 | Sir Monier Monier-Williams - 1891 - 646 strani
...oppress thee;' and with other similar words, which may be thus freely translated: — Open thy arms, O earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure and with...Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves. (X. 1 8. n.) Finally, a mound or column (sthuna) of earth was reared over the grave, and the Pitris... | |
 | Sir Monier Monier-Williams - 1891 - 648 strani
...3-6 ; i8.ii; 154. 1-5) were repeated. The following are free translations of some of the verses : — Soul of the dead ! depart ; take thou the path —...by which our ancestors Have gone before thee ; thou shall look upon The two kings, mighty Varuna and Yama, Delighting in oblations ; thou shalt meet The... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 504 strani
...part—a hymn which shows some of the best and purest thoughts of tiHindu religion:— Open thy arms, O Earth; receive the dead With gentle pressure and with...the dead! depart; take thou the path— The ancient path—by which our ancestors Have gone before thee Leave thou thy sin and imperfection here ; Return... | |
 | 1898 - 532 strani
...body was then tenderly laid in the grave with repetition of the words of the hymn : " Open thy arms, 0 earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure and with...— by which our ancestors have Gone before thee." " The ceremony was concluded by the careful closing of the tomb with a stone slab. Finally a monnd... | |
 | Caroline Atwater Mason - 1902 - 342 strani
...even the highest, are left outside the pale of Brahmanical salvation. BURIAL HYMK Open thy arms, O earth ! receive the dead With gentle pressure and with loving welcome. Enshroud him tenderly, even as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves. Soul of the dead, depart ! take... | |
 | Caroline Atwater Mason - 1903 - 310 strani
...earth ! receive the dead With gentle pressure and with loving welcome. Enshroud him tenderly, even as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child...Have gone before thee ; thou shalt look upon The two tings, mighty Varuna and Yama, Delighting in oblations ; thou shalt meet The Fathers and receive the... | |
 | John Peter Jones - 1908 - 480 strani
...following, taken from an ancient Sutra, is regarded as a Hindu burial hymn : — " Open thy arms, O earth ! receive the dead With gentle pressure and with loving welcome. Enshroud him tenderly, even as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves. Soul of the dead, depart ! take... | |
 | E. Osborn Martin - 1914 - 444 strani
...by which each race of men, In long succession, and our fathers, too, have passed. Open thy arms, O earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure and with...round the child she loves. Soul of the dead ! depart ; fear not to take the road — The ancient road — by which their ancestors have gone ; Ascend to... | |
 | Krishnat P. Padmanabha Menon - 1924 - 726 strani
...lightly on thee," and with other similar words, which are thus freely translated : — " Open thy arms, O Earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure, and...Enshroud him tenderly, e'en as a mother Folds her soft vestments round the child she loves."1 In the light of the above citations, it is impossible to hold... | |
 | Grace H. Turnbull - 2001 - 452 strani
...embrace him tenderly, even as a mother foldeth her soft vestment round the child that she doth love. Soul of the dead, depart ; take thou the path, the ancient path, by which our fathers have gone before. Thou shalt meet the fathers and receive the recompense of all thy stored-up... | |
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Earth, receive the dead With gentle pressure and with loving welcome. Enshroud him tenderly, e'en as a mother Folds her soft vestment round the child she loves. 
