क्रियामयक्रत्वनुपवेशः स्यात् । एषामग्नित्वेनेष्टकचिताग्निना विकल्यः | द्वादशाहाङ्गभूतमानसग्रहृवदेषां मानसानामपि क्रिथामयक्रत्वङ्गत्वं न विरुद्भम् |
अतिदेशाञ्च ॥ ४५ ॥
"तेषामेकैक एव तावान् यावानसौ पूर्वः" इतीष्टकचिताग्निकार्यातिदेशाञ्च तदङ्गत्वम् ॥
विद्यैव तु निर्धारणाद्दर्शनाञ्च ॥ ४६ ॥
of the principal ones having the fire in the altar built with bricks as a subordinate; which fire is referred to in the text, 'Or non-existent (Asat) alone was in the beginning'. Here the doubt is that these are alternative ones to the fire seated in the altar made of bricks. This is similar to the case of the Soma cup imagined by mind in the sacrifice of 12 days. No contradiction arises; because they may conveniently be auxiliary elements in sacrificial performances though they are imagined by mind.
45. AtideS'acca
And on account of the transfer. The text 'Of these each one is as great as the previous one' (Maadh. S'. Br. 10-4-1-3) transfers the power of the fire seated in the altar of bricks, to the fire of mind. Therefore the fire of mind, etc. become auxiliaries to the sacrificial performances.
46. Vidyaiva tu nirdhaaanaad darSanaacca
But it is Vidya (meditation) only; on account of determination and what is seen in the texts,