4^4 ON THE Ve'daS, 



They went : but he reflected, " these great and 

 very learned persons will ask me ; and I shall not 

 [be able] to communicate the whole [which they 

 inquire] : I will at once indicate to them another 

 [instructor]." He thus addressed them, " As'wa- 

 PATi, the son of Ce'caya, is well acquainted with 

 the universal soul ; let us now go to him." 



" They all went ; and, on their arrival,, [the 

 king] caused due honotirs to be shown to them re- 

 spectively; and, next morning, civilly dismissed 

 them ; [but, observing that they staid, and did 

 not accept his presents,] he thus spoke : " In my 

 dominions, there is no robber; nor miser; no 

 drunkard; nor any one neglectful of a consecrated 

 hearth; none ignorant; and no adulterer, nor adul- 

 teress. Whence [can you have been aggrieved] ?" 

 [As they did not state a complaint, he thus pro- 

 ceeded ;] " I must be asked, O venerable men ! 

 [for what you desire]." [Finding, that they made 

 no request, he went on ;] " As much as I shall be- 

 stow on each officiating priest, so much will I 

 also give to you. Stay then, most reverend 

 men." They answered : " It is indeed requisite to 

 inform a person of the purpose of a visit. Thou 

 well knowest the universal soul; communicate 

 that knowledge unto us." He replied ; " To-mor- 

 row I will declare it to vou." Perceivinq; his drift, 

 they, next day, attended him, bearing [like pu- 

 pils] logs of firewood. Without bowing to them, 

 lie thus spoke : — 



" Whom dost thou worship as the soul, O son 

 of Upamanyu?" "Heaven," answered he, "O 

 venerable king !" " Splendid is that [portion of 

 the] universal self, which thou dost worship as the 

 soul : therefore, in thy family, is seen [the juice 

 of the acid asclepias] drawn, expressed, and pre- 



