effects of the moon, accumulating them in the sky,
bring forth vegetables in the earth; man imparts the
essence drawn from these vegetables, to woman ;
then through the combination of such physical causes,
numerous offspring come forth from the omnipresent
Supreme Being.
From him all the texts of the Veds, consisting of
•verses, musical compositions, and prose, proceed;
in like manner by him are produced Deeksha or
certain preliminary ceremonies, and sacrifies, with-
out sacrificial posts or with them ; fees lastly offered
in sacrifices, time, t and the principal person who
institutes the performance of sacrifices and defrays
their expenses; as well as future mansions, where the
moon effects purification and where the sun shines.
By him gods of several descriptions, all celestial beings
subordinate to those gods, mankind, animals, birds,
both breath and peditum, wheat and barley, austerity,
conviction, truth, duties of ascetics, and rules for con-
ducting human life, were created. From him seven
individual senses within the head proceed, as well as
their seven respective inclinations towards their objects,
their seven objects, and ideas acquired through them,
and their seven organs {two eyes, two ears, the two
passages of nose and mouth), in which those senses are
situated in every living creature, and which never cease
to act except at the time of sleep.
From him, oceans and all mountains proceed, and
various rivers flow: all vegetables, tastes, (consisting
of siveet, salt, f>ungjnt, bitter, sour, and astringent)
bring forth vegetables in the earth; man imparts the
essence drawn from these vegetables, to woman ;
then through the combination of such physical causes,
numerous offspring come forth from the omnipresent
Supreme Being.
From him all the texts of the Veds, consisting of
•verses, musical compositions, and prose, proceed;
in like manner by him are produced Deeksha or
certain preliminary ceremonies, and sacrifies, with-
out sacrificial posts or with them ; fees lastly offered
in sacrifices, time, t and the principal person who
institutes the performance of sacrifices and defrays
their expenses; as well as future mansions, where the
moon effects purification and where the sun shines.
By him gods of several descriptions, all celestial beings
subordinate to those gods, mankind, animals, birds,
both breath and peditum, wheat and barley, austerity,
conviction, truth, duties of ascetics, and rules for con-
ducting human life, were created. From him seven
individual senses within the head proceed, as well as
their seven respective inclinations towards their objects,
their seven objects, and ideas acquired through them,
and their seven organs {two eyes, two ears, the two
passages of nose and mouth), in which those senses are
situated in every living creature, and which never cease
to act except at the time of sleep.
From him, oceans and all mountains proceed, and
various rivers flow: all vegetables, tastes, (consisting
of siveet, salt, f>ungjnt, bitter, sour, and astringent)