Vedic Mythology c9.s3.41

c9.s3.41

Just as the corpse-devouring Agni is distinguished from the Agni who wafts the sacrifice to the gods (10, 16⁹), so the path of the Fathers is distinguished from that of the gods (10, 2⁷. 18¹ cp. 88¹⁵)⁴. Similarly in the ŚB. the heavenly world (*svarga loka*) is contrasted with that of the fathers (*pitṛloka*), the door of the former being said to be in the north-east (ŚB. 6, 6, 2⁴), and that of the latter in the south-east (13, 8, 1⁵)⁵. The fathers are also spoken of as a class distinct from men, having been created separately (TB. 2, 3, 8²).