468 ON tHE ve'das, 



*' But whoever makes an oblation to fire, being 

 unacquainted with the universal soul, acts in the 

 ianie manner, as one who throws live coals into 

 ashes : while he, who presents an oblation, pos- 

 sessing that knowledge, has made an offering in 

 all worlds, in all beings, in all souls. As the tip 

 of dry grass, which is cast into the fire, readily 

 kindles ; so are all the faults of that man con- 

 sumed. He, who knows this, has only pre- 

 sented an oblation to the universal soul, even 

 though he knowingly give the residue to a Chchi- 

 dala. For, on this point, a text is [preserved] : 

 " As, in this world, hungry infants press round 

 their mother; so do all beings await the holy obla- 

 tion : they await the holy oblation." 



Another Upanishad of the Samavtda belongs to 

 the Sdchd of the Talavacdras. It is called, the 

 *' Chitshita^'' or, " Chid' Upanishad, from the 

 word, or words, with which it opens : and, as 

 appears from Sancara's commentary*, this trea- 

 tise is the ninth chapter (adliydya) of the work, 

 from which it is extracted. It is comprised in 

 four sections (chan'da). The form is that of a 

 dialogue between instructors and their pupils. 

 The subject is, as in other UpanisJiads, a disquisi- 

 tion on abstruse and mystical theology. I shall 

 not make any extract from it, but* proceed to de- 

 scribe the fourth and last Veda. 



theologian, is considered as an efticacious oblation : and deno- 

 minated Prdndgnihotra. 



* I have S'ancara's gloss, with the illustrations of his anno- 

 tator, and the ample commentary of Crishna'nanda : besides a 

 separate gloss, with annotations, on the similar Upanishad belong- 

 ing to the At'hariavtda. 



