History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v5.c74.t2.2

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¹³⁴⁹ सितासिते सरिते यत्र सङ्गते तत्राप्लुतासो दिवमुत्पतन्ति। ये वै तन्वं विसृजन्ति धीरास्ते जनासो अमृतत्वं भजन्ते॥. The त्रिस्थली० p 3 says it is a supplementary śruti text of the Āśvalāyana school, while the Tīr. C p 47 quotes it as a verse of the Ṛgveda. It is quite possible to hold that the verse does not encourage religious suicide but only makes this distinction that by a bath only once a man goes to heaven and that if he dies at Prayāga he attains mokṣa even without correct metaphysical knowledge Vide रघुवंश 13 58 'तत्त्वावबोधेन विनापि भूयस्तनुत्यजां नास्ति शरीरबन्धः' q. by तीर्थप्र p 313. The स्कन्द says' शुचिभिः परिपश्येते सितासिते सरिद्वरे। तत्राप्लुताङ्गा ह्यमृतं भवन्तीति विनिश्चितम्। काशी. 7. 54 q by त्रिस्थली० p 11. Vide also काशीखण्ड 7.46 for a similar verse The verse no doubt has a vedic ring about it The त्रिस्थली० p 4 notices another reading The waters of the Ganges are whitish while those of the Jumnā are dark Classical Sanskrit poets very often harp on these colours of the waters of the two rivers. Vide रघुवंश 13 54-57.