448 ON THE VE'DAS, 



Stance of the wood * The bones within are the 

 wood itself: and marrow and pith are alike. If 

 then a felled tree spring anew from the root; from 

 wliat root docs mortal man grow again, when 

 hewn down by death ? Do not say, from prolific 

 seed; for that is produced from the living person. 

 Thus, a tree, indeed, also springs from seed ; and 

 likewise sprouts afresh [from the root] after [seem- 

 ingly] d^'ing: but, if the tree be torn up by the 

 root, it doth not gro\^ again. From what root, 

 then, docs mortal man rise afresh, when hewn 

 down by death ? [Do you answer] He was born 

 [once for all]? No; he is born [again]: and [I 

 ask you] what is it, that produces him anew?" 



The priests, thus interrogated, observes the 

 commentator, and being unacquainted with the 

 first cause, yielded the victory to Ya'jnyawalcya. 

 Accordingly, the text adds a brief indication of 

 the first cause as intended by that question. 

 ' BiiAHME, who is intellect with [the unvaried 

 perception of] felicity, is the best path [to hap- 

 piness] for the generous votary, who knows him, 

 and remains fixed [in attention].' 



The sixth lecture comprises two dialogues be- 

 tween Ya'jnyawalcya, and the kingJANACA; 

 in which the saint communicates religious instruc- 

 tion to the monarch, after inquiring from him the 

 doctrines which had been previously taught to the 

 king by- divers priests. 



These are followed by a repetition of the dia- 

 logue between Ya'jnyav/alcya and his wife Mai- 

 TiiE'Yi'; with scarcely a variation of a single 



* Sndva and C'mdt'a answerin" to the Periosteum and Alburnum. 



