On the Crops

 In the estimation of this author, it is the respiratory bronchioles that are the crops of the Puranic world. Hierarchical clusters of these resemble rice panicles. They are perhaps termed as crops because it is from them that the “food” of the neural entities is produced. This metaphor works in the manner of the metaphor of cows (giving “milk”).

In the tale (Greek) of Phaethon and the chariot of sun, we have Phaethon unable to manage the reins of the chariot and the sun's vehicle flying too close to the earth as a result and the crops getting burnt. The destruction phase of the world in the Puranas is also marked by the sun's rays scorching the crops. Alternatively and more convincingly the crops may be the capillaries and the venules on which are produced the grain of the universe.