396 ON THE ve'das, 



inference, that these intend but one deity, is sup- 

 ported by many passages in the Veda; and is very 

 clearly and concisely stated in the beginning of 

 the index to the Rigvcda, on the authority of the 

 Ninicia, and of the VMa itself. 



' Yasya vacyam, sa rishir; ya tenochyat^, sa 

 devata; yad acshara-parinianam, tach ch'hando. 

 Art'hepsava rishayo d^vatas ch'handobhir abhyad*- 

 havan. 



* Tisra ha dhatali ; cshity-'antaricsha-dyu-st'ha- 

 iid, agnir vayuli surya ity : *evam vyahritayah 

 procta vyastah ; samastanam prajapatir. O'ncara 

 sarvadevatyah, paraniesht'hyo va, brabmo, daivo 

 va, ad'byatmicas. Tat tat st'hana anyas tad vib- 

 hiitayah ; carma prit'hactwad d'hi pr'ithag abhid'- 

 hana stutayo bhavanty : ^caiv^a va mahan ^tma 

 devata; sa siirya ity achacshat6; sa hi sarva-bhiit' 

 atma. Tad uctam rishin'a : " surya citma jagatas 

 tastliushas' cKeti."' Tad vibhutay6' nya devatas. 

 Tad apy 6tad rishin" octam : " Indrani Mitram Va- 

 runam Agnim ahur iti" 



' The Rlshi [of any particular passage] is he, 

 whose speech it is ; and that, which is thereby ad- 

 dressed, is the deity [of the text]: and the num- 

 ber of syllables constitutes the metre [of the 

 prayer]. Sages (Rlshis), solicitous of [attaining] 

 particular objects, have approached the Gods with 

 [prayers composed in] metre, 



' The deities are only three; whose pkces are, 

 the earth, the intermediate region, and heaven : 

 [namely] fire, air, and the sun. They are pro- 



Thc cliapler, here cited, is marked as the twelfth including th€ 

 glossary, or seventh exclusive oi" it. 



