thy shoulders and thy hump, thy forelegs,

Let neck and nape and shoulder-joints, thy ribs and

So let thy thighs and thy knee-bones, thy hinder

So let thy tail and all the hairs thereof, thine udder,

Let all thy skin, SataudanA I let every hair thou hast,

Sprinkled with molten butter, let the two meal^cakea

£Saoh grain of rice in mortar or on pestle, all on the

In the priest's hands I lay, in separate order, the

Let all thy legs, the refuse of thy feet, thy heel- ropes, and thy hooves

Worship to thee springing to life, and worship unto thee when born I ^ Worship, O Cow, to thy tail^hair, and to thy hopves, and to thy form t

The man who knows the Seven Floods, who knows the seven distances.

Stftem floiids: tbe Celestial Bivers, eomspooding to tbe Sertn

Hitherward we invite with prayer the Cow who pours a thousand streams, . By whom the heaven, by whom the earth, by whom these waters are preserved*

U€Ud htmti : to serve as milk^pails.

Upon her back there are a hundred keepers, a hun- dred metal bowls, a hundred milkers. The Deities who breathe in ber all separately .know the Cow.

Agni hath entered into thee ; Soma, Cow, hath

Thou pourest out the Waters first, and corn-lands

The Bull, what time thou foUowedst the way of Indra,

O Cow, the milk which in his wiath the Lord of

The Cow Celestial received that. Soma in three ves-

Come hither with the Soma, come with every footed

Come hither with the Wind, yea, come with every

Come with the Sun, come hitherward with every

When, covered round about with gold, thou $toode«t

The Kshatriya's mother is the Cow, thy mother,

Prom Brahma's summit there went forth a drop that

All trembled at the babe that came from him who t brings not to the birth.

' He only joineth battle, yea^ he who alonercontroUeth hen • ■ - -V ' ■■■

The Cow hath welcomed sacrifice: the. Cow hath

They call the Cow immortal life, pay homage to the

The mat! who hath this knowledge may receive the

Within the mouth of YaruQa three tongues ar^

Four-parted was the Cow^s prolific humour« One-fourth is Water, one-tourth life eternal^ one*

When these, Sidhyas and Vasuai hare drunk the

For Soma some have milked her : some worship the .

A hone in highest heaTen will rawftid the \ MM»ificuil fte 10 Brihmant.

The Cow is Heaven, the Cow is £arth| the Cow ia Vishnu, Lord of Life. The S&dhyas and the Vasus have drunk the out* pourings of the Cow.

From thy forcrquarters and thy thighs motion was . generated, Cowl

When into Varuua's belly thou hadst found a pass- . age for thyself, ■ , , , x The Brahman called thee thence, for he knew how to

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