Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c11.s1.91

c11.s1.91

We find the Sarasvatî constantly named in connection with her; must not the sacred river Sarasvatî be the river of the holy people, the Bharatas? In one ode of the Mandala, which specially extols the Bharatas (iii, 23), the two Bhâratas, Devaçravas and Devavâta, are spoken of, who have generated Agni by friction: on the Drishadvatî, on the Âpayâ, on the Sarasvatî may Agni beam. We find thus Bharata princes sacrificing in the land on the Drishadvatî and on the Sarasvatî. Now the land on the Drishadvatî and on the Sarasvatî is that which is later on so highly celebrated as Kurukshetra. Thus the testimonies of the Samhitâ and the Brâhmana combine to establish the close connection of the ideas Bharata, Kuru, Sarasvatî.[*]