१२६ भारतीय साम्राज्य. [ भाग गेलीं पाहिजेत, हें विशेष रीतीनें सांगण्याची जरुरी नाहीं. आयतें ज्ञानाचें भांडार प्राप्त झालें तरी देखील, ते ग्रहण करण्यास मनाची तयारी होऊन तें मागील पृष्ठावरून पुढे चालू. introduce order, by classifying and co-ordinating them according to their principal bearings. "" "The principle followed in this distribution is, like the conception of the dieties themselves, entirely borrowed from the contemplation of nature. We have the gods who act in the heavens,in the air, upon the earth; and of these the sun, the wind, and fire are recognised as the main representatives and rulers respectively. These three gradually obtain presi- dence over all the other gods, who are only looked upon as their creatures and servants. Strengthened by these classifications, speculation presses on and seeks to establish the relative position of these three dieties, and to arrive at unity for the supreme Being. This is accomplished either speculatively, by actually assuming such a supreme and purely absolute Being, viz. "Brahman" (neut), to whom these three in their turn stand in the relation of creatures, of servants only; or arbitrarily, according as one or other of the three is worshipped as the supreme god."
(The History of Indian literature by Pr. Weber. P. P. 3/6.) पुढे चालू:
