. Indian myth and legend. earth, nor non-existent it resolved, * Let me be. It becamefervent. From that fervour smoke was produced. Itagain became fervent. From that fervour fire was pro-duced. Afterwards the fire became rays and therays condensed like a cloud, producing the sea. Amagical formula (Dasahotri) was next created. Pra-japati is the Dasahotri. Eminently Brahmanic in character Is the commentinserted here: That man succeeds who, thus knowingthe power of austere abstraction (or fervour), practises It. When Prajapati arose from the primordial waters he wept, exclaiming, * For
. Indian myth and legend. earth, nor non-existent it resolved, * Let me be. It becamefervent. From that fervour smoke was produced. Itagain became fervent. From that fervour fire was pro-duced. Afterwards the fire became rays and therays condensed like a cloud, producing the sea. Amagical formula (Dasahotri) was next created. Pra-japati is the Dasahotri. Eminently Brahmanic in character Is the commentinserted here: That man succeeds who, thus knowingthe power of austere abstraction (or fervour), practises It. When Prajapati arose from the primordial waters he wept, exclaiming, * For what purpose have I been born If(I have been born) from this which forms no support ?. . That (the tears) which fell Into the water becamethe earth. That which he wiped away became the which he wiped away, upwards, became the the circumstance that he wept {arodit\ these tworegions have the name of rodasi (worlds) . . 1 Dr. E, RBers translation (Calcutta). Deussens Philosophy of the UpanishadSf p. bo nex, z X C/5 o Di oz O o ^ 3 C ?t [*, O z oz oi cu X < « o XH cqW MYSTERIES OF CREATION loi Prajapati afterwards created Asuras and cast off hisbody, which became darkness; he created men and castoff his body, which became moonlight; he created seasonsand cast off his body, which became twilight; he createdgods and cast off his body, which became day. TheAsuras received milk in an earthen dish, men in a woodendish, the seasons in a silver dish, and the gods were givenSoma in a golden dish. In the end Prajapati createdDeath, a devourer of creatures . Mind (or soul, manas) was created from the non-existent, adds a priestly commentator. Mind createdPrajapati. Prajapati created offspring. All this, whateverexists, rests absolutely on mind.^ In another mythical account of Creation, Prajapatiemerges, like the Egyptian Horus, from a lotus bloomfloating on the primordial waters. The most elaborate story of Creation is found in thehaws ofManu^ the eponymous ancesto
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