348 ON THE LITERATURE 



man tatra nayalu payah Jbmb dedhdtu me, fdmdya fwd- 

 hd. Indro man tatra nayatu balamindrb dedhdtu me, 

 indrdya fwdhd. dpb man tatra nay atwdmrit ammo pa- 

 tifhtatu, adbhyah fwdhd. yatra brahmavidb ydhti die- 

 Jliayd tapafa [aha, brahmd man tatra nayatu b rahma 

 brahmd dedhdtu me, brahmane fwdhd. 



That is, " Where they, who know the Great One, go 

 " through holy rites, and through piety, thither may^re 

 " raife me ! May fire receive my facrifices ! Myfte- 

 li nous praife to fire ! May air waft me thither ! May 

 " air increafe my fpirits ! Myfterious praife to air! 

 " May the Sim draw me thither! May the fun enlighten 

 " my eye ! Myfterious praife to the fun ! May the 

 " Moon bear me thither! May the moon receive my 

 " mind ! Myfterious praife to the moon ! May the 

 " plant Soma lead me thither! May Soma beflow on 

 " me its hallowed milk ! Myfterious praife to Soma ! 

 <; May Indra s or the firmament, carry me thither! May 

 " Indra give me ftrength ! Myfterious praife to Indra ! 

 " May water bear me thither ! May water bring me 

 " the ftream of immortality ! Myfterious praife to the 

 " waters ! Where they, who know the Great One, go, 

 " through holy rites, and through piety, thither may 

 " Brahmd conduct, me ! May Brahmd lead me to the 

 44 Great One ! Myfterious praife to Brahmd /" 



Several other paffages might have been cited from 

 the firft book of the Afharvan, particularly a tremen- 

 dous incantation with confecratedgnz/s, called Darbbha, 

 and a fublime hymn to Cd/a, or Time; but a fingle paf- 

 fage will fuffice to fhow the Ityle and language of this 

 extraordinary work. It would not be fo eafy to produce 

 a genuine extract from the other Veda's. Indeed, in a 

 book, entitled Sivaveddnta, written in Sanfcrit, but in 

 Caflimirian letters, a ftanza from the Yajurveda, is intro- 

 duced, which deferves, for its fublimity, to be quoted 



here ; 



