śvetaketur vā āruṇeyaḥ pancālānāṃ pariṣadam ājagāma | sa ājagāma jaivaliṃ pravāhaṇaṃ paricārayamāṇam | tam udīkṣyābhyuvāda kumārā3 iti | sa bho3 iti pratiśuśrāva | anuśiṣṭo nv asi pitreti | om iti hovāca
Yvetaketu Aru^eya went to the settlement of the Pa»-£dlas. He came near to Pravaha^a Cai- vali, who was walking about (surrounded by his men). As soon as he (the king) saw him, he said: ‘ My boy!’ Avetaketu replied: ‘ Sir!’ Then the king said: ‘ Have you been taught by your father! ’ ‘ Yes,’ he replied.
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sa hovāca -- tathā nas tvaṃ tata jānīthā yathā yad ahaṃ kiṃca veda sarvam ahaṃ tat tubham avocam | prehi tu tatra | pratītya brahmacaryaṃ vatsyāva iti | bhavān eva gacchatv iti | sa ājagāma gautamo yatra pravāhaṇasya jaivaler āsa | tasmā āsanam āhṛtyodakam āhārayāṃ cakāra | atha hāsmā arghyaṃ cakāra | taṃ hovāca -- varaṃ bhagavate gautamāya dadma iti
The father said: ‘You know me, child, that whatever I know, I told you. But come, we shall go thither, and dwell there as students.’ ‘ You may go, Sir,’ the son replied. tuting sampadyante for apadyante. The MSS. I. O. 375 and 1973 do not support this. Then Gautama went where (the place of) PravA- ha/za Caivali was, and the king offered him a seat, ordered water for him, and gave him the proper offerings. Then he said to him: ‘ Sir, we offer a boon to Gautama.’
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स होवाच -- विज्ञायते हास्तिहिरण्यस्यापात्तं गोअश्वानां दासीनां प्रवाराणां परिधानस्य । मा नो भवान् बहोर् अनन्तस्यापर्यन्तस्याभ्यवदान्यो भूद् इति । स वै गौतम तीर्थेनेच्छसा इति । उपैम्य् अहं भवन्तम् इति । वाचा ह स्मैव पूर्व उपयन्ति । स होपायनकीर्त्योवास
sa hovāca -- vijñāyate hāstihiraṇyasyāpāttaṃ goaśvānāṃ dāsīnāṃ pravārāṇāṃ paridhānasya | mā no bhavān bahor anantasyāparyantasyābhyavadānyo bhūd iti | sa vai gautama tīrthenecchasā iti | upaimy ahaṃ bhavantam iti | vācā ha smaiva pūrva upayanti | sa hopāyanakīrtyovāsa
He said: ‘ You know well that I have plenty of gold, plenty of cows, horses, slaves, attendants, and apparel; do not heap on me what I have already in plenty, in abundance, and superabundance.’ The king said: ‘ Gautama, do you wish (for instruction from me) in the proper way? ’ Gautama replied: £ I come to you as a pupil.’ In word only have former sages (though Brahmans) come as pupils (to people of lower rank), but Gautama actually dwelt as a pupil (of Pravaha^a, who was a RA/anya) in order to obtain the fame of having respectfully served his master.
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स होवाच -- तथा नस् त्वम् गौतम मापराधास् तव च पितामहाः । यथेयं विद्येतः पूर्वं न कस्मिंश् चन ब्राह्मन उवास । तां त्व् अहं तुभ्यं वक्ष्यामि । को हि त्वैवं ब्रुवन्तम् अर्हति प्रत्याख्यातुम् इति
sa hovāca -- tathā nas tvam gautama māparādhās tava ca pitāmahāḥ | yatheyaṃ vidyetaḥ pūrvaṃ na kasmiṃś cana brāhmana uvāsa | tāṃ tv ahaṃ tubhyaṃ vakṣyāmi | ko hi tvaivaṃ bruvantam arhati pratyākhyātum iti
The king said: ‘ Do not be offended with us, neither you nor your forefathers, because this knowledge has before now never dwelt with any Br&h- ma/za. But I shall tell it to you, for who could refuse you when you speak thus?
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‘ The altar (fire), O Gautama, is that world (heaven); the fuel is the sun itself, the smoke his rays, the light the day, the coals the quarters, the sparks the intermediate quarters. On that altar the Devas offer the jraddhd libation (consisting of water). From that oblation rises Soma, the king (the moon).
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‘ The altar, O Gautama, is Par^anya (the god of rain); the fuel is the year itself, the smoke the clouds, the light the lightning, the coals the thunderbolt, the sparks the thunderings. On that altar the Devas offer Soma, the king (the moon). From that oblation rises rain.
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‘The altar, O Gautama, is this world; the fuel is the earth itself, the smoke the fire, the light the night, the coals the moon, the sparks the stars. On that altar the Devas offer rain. From that oblation rises food. submitted to become pupils to teachers of a lower caste, not, however, in order to learn, but simply in order to live. Therefore Gautama also becomes a pupil in name only, for it would be against all law to act otherwise. See Gautama, Dharma-sutras VII,, ed. Stenzler; translated by Biihler, p. 209.
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‘The altar, O Gautama, is man; the fuel the opened mouth, the smoke the breath, the light the tongue, the coals the eye, the sparks the ear. On that altar the Devas offer food. From that oblation rises seed.
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‘The altar, O Gautama, is woman. On that altar the Devas offer seed. From that oblation rises man. He lives so long as he lives, and then when he dies,
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‘They take him to the fire (the funeral pile), and then the altar-fire is indeed fire, the fuel fuel, the smoke smoke, the light light, the coals coals, the sparks sparks. In that very altar-fire the Devas offer man, and from that oblation man rises, brilliant in colour.
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te ya evam etad vidur ye cāmī araṇye śraddhāṃ satyam upāsate te 'rcir abhisaṃbhavanti | arciṣo 'haḥ | ahna āpūryamāṇapakṣam | āpūryamāṇapakṣād yān ṣaṇ māsān udaṅṅ āditya eti | māsebhyo devalokam | devalokād ādityam | ādityād vaidyutam | tān vaidyutān puruṣo mānasa etya brahmalokān gamayati | te teṣu brahmalokeṣu parāḥ parāvato vasanti | teṣāṃ na punar āvṛttiḥ
‘ Those who thus know this (even Grzhasthas), and those who in the forest worship faith and the True (Brahman Hirawyagarbha), go to light (ar- £is), from light to day, from day to the increasing half, from the increasing half to the six months when the sun goes to the north, from those six months to the world of the Devas (Devaloka), from the world of the Devas to the sun, from the sun to the place of lightning. When they have thus reached the place of lightning a spirit comes near them, and leads them to the worlds of the (conditioned) Brahman. In these worlds of Brahman they dwell exalted for ages. There is no returning for them.
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