y which one gains
bliss hereafter are austerities, purity, truth, worship of
parents, and the horse-sacrifice." xii 129. 9, 10.]

[Footnote 42: Compare III. 200. 88, even _pr[=a]k[r.]ta_
priests are divine and terrible (much more in later books).
Here _pr[=a]k[r.]ta_, vulgar, is opposed to _samsk[r.]ta_,
refined, priests.]

[Footnote 43: III. 185. 26-31.]

[Footnote 44: "My father and mother are my highest idol; I
do for them what I do for Idols. As the three and thirty
gods, with Indra foremost, are revered of all the world, so
are my parents revered by me" (III. 214. 19, 20). The
speaker further calls them _paramam brahma_, absolute
godhead, and explains his first remark by saying that he
offers fruits and flowers to his parents as if they were
idols. In IV. 68. 57 a man salutes (_abhivadya_) his
father's feet on entering into his presence. For the worship
of parents compare XII. 108. 3; 128. 9, 10; 267. 31, XIII.
75. 26: "heroes in obedience to the mother."]

[Footnote 45: The marked Brahm[=a] Creator-worship is a bit
of feminine religious conservatism (see below).]

[Footnote 46: Weber has shown that men of low caste took a
subordinate part even in the _r[=a]jas[=u]ya_ sacrifice.]

[Footnote 47: In II. 18. there is a brand-new festival
appointed in honor of a female fiend, etc.]

[Footnote 48: III. 84. 83 (87. 11). We see the first idea in
the injunction of Indra to 'wander,' as told in the tale of
Dogstail in the Brahmana (see above).]

[Footnote 49: The usual formula (also Avestan) is 'pure in
thought, speech, and act.' The comparison of the six senses
to unrestrained wild horses is familiar (III. 211. 24).]

[Footnote 50: There is, further, no unanimity in regard to
the comparative value of holy places. In XII. 152. 11,
Sarasvat[=i] is holier than Kurukshetra, etc.]

[Footnote 51: At Pushkara is Brahm[=a]'s only (?)
shrine--the account is legendary, but half historical. The
modern shrine at Ajm[=i]r seems to be meant.]

[Footnote 52: Ganges, according to epic legend, was a
goddess who sacrificed herself for men when the earth was
parched and men perished. Then Ganges alone of immortals
took pity on men, and flinging herself from heaven became
the stream divine. Her name among the gods is Alakanand