History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c95.199

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²⁵¹³ छा. उप. V 10. 4 'आकाशाच्चन्द्रमसमैष सोमो राजा तद्देवानामन्नं तं देवा भक्षयन्ति' and बृह उप VI. 2. 16 ते चन्द्रं प्राप्यान्नं भवन्ति तांस्तत्र देवाः . भक्षयन्ति. are dealt with in वे. सू III. 1 7 (भाक्तं वानात्मवित्त्वात्तथाहि दर्शयति), which states that the words (gods eat them) are not to be taken literally but metaphorically and what is meant is that Gods like the company of those people (who perform sacrifices), since the Chān. Up. itself says elsewhere (in III. 8. 1) that the Gods do neither eat nor drink but they feel satisfied by seeing nectar.