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By the first he understands 'They that offer oblation to the gods, and by the second, 'They that offer oblations to the Pitris. The necessity of a spiritual interpretation, however, is not very apparent. Yudhishthira has the authority of the Srutis for saying that the one pervading element of the universe is air. The word used in the question is dik, literally, direction.
"Spell it, mun, spell it!" cried the miller's man, impatiently. It was a process which he had seen to succeed, when a long word had puzzled his teacher in the newspaper, before now. "M O E R, mower; D Y K, dik," said Abel. But he looked none the wiser for the effort. "Mower dik! What be that?" said George, peering at the word. "Do'ee think it be Mower dik, Abel?" "I be sure," said Abel.
"Sal away," old John retorted pleasantly to the cashier of the bank in Boonton, where the tube had deposited its surplus funds for many years, "but you won't sal so much when you dik what I will make out of that joke." The cashier thereupon looked thoughtful.
As a matter of fact, apart from some rubbish, he brings one letter for me; none for any of the others. Not even a file of newspapers; not even a newspaper! In India many, many years ago, we used to call Dick Burra dik haì, Hindustani for, it is a great worry. So he is only playing up to his sobriquet.
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