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CONFERENCE OF THE PRACTICE.
them with the inducement of future fruition ? Moreover,,
in the text already quoted, self-destruction with the view
of reward is expressly prohibited.
Advocate. What you have quoted from Munoo and
Yagnyavulkyu and the tex of the Ved is admitted. But
how can you set aside the following text of the Rig Ved
on the subject of Concremation ? " O fire ! let these
women, with bodies anointed with clarified butter, eyes-
coloured with collyrium, and void of tears, enter thee, the
parent of water, that they may not be separated from their
husbands, but may be, in unison with excellent husbands,
themselves sinless and jewels amongst women.'' (2c)
Opponent. This text of the Ved, and the former
passages from Hareet and the rest whom you have quoted,
all praise the practice of Concremation as leading the
fruition, and are addressed to those who are occupied by
sensual desires ; and you cannot but admit that to follow
these practices is only optional. In repeating the Sun-
kulpyu of Concremation, the desire of future fruition is
•declared as the object. The text therefore of the Ved
which we have quoted, offering no gratifications, super-
sedes, in every respect, that which you have adduced, as
well as all the words of Ungira and the rest. In proof
we quote the tex of the Kuthopunishud : " Faith in God
which leads to absorption is one thing ; and rites which
have future fruition for their object, another. Each of
these, producing different consequences, hold out to man
inducements to follow it. The man, who of these two
chooses faith, is blessed : and he, who for the sake of
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them with the inducement of future fruition ? Moreover,,
in the text already quoted, self-destruction with the view
of reward is expressly prohibited.
Advocate. What you have quoted from Munoo and
Yagnyavulkyu and the tex of the Ved is admitted. But
how can you set aside the following text of the Rig Ved
on the subject of Concremation ? " O fire ! let these
women, with bodies anointed with clarified butter, eyes-
coloured with collyrium, and void of tears, enter thee, the
parent of water, that they may not be separated from their
husbands, but may be, in unison with excellent husbands,
themselves sinless and jewels amongst women.'' (2c)
Opponent. This text of the Ved, and the former
passages from Hareet and the rest whom you have quoted,
all praise the practice of Concremation as leading the
fruition, and are addressed to those who are occupied by
sensual desires ; and you cannot but admit that to follow
these practices is only optional. In repeating the Sun-
kulpyu of Concremation, the desire of future fruition is
•declared as the object. The text therefore of the Ved
which we have quoted, offering no gratifications, super-
sedes, in every respect, that which you have adduced, as
well as all the words of Ungira and the rest. In proof
we quote the tex of the Kuthopunishud : " Faith in God
which leads to absorption is one thing ; and rites which
have future fruition for their object, another. Each of
these, producing different consequences, hold out to man
inducements to follow it. The man, who of these two
chooses faith, is blessed : and he, who for the sake of
(20) f*u 5TTfW%W. l^sffaTWT ^Tfq^T ^^rar^^T