Xxiv Annual Address. [February, 1921. 
ments and the Sun, Moon and the Sacrificer; but Antardega 
the four cardinal points, the Zenith and the truva. There 
is no Bhima of the eight mirtis. - For I believe the develop- 
the fruits of it; if without his permission, he incurs sin. 
The Vratya seems to be above all sacrifices. o was Siva in 
Daksa-Yajiia. He did not care whether his father-in-law 
Daksa invited him to the sacrifice or not, whether he gave 
im a share in the sacrifice or not. But his consort Sati 
cared for it, and when Daksa proceeded with his Yajiia without 
Siva she gave up her life: and a struggle ensued 
Universe was agitated and almost destroyed ; Daksa’s head 
was severed from his body and was substituted by a goat’s 
ead. At last, the sacrifice had to be completed with a share 
assigned to Siva. 
regarded as impure, inauspicious and obnoxious by cultured 
society. All this is becanse he was the god of the noma 
hordes, the Vratyas. 
Under the rules of the Society I now lay down my office 
and hand it over to Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee, Kt., C.S.1., M.A., 
D.b., DSe:,. Ph.D., ¥:A.8.B.; Saraswati, Sastravacaspati, 
Sambhuddhagamachakravarti, a grand personality who has a 
strong hold on the Government and the High Court, who is 
