Homa Bird

[Guest guest]

I have been searching the Vedas for the source of the parable of the homa

bird which Sri Ramakrishna makes reference to. " The Vedas speak of the homa

bird. It lives high up in the sky and there it lays its egg. As soon as the

egg is laid it begins to fall; but it is so high up that it continues to fall

for many days. As it falls it hatches, and the chick falls. As the chick

falls its eyes open; it grows wings. As soon as its eyes open, it realizes

that it is falling and will be dashed to pieces on touching the earth. Then

it at once shoots up toward the mother bird high in the sky. "

I have been unable to find the source of this parable & wonder if anyone

knows which Veda the parable is taken from.

Thanks for your help.

Stanford