Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v2.c15.3

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² This wishing-pot is only one variety of the jewel of the sun god, the Syamantaka, which we are often told about in the Purāṇa literature. This Syamantaka bestows gold (eight loads every day), grants every blessing, keeps all evil away, etc. But in Kṛṣṇa's words it must be in the keeping of a wholly pure and always chaṣte man; then from the noble treasure there goes forth welfare for the whole land. But if it is entrusted to a bad man, then it kills him (etat sarvakālam çucinā brahmacaryeṇa ca dhriyamāṇam açeṣarāṣṭrasyopakāram, çl. 69). Viṣṇupur., amça 4, adhyāya 13. It is thus a Holy Grail in this also, that it makes such great demands on its warden. It is to be noticed that in Wolfram von Eschenbach the Holy Grail is not a vessel, but a