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6. And the ideas of �ditya and the rest on the member; on account of this being rational.
'He who shines up there let a man meditate on him as the Udg�tha' (Kh. Up. I, 3, 1).--With regard to this and similar meditations connected with subordinate parts of sacrificial performances there arises the doubt whether the idea of �ditya and so on has to be superimposed on the subordinate part of the sacrifice, such as the Udg�tha, or vice vers� (i.e. whether �ditya should be meditated upon under the aspect of the Udg�tha, or vice vers�).--The P�rvapakshin holds the former view. For the general principle is that the lower being should be viewed under the aspect of the higher, and the Udg�tha and so on, which are parts of the sacrifices through which certain results are effected, are superior to the divinities who do not accomplish any result.--Of this view the S�tra disposes. The ideas of �ditya and so on are to be superimposed on the 'members,' i.e. the Udg�tha and so on, which are constituent members of the sacrifices; because of the gods only superiority can be established. For it is only through the propitiation of the gods that sacrifices are capable of bringing about their results. The Udg�tha and the rest therefore are to be viewed under the aspect of �ditya and so on.--Here terminates the adhikarana of 'the ideas of �ditya and so on.'
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