History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.172

v7.c95.172

मह् पत्या दधामि Compare with ऋ X. 16 3. शतपथ X. 3 8, स यदैवंविदस्माल्लोकात्प्रैति वाचैवाग्निमप्येति चक्षुषादित्यं मनसा चन्द्रं श्रोत्रेण दिशः प्राणेन वायुं स एतन्मय एव भूत्वैतासां देवतानां या या कामयते सा भूत्वेत्यति. and यत्ते यमं वैवस्वतं मनो जगाम दूरकम् । तत्त आवर्तयामसीह क्षयाय जीवसे ॥ ऋ X 58. 1. The words underlined occur in all twelve verses of the hymn, which must be supposed to have been addressed to the man who is moribund The first verse means 'thy mind that has reached far away to Yama, the son of Vivasvat, we bring back for the purpose that it may reside and live here' The remaining eleven verses refer to the dying man's mind having gone to (i e as having the dying thought of) *heaven and earth*, to the *earth with four points*, *four intermediate quarters*, *the sea*, *rays and high hilly tracts*, *waters and plants*, *to the Sun and Dawn*, *the big mountains*, *this whole world*, *most distant regions*, *past and future*.