That is the place called Raikva-parna in the land of the Mahavrishas where he dwelt at his bidding.

Thus he said to him:

"The Wind in sooth is an ingatherer. When fire goes out, it sinks into the Wind. When the sun goes down, it sinks into the Wind. When

the moon goes down, it sinks into the Wind. When waters dry up, they sink into the Wind. For the Wind gathers in all these. Thus as to godhead.

Now as to personality. The Breath is an in-gatherer. When one sleeps, the speech sinks into the Breath, the eye into the Breath, the ear into the Breath, the mind into the Breath. For the Breath gathers in all these. These are the two ingatherers, the Wind among the gods and the Breath among the breaths.

A Brahman-student begged alms of S'aunaka Kapeya and Abhipratari Kakshaseni when their meal was set before them. They gave him nothing. He said:

"Who is the one God, guardian of the world,
Who swallowed up the other mighty four?
On him, Kapeya, mortals may not look;
Abhipratari, many are his homes.

To him forsooth who has this food it is not given."

Then S'aunaka Kapeya, having pondered, answered him thus:

"The spirit of the Gods, the creatures' sire,
Golden of tooth and greedy he, nor witless.
Exceeding is his majesty, they say,
For he uneaten eats what none may eat.

"So this is what we worship, O Brahman student.

[paragraph continues] Give him alms!" And they gave to him.

These in sooth are the ten, five and five ; this is the four-throw. Therefore the ten, the four-throw, are in all parts of the world as food. This is Virat, eater of food; thereby all the world is seen. All the world is seen by him, he becomes an eater of food, who has this knowledge."

Footnotes

^80:1 Chhandogya Upanishad, IV. 1-3.

^81:1 The Hindus know of four casts of the dice--the krita, counting as four, the treta, counting as three, the dvapara, counting as two, and the kali, reckoned as one; the krita outweighs all the other throws, and hence has the value of 10. Raikva has universal wisdom; hence the virtues of all other men are merely parts of his excellence, which includes them all.

^81:2 The chamberlain, after Hindu custom, had addressed him in strains of panegyric on his rising from bed.

^82:1 The chamberlain of Janas'ruti

^83:1 See section 18.

XII. SATYAKaMA

Satyakama Jabala thus addressed his mother Jabala: "I would keep the term of Brahman-studentship, madame; of what family am I?"

She said to him: "I know not, child, of what family thou art. I got thee in my youth, when I was much busied in doing service. I myself know not of what family thou art. But I am named Jabala, thou art named Satyakama; call thyself then Satyakama Jabala."