196 H. Ocrtel, 



V. Prajapati creates the four castes fJB. i. 68-69). 



The general subject is discussed ^ in the many notes to the purusa- 

 h3mn RV. x. 90, AV. xix. 6 etc. Here only two parallel versions 

 are worth}- of special comparison, viz., TvS. vii. 1. 1. 4-6 and TMB. 

 vi. 1. 6-13.2 As JB. i. 68-69 follow immediately upon the chapter 

 explaining the barrenness of the mule, JB. i. 67, (see no. iii, above 

 p. 175) so the TS. and TMB. versions of the creation of the castes 

 are immediately preceded by that story (TS. vii. 1. 1. 1-3; TMB. 

 vi. 1. 1-5). 



1. Text. 



JB. i. 68. 1. prajapatir vave ^ 'dam agra aslj janmano^ ha vai pra- 

 japatir devata. 2. so 'kamayata bahus syaih prajaye3^a bhumanaiii 

 gaccheyam iti. 3. sa glrsata eva mukhatas trivrtam^ stomam asrjata 

 gayatrim'"' chando rathaiiitaraiii sama 'gniiii devatam'' brahmauam 

 manu.syaiii ajarii paguiii tasmad brahmano gayatrlchanda agneyo de- 

 vataya tasmad u mukham prajanam mukhad dhy enam asrjata. 

 4. so 'kamayata prai 'va jayeye 'ti. sa bahubhyam evo 'rasah pan- 

 cadacaiii stomam asrjata tristubharii chando brhat same^ 'ndraiii de- 

 vataiii" raj any am manusyam acvam pacum^ tasmad rajanyas tristup- 

 chanda aindro devataya^o tasmad u 1:)ahubhyam vlryaiii karoti bahu- 

 bhyaiii hy enam uraso viryad asrjata. 5. so 'krmiayata prai 'va ja- 

 yeye 'ti. 



69. 1. sa udarad eva madhyatas saptadacaiii stomam asrjata ja- 

 gatlm^^ chando vamadevyarii sama vi^van devan devatam 12 vaifyami^ 

 manusyaiii garii pa^vim tasmad vaigyo^* jagatlchanda vai^vadevo 

 devatayais tasmad u prajanisnur^'' vidarad dhy enaiii prajananadi" 

 asrjata. 2. .so 'kamayata prai^s 'vai^ jayeye 'ti sa padbh3am20 eva 



^ For a veiy good sjaiopsis see J. Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, i (2d 



ed.), 1868, p. 7-160. 



- An English translation of TS. in Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, i (2d 



ed.), 1868, p. 16 ; a German translation of TMB. in Deussen's Allgemeine 



Geschichte der Philosophie, Bd. I. Abt. 1, 1894, p. 184. 

 ' A.B. vavave, C. ve * A. jano B.C. mano 



^ A. trvrtam, see critical note to JB. i. 212 1 (above, p. 172) 

 " A. -T ■' A. -il * A. bralimatvam ** A. -us 



»" B.C. -taya ^i All mss. -1 »* A. devanilni 



^* A. vai^vam 1* A. vilicvo, C. inserts devo ^* A. -taya 



i« A. -nar '' B.C. -nanad 1^ B.C. vai i» B.C. pra 



-" A. vatsfini 



