"Without such an understanding, we could often end up blaming the Vedic poets for indulging in hopelessly mixed metaphors (after Bergaigne (1936: 61), who complained of âthe cacophony of the [hymnsâ] discordant metaphorsâ): what is this âshipâ in which the Aâčvins are invoked to take the supplicants to the âfar shoreâ, while at the same time they are asked to keep their chariot yoked and ready to cross? (1.46.7â8) Are they supposed to load their chariot onto a ferry, perhaps? But it is, says the hymn, the âship of our prayersâ (1.46.7) (or hymns or beliefs), and the only way to the yonder shore is the âpath of the truthâ again (1.46.11)."
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Abel Bergaigne
Abel Henri Joseph Bergaigne (31 August 1838 â 6 August 1888) was a French Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit.
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