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________________ 140 BRIHADARANYAKA-UPANISHAD. Yes,' he said, and asked again : 'How many gods are there really, O Yagñavalkya?' Six,' he said. Yes,' he said, and asked again: How many gods are there really, O Yagñavalkya?' 'Three,' he said. “Yes,' he said, and asked again : 'How many gods are there really, O Yâgñavalkya?' Two,' he said. Yes,' he said, and asked again : ‘How many gods are there really, O Yâgñavalkya?' One and a half (adhyardha),' he said. “Yes,' he said, and asked again: 'How many gods are there really, O Yagñavalkya?' One,' he said. “Yes,' he said, and asked: Who are these three and three hundred, three and three thousand?' 2. Yagñavalkya replied: "They are only the various powers of them, in reality there are only thirty-three gods.' He asked: Who are those thirty-three?' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'The eight Vasus, the eleven Rudras, the twelve Adityas. They make thirty-one, and Indra and Pragâpati make the thirty-three ?? 3. He asked: "Who are the Vasus.' Yâgñavalkya replied: 'Agni (fire), Prithivi (earth), Vâyu (air), Antariksha (sky), Aditya (sun), Dyu (heaven), Kandramas (moon), the Nakshatras (stars), these are the Vasus, for in them all that dwells (this world) : rests; and therefore they are called Vasus.' 1 The glories of these are three and thirty' Gough, p. 172. Trayastrimsau, i.e. trayastrimsatah puranau. The etymological explanation of Vasu is not quite clear, and Digitized by Google
SR No.007674
Book TitleDhammapada
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorMax Muller
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1881
Total Pages2540
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size45 MB
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