Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c6.21

c6.21

Q : Who is the one that roams alone? Who is the one that is reborn again and again? What is the remedy for ice? What is the great field for sowing?
A: The sun roams alone. The moon is the one that is reborn again and again. Fire is the remedy for ice. Earth is the great field for sowing.
Q: What is the radiance equal to the sun? Which is the pond equal to the sea? What is bigger than the earth and what is that which does not have a limit?
A: *Brahman* is the radiance equal to sun. *Dyauh* (orbit) is the pond equal to sea. Indra is bigger than the earth and cow does not have a limit.
Q: In which substance *Puruṣa* gets dissolved? What entities are subsumed within *Puruṣa*?
A: *Puruṣa* gets dissolved in five, the five are subsumed within *Puruṣa*.¹⁶