Brihaddevata 7.69

7.69

yāskaupamanyavāvetān āhatuḥ pañca vai janān .
niṣādapañcamān varṇān manyate śākaṭāyanaḥ .. 69 .

x. 51 manusyah pitaro hm'r, manusyah pasavo bfk.- yaksaraksasah m bf, (asura ) raksasa p.-68 ed is found in m1bfk, but not in hd, nor is it mentioned in r. a The last two are probably meant to form one group so as to make five altogether. This alternative list represents the opinion of 'some' quoted in Nirukta iii. 8 (on Rg-veda x. 53. 4) except that the Yaksas are there omitted: gandharvah pitaro deva asura raksamsi ity eke. (Cp. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894, p. 20.) Here also the last two, Yaksas and Raksasas, are meant to form one group. The two lists in 68 ab and 68 cd have four classes in common: pitarah, devah, gandharvah, raksasah; but for manusyah and uragah in the first we have yaksah and asurah in the second. 69. Yaska a and Aupamanyava state these to be the five races. Sakatayana thinks they are the (four) castes with the Nisadas as a fifth. yaskaupamanyavavetan hdr, yaskoyamanyavavetan r' r'r°m', yaskoyammanacaivetan k, yaskopamanacaivetan P, yaskoyamat caivaitan b. a In Nirukta iii. 8, Yaska does not give his own opinion, but states the view of some (above, 68, note b) which is practically the same as that of 68 ed; while what he states to be Aupamanyava's opinion is that attributed to Sakatayana in 69 cd. The opinion of the Aitareya Brahmana iii. 31.5 is nearly identical with that given in 68 ab (the raksasah being omitted): devah, manusyah, gandharvapsarasah, sarpah, pitarah; see Roth, Erlauterungen, p. 28. 70. Sakapuni, however, thinks they are the (four) priests (rtvij) and the institutor of the sacrifice (yajamana). B Those (priests) they call Hotr,' 'Adhvaryu,' 'Udgatr,' and 'Brahman.' yajamanam ca b, yajamanasca hdm' rfkp. - 0 dhvaryustathodga ° m', 'dhvaryusca udga ° fkr 2, ॰dhvaryuratho ° b.-brahma ceti m', brahmane tan b, brahmane tan fkr'- vadanti tan m', vadati ana b, qzifa ala fkr2.-70 cd-72 are found in bfkr2m2, but not in A. B 71, 72. Eye, ear, mind, speech, and breath, say the theosophists (atmavadin). They are stated to be Gandharvas and Apsarases, Gods, Men, Fathers, and Serpents in the sacred text of the Aitareya a Brahmanab_ 'and (continued Agni) whatever other terrestrial creatures (prthivijatah) and other divine beings (devah) there are that receive worship (yajniyah).