 | 1867 - 650 pàgines
...the Sepoy were a Brahmin, we may cease to wonder when we reflect that, according to the code of Menu, whatever exists in the universe is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahmin, since he is entitled to it by his primogeniture and eminence in rank. To him knowledge is... | |
 | John George Wood - 1870 - 918 pàgines
...receives the worship of the man by whom he is paid. According to their sacred books, " when a Brahmin springs to light, he is born above the world ; the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil." According to the same books, the very existence of mankind, and even of the world itself, depends upon... | |
 | E. L. T. Harrison, W. S. Godby - 1868 - 644 pàgines
..."Brahmins who commit such crimes as theft are simply 'offenders against themselves,' " proclaims another; "whatever exists in the universe is all, in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahmin, since the Brahmin is entitled to it all by his birth," declares a third. The Brahmins generally... | |
 | 1868 - 416 pàgines
...interpret his will ; and, by holy contemplation, become assimilated to the Divine nature ? When a Brahmin springs to light he is born above the world, the chief of created things, assigned to guard the treasury of civil and religious duties. He is the truly regenerate,... | |
 | Edward Thomson - 1870 - 276 pàgines
...the Sepoy were a Brahmin, we may cease to wonder when we reflect that, according to the code of Menu, whatever exists in the universe is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahmin, since he is entitled to it by his primogeniture and eminence in rank. To him knowledge is... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 544 pàgines
...justice ; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. " When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. "The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 552 pàgines
...justice ; for the Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness. " When a Brahman springs to light, he is born above the world, the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. "The Brahman who studies this book, having performed sacred rites, is perpetually free from offence... | |
 | Samuel Mateer - 1871 - 428 pàgines
...affirm, from the favour of the Brahmans, and belongs properly to them. Manu says (i., 100, 101, 105), " Whatever exists in the universe is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahman ; since the Brahman is entitled to it all by his primogeniture and eminence of birth. The Brahman... | |
 | Richard Collins - 1873 - 340 pàgines
...contain already the germs of this state of things. For instance, we there read that — 'When a Brahmin springs to light, he is born above the world, the...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. ' Whatever exists in the universe is all in effect, though not in form, the wealth of the Brahmin,... | |
 | Jagannātha Tarcapañchānana - 1874 - 532 pàgines
...Brahman is born to promote justice, and to procure ultimate happiness." Verse 98. " When a Brdhman springs to light he is born above the world, the chief...guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil," Verse 99. " Whatever exists in the universe, is all in effect though not in form the wealth of the... | |
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Brahman springs to light, he is born ' above the world, the chief of all creatures, assigned to ' guard the treasury of duties, religious and civil. 
