The Story of Vedic India As Embodied Principally in the Rig-Veda
The Story of Vedic India As Embodied Principally in the Rig-Veda
Zénaïde Alexeïevna Ragozin
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So, for very many years, the fish, unwearied, drew the ship over the waters, and brought it at length to the highest peak of Himavat. He then, smiling gently, said to the Rishis : * Bind the ship without delay to this peak.* They did so accord- ingly. And that highest peak of Himavat is still known by the name of Naubandhana (' the Binding of the Ship '). ** The friendly fish then said to the Rishis: * I am the PrajApati BrahmA, than whom nothing higher can be reached. In the form of a fish I h...ave delivered you from this great danger. Manu shall create all living beings — gods, asuras, men, with all worlds and all things, moving and fixed. By my favor and through severe austere fervor, he shall attain perfect insight into his creative work and shall not become bewildered.' ** Having thus spoken, the fish in an instant disappeared. Manu, desirous to call creatures into existence, performed a great act of austere fervor, and then began visibly to create all living things. ..." In this version (not to dwell on its amplification and remarkable literary perfection), three important features are added, which all greatly enhance its in- trinsic connection with the Chaldean and Biblical original: ist.
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