And to this effect many sacred texts are sung also in the Vedas, in order to ,make fully known the true disposition ,of women , hear ,now those texts which refer to the expiation of their ,sins . |
As a father ,supports his sons, so let the eldest support his younger brothers, and let them also in accordance with the law behave towards their eldest brother as sons ,behave |
As fragrance abides in the flower As reflection is within the mirror, So does your Lord abide within you, Why search for him without? |
As He pleases, He engages us, such is His glorious greatness. |
As his character is, as the work is which he desires to perform, and as the manner is in which he means to serve, even so ,a voluntary slave must offer himself. |
As Indra sends copious rain during the four months of the rainy season, even so let the king, taking upon himself the office of Indra, shower benefits on his kingdom. |
As long as the food remains warm, as long as they eat in silence, as long as the qualities of the food are not proclaimed, so long the manes partake of it . |
As many mouthfuls as an ignorant man swallows at a sacrifice to the gods or to the manes, so many red hot spikes, spears, and iron balls must the giver of the repast swallow after death. |
As the Earth supports all created beings equally, thus ,a king who supports all his subjects, ,takes upon himself the office of the Earth. |
As the male is to whom a wife cleaves, even so is the son whom she brings forth, let him therefore carefully guard his wife, in order to keep his offspring pure. |
As the second half of the month is preferable to the first half, even so the afternoon is better for the performance of a funeral sacrifice than the forenoon. |
As the Sun during eight months ,imperceptibly draws up the water with his rays, even so let him gradually draw his taxes from his kingdom, for that is the office in which he resembles the Sun. |
As water mixes and blends with water, so does one s light mix and blend with the Light. Merging with the perfect, all powerful Creator, one comes to know his own self. |
As with cows, mares, female camels, slave girls, buffalo cows, she goats, and ewes, it is not the begetter ,or his owner who obtains the offspring, even thus ,it is with the wives of others. |
Attuned to the Lord s Love, she is intuitively absorbed in bliss, she obtains the Lord God. |