Texte grec :
| [35,22] τούτων δὲ τοιούτων {ὄντων} καὶ τοσούτων ὑπαρχόντων ἀγαθῶν,
ὅμως εἰσὶν ἄνθρωποι καλούμενοι Βραχμᾶνες, οἳ χαίρειν ἐάσαντες
τούς τε ποταμοὺς ἐκείνους καὶ τοὺς παρ´ αὐτοῖς ἐρριμμένους ἐκτραπέντες
ἰδίᾳ τε ξυλλογίζονται καὶ φροντίζουσι, πόνους τε θαυμαστοὺς
ἀναλαβόμενοι τοῖς σώμασιν οὐδενὸς ἀναγκάζοντος καὶ καρτερήσεις
δεινὰς ὑπομένοντες. φασὶ δὲ ἐξαίρετον αὐτοῖς εἶναι μίαν
πηγὴν τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας, πολὺ πασῶν ἀρίστην καὶ θειοτάτην, ἧς
οὐδέποτε τοὺς γευσαμένους ἐμπίμπλασθαι. τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐκεῖθεν
λόγος ἐστὶν ἀψευδής. ἤδη γάρ τινες τῶν ἀφικνουμένων ἔφασαν·
ἀφικνοῦνται δὲ οὐ πολλοί τινες ἐμπορίας ἕνεκεν· οὗτοι δὲ ἐπιμίγνυνται
τοῖς πρὸς θαλάττῃ. τοῦτο δὲ ἄτιμόν ἐστιν Ἰνδῶν τὸ γένος,
οἱ δὲ ἄλλοι φεύγουσιν αὐτούς.
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Traduction française :
| [35,22] So wonderful and so numerous are these blessings,
and yet there are people called Brachmanes who,
abandoning those rivers and the people scattered
along their banks, turn aside and devote themselves
to private speculation and meditation, undertaking
amazing physical labours without compulsion and
enduring fearful tests of endurance. And it is said
that they have one special fountain, the Fountain
of Truth, by far the best and most godlike of all,
and that those who drink their fil thereof have never
been known to lie. Regarding conditions in that land,
then, it is a true story that you have heard. For
some of those who have been there have vouched
for it; though only a few do go there, in pursuit
of trade, and they mingle only with the people
of the coast. And that branch of the Indian race
is in low repute, and all the others say harsh things
of them.
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