A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c6.57

c6.57

“Now, as we cannot seize the sounds of a drum externally by themselves, but seize the sound by seizing the drum, or the beating of it, — as we cannot seize the sounds of a conch-shell by themselves, but seize the sound by seizing the conch-shell, or the shell-blower, — as we cannot seize the sounds of a lute by themselves, but seize the sound by seizing the lute, or the lutanist, — so is it with the Divine Spirit.”