, 1870-06-26

nov epe.k them, however different may BE-
thniz 7n.ng Of gprMuneut Ind relgion,-tt
may b. asserted. without the possibility Ct
doubt, thas they wEra 1t some remote period
ssd ons peope common l.ngu.ss
it would have been deemed the height Of al
s9rdity 10 imagine that tho English rnd the
l1lodus Wese osigina1ly one people, speaking
the same language, md ciea1ly distinguished
from other families Of mankind; snl ret
comparative philoloy has established thia
fact BY evidence a. cleax aud irreaistble a.
that the earth revolyes round the SUM-"
Ihoac missionaries had to fight With great dif-
tauldee- against the fanAticism and
pse1ualces Of the people, and patty against
ne jealousy OF the, Drahmin priests. Some
d,eo s;ssl ~ mNtyrs and some obtained only par
~ succes1 with Tegud to the study Of the
sanscrt. The missionaries in India, in the
Hcyenteeoth or eighteenth ccutury, were
watched With 20 much Jealousy by the Bral,-
min priests thst they could not succeed in
making Christian converts. M.1 Muller, OF
ths Gnlyess'ty 81 O1fo5a, whs mar DO regarded
- the most distinguished pathological scholar
q our time, cates a tagic1 event Of one Of
thoeo missionaries, in his work On the science
q lAnBuaga. He snys:
" Tho first certain instance Of 4 European
missionary having mastered the difficulties OF
Tue s.nscr1t language belongs to still later
Roberto de- Nohili, Is distinguished from the
drst period, which Is under the presiding spirit
OF Francis 11vicr. Roberto de- SobM vent to
India N 1G06. Ee WAS h1nBelt man OF high
family, Of refined and cultivated mind, and
he perceived the .aore quickly the difficulties
which kept the higher castes, ard particularly
the RahrninB, trutn joining the Christian com-
munities formed at MAdura md other plsees.
These communities consisted chiefly Of men OF
low rznk. Of no education, and no refinement.
Ee conceived The bold plan Of presenting him
.ea;,,, sen Is Msn@in; and thus OBJ
md learned in the land. He shut himself up
tot Ee1rH, acquiring in secret = knowledge,
not only OF Tamil and Telugu, but Of San
ecrit- When, after patient study Of the lan-
EuaSe and literature Of the Drahmins, he felt
tagoniBss, he showed himtelf Il public, dressed
il the proper gsrb Of the B.1hnins, wearing
their cord and their frontal max, observinR
their diet, and submitting even to the compn-
cate Gated rules Of caste. He was snecessfal IN
tnins. Who worc afrsid Of him, and
Of his Own fellow-laborera. who could not
uder1tand his policy. Ha life in India,
where be died as na old blind man, Is full OF
interest to the missionary, can onls spoak
schoiAE. A man who could quote from Manu.
from the Pueands, and even from works such
as the ApAstambareutrAs, which are known
even st present to only those few sansc1it
scholars Who can read Hanscrit manuscript,
~ tha s,cr.5 - ~ nS ...Ja ,. ~ AuoMa4Re
Hr,,,-n;ns. ns ~ ~ ~ aau .f .stue u tae
he said ~ n1a.c5 n.w .us1 ~ st tnt,. NC Gs r
which hid been lost, ehown how Een he know
the strong and weak points Of the theological
ssstsn % Whlcn .,Laa re came 70 conquer. II u sur
nasse 'a.t 4e tepotIs "Msn ne sent 70
chtEge Of idolat1y, and in which he drew =
faithful picture at the religion, the customs
hou a.u n.et .ets.a ~ ~ .1e hans, snooia not
nA1s stuec.ea Sle asteuuon oa ee.lo'Ats: ,..
ne p.t'psl mofh ~ tn:aent ~; oanss!lt Aaer.
aiuss u ino teoas, MM9h = a4so me most
noI1 ns = eonsasts OF ionf volumes: o. ':-llch tho
aaS se1a - sae moas aafoa1Au,s tnas nAs!e1-
aooul hEe tnoussno seate; ont We
sonT'aeF se What tims + nm Sst hsTe required s9
classical construction like thAt Of he Tedas,
VIC may, without hesitation, trace back tho
fedA-Sanscrit for more than ten thousand
Eears. This great work IL to the ErAhmins
What the Bible is to the Christilns, Or the
Koran to the MahometauB Tho
four books OF the vedAs have never
boen translated into any European
language, except the philosophical HoAtises
appended to the Vedxs called CpanispAds,
which were translated into French BY Arguetil
Dupe1on in the year 1895. The first colR1ljtete
sanserit into English, BY tk1e celebrated Max
Muller, Of Oxford University. England TIE
following cit4tin'n from Max 1lullets work,
Science Of Language. vii confirm my Asser-
trAaa!ated:
Two hundred years more bring us to the
raiEn Of Akbar Q556-16o5): 4 moro extra
ordinary man mover sat on the throne OF In
sia- brought up ~ AthomttAn, he dis
earded the Ielglon OF the Prophet as eupersd=.
1 iINuE n N1r1,A 2.
! ter the tuc foliElon- he called RrahminB and
| hrc-worshippeta to his court, and ordered
! them 10 dlscu6s N MS presence the merits OF
Their religion with the MAhometan doctors.
When ho heard OF the Jesuts ut GoA, he in
v1ted them 70 his capital, nnd no Was for many
years locked upon as secret convert to
Cn51snenn5. no wae, however, nationalist
anu oe'ss, ana neVcf oeneHed anything, ~
10 oectalea Mmsel1, thA 4e could
not nnaefs1na; ne reH81on #hlch ne 1onnd-
aA1ea up Wilt t9o WofsuP o. tne sun as the
ruIees anu nieneet einMaH O me Oea1s;
AtnouSn A9naS hlInseu eooia ne1Ner fead
nor Hnte: his coolt Has me 81 nome OF literary
men o1 al pessuaelons- Mhatefof oooE, IN
any language, pfomased 70 thro" light on the
deteo t1anha1eo into fetman. ms New ies-
lament Wn tnus tfans41eo AZ 9as command ;
30 we're me AAhaonaIatfa, me Ea!nsyana, the
Anssakoaha, and othet clasa1ca! Eorka OF
o.AeGttt Atel ~. toou6u tno 1tuPetot,
set, the greatest tatue on tho sacred
VIKINGS OF dinefen1 nAnona he does
not eeem to hAEe tueceeded IN esto!sing
from the Drahmins, = translatlon OF the Veta.
Ihare ia story Which, though evidently OF .
Legendary character, shows how the study Of
ssiner1s wAd Kept up By inc bsahmtns during
The reign ol the Nogul Enpstots- Neither
the authority, 1t T. sa'd, nor promises oi
Akba1, could prevail upon the H3ahnins to
olselose the teneta Of their rellgion he vas
therefore, obliged to hays recourse to Artiace
The stratAgem he made use Of Eas to cause ~
| - ~ e-e :. 'I f.''e. ~ foo. " ". .
initiated into the sacred tites Of their theology