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9 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK I. -i. 9
4. Wherever, O Agni, thou knowest the births of them, of the
devourers that are in secret, O Jatavedas, them do thou, increasing
through worship (brahman) — slay of them, O Agni, with hundredfold
transfixion.
The irregular meter and broken connection of the second half-verse suggest possible
corruption of the text : cf. dsurctnaih qatatarhan, TS. i. 5. 7*. The meter (i i + 1 1 :
9 + 9 = 40) is well enough described by the Anukr. if we may take barhatagarbha as
meaning dvibdrh-
'
containing two padas of nine syllables.' |_For -tdrham, cf. Gram.
§ 995.J
9. For some one's advancement and success.
\Atharvan. — vasvddindndmantroktadevatyam.
trdistubham.']
Found also in Paipp. i. Reckoned to the varcasya gana (Kaug. 13. i, note), and
further used in various ceremonies : by itself, in that of the restoration of a king (16. 27) ;
with i. 35 and v. 28, in two ceremonies for fortune and for power (i 1.
19 ;
52. 20) ; with
seven others, employed by a teacher at the reception of a Vedic student (55. 17).
Vait. (3. I), vs. 3 accompanies an oblation to Agni in the parvan-s3.cnficc&. And the
comm. quotes its use in the Naks. Kalpa 17-19, in two mahd^anti ceremonies called
di'rdvail a.nd bdrhaspatij and in Parigista 5.3, in \\i^ puspabhiseka rite.
Translated: Weber, iv. 401 ; Ludwig, p. 456; Zimmer, p. 163; Griffith, i. 12;
Bloomfield, 116,239.
1. In this man let the Vasus maintain good things {vdsii) — Indra,
Pushan, Varuna, Mitra, Agni ;
maintain in superior light.
him let the Adityas and also the All-gods
Ppp. substitutes tvastd for piisd in b, and uta me devd for uttarasmin in d. The
Anukr. appears to sanction the metrical combination ddityo 'ta in c.
In
2. At his direction {pradiq), O gods, be there light, sun, fire, or also
gold ; be his rivals {sapdtna) inferior to him ; to the highest firmament
(ttaka) make this man ascend.
The translation implies in c the obviously called-for emendation of asmdt to asmdt;
the comm. first explains it as asmadiydt purusdt, and then, alternatively, as used for
asmdt by Vedic shortening of the vowel. Ppp. begins with asmin devdh pradi^d; and
its second half-verse is quite different : uttarena brahmattd vi bhdlii krnvdno anydn
adhardn sapatndn (d = ii. 29. 3 d).
3. With what highest worship (brdJnnan), O Jatavedas, thou didst
bring together draughts {pdyas) for Indra, therewith, O Agni, do thou
increase this man here ;
(sajatd).
set him in supremacy (qrdisthya) over his fellows
Ppp. reads uttarena in b, and its d is rdyas posaih qrdisthyatn a dhehy asmdt.
The verse is found also in TS. (iii. 5.4^), MS. (i. 4. 3), and K. (v. 6). Both TS. and
MS. read havhd for brdhmand in b, and agne tvdm ntd (for tvdm agna i/td) in c;
and MS. has -bharan in a, vardhayd mam in c, and tnd for enam at the end ; and it
inserts mddhye before qrdlsthye in d.