History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.49

v6.c81.49

&c) and of '*śruṣṭim*' (on p 450) are passed over here On VI. 70 5 Prof. Apte remarks (p 420, Sec 17) that to take '*vrata*' in '*madhuvrata*' applied to the deities Heaven and Earth as mean-ing 'law, duty or will' is almost absurd One fails to see why it would be absurd to hold, when heaven and earth are spoken of as '*dropping*²¹ *madhu*' (madhuścutā) and '*yielding madhu*' (madhudughe), that the Vedic poet thinks that the laws of Heaven and Earth as deities are sweet (and not harsh).