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[ Yudhishthira has the authority of the Srutis for saying that the one pervading element of the universe is air.]
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[ The word used in the question is dik, literally, direction. Obviously, of course, it means in this connection way. Yudhishthira answers that the way which one is to tread along is that of the good.]
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[ Footnote 2: The Srutis actually speak of space as water. These are questions to test Yudhishthira’s knowledge of the Vedic cosmogony.]
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[ The Srutis speak of the cow as the only food, in the following sense. The cow gives milk. The milk gives butter. The butter is used in Homa. The Homa is the cause of the clouds. The clouds give rain. The rain makes the seed to sprout forth and produce food. Nilakantha endeavours to explain this in a spiritual sense. There is however, no need of such explanation here.]
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[ What Yudhishthira means to say is that there is no special time for a Sraddha. It is to be performed whenever a good and able priest may be secured.]