Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and Progress of the Religion and Institutions of India: Collected, Tr. Into English, and Illustrated by Notes. Chiefly for the Use of Students and Others in India, Volume 5Williams and Norgate, 1872 |
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abhi adhi Aditi Adityas Agne Agni Agnim Agnir aham Aryaman asmai Asuras Asvins asya atha Atharva-veda ayam born Brahma Brāhmaṇa Brahmanaspati Brihaspati chariot chid Compare A.V. creatures Daksha deities devāḥ devān devānām divaḥ divine epithet father goddess gods heaven and earth horses hymn idam immortality Indra Indro invoked Kāma king lokam Maruts mātā Mitra and Varuna mother naḥ nāma Nirukta oblation Parjanya passage Prajapati Prāna Professor Müller Professor Roth Purusha Pushan quoted rājā regarded Rig-veda rishi sacrifice Sarasvati sarvam Savitā Savitri Sayana says Skambha Soma somam soul Surya sūryam Taitt tapas tasmād tasya thee thou translation tvā tvam Tvashtri Ushas Vāj vām Varuna vayam Vayu veda Vedic verse viii Vishnu viśvā viśvam viśve Vivasvat word worshippers yaḥ Yama yasya yathā yatra καὶ
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Page 65 - Whoever stands, whoever moves, or steals from place to place, Or hides him in his secret cell, — the gods his movements trace. Wherever two together plot, and deem they are alone, King Varuna is there, a third, and all their schemes are known. This earth is his, to him belong those vast and boundless skies; Both seas within him rest, and yet in that small pool he lies.
Page 69 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, Yea, four which I know not : The way of an eagle in the air ; the way of a serpent upon a rock; The way of a ship in the midst of the sea ; And the way of a man with a maid.
Page 121 - With lofty thoughts the bard inspires, The soul from earth to heaven he lifts — So great and wondrous are his gifts. Men feel the god within their veins, And cry in loud exulting strains : " We've quaffed the Soma bright, And are immortal grown ; We've entered into light, And all the gods have known. Nought mortal now can harm, Or foeman vex us more ? Through thee beyond alarm, Immortal god, we soar.
Page 210 - Great Agni, though thine essence be but one, Thy forms are three ; as fire thou blazest here, As lightning flashest in the atmosphere, In heaven thou flamest as the golden sun. " It was in heaven thou hadst thy primal birth ; By art of sages skilled in sacred lore Thou wast drawn down to human hearths of yore, And thou abid'st a denizen of earth.
Page 343 - Where rested all ? In watery gulf profound ? Nor death was then, nor deathlessness, nor change of night and day. That One breathed calmly, self-sustained ; nought else beyond It lay. Gloom hid in gloom existed first — one sea, eluding view. That One, a void in chaos wrapt, by inward fervour grew.
Page 65 - The mighty Lord on high, our deeds, as if at hand, espies : The gods know all men do, though men would fain their deeds disguise. Whoever stands, whoever moves, or steals from place to place, Or hides him in his secret cell, — the gods his movements trace. Wherever two together pint, and deem they are alone, King Varuna is there, a third, and all their schemes are known.
Page 63 - All the rivers run into the sea ; yet the sea is not full ; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 127 - Thou, Indra, art a friend, a brother, A kinsman dear, a father, mother. Though thou hast troops of friends, yet we Can boast no other friend but thee. With this our hymn thy skirt we grasp, As boys their fathers...
Page 249 - We have drunk the Soma ; we have become immortal : we have entered into light; we have known the gods. What can an enemy now do to us, or what can the malice of any mortal effect...
Page 230 - The following are a few of the modes in which the divine power of the Asvins is declared in different hymns to have been manifested for the deliverance of their votaries. " When the sage Chyavana had grown old and had been forsaken, they divested him of his decrepit body, prolonged his life and restored him to youth. " In the same way they renewed the youth of Kali after he had grown old ; and when...