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i. 29- BOOK I. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAMHITA. 30
(which, however, Ppp. has), would leave the hymn of
normal length, and composed of
four out of the five verses of RV. x. 1 74 |_,
of the fourth of which the excision is called
for J.
5. Up hath gone yon sun, up this spell (vdcas) of mine, that I may be
slayer of foes, without rivals,
rival-slayer.
RV. X. 1 59. I a, b is to be compared (b reading lid aydtn mamakd bhdgaK) ; Ppp.
appears to mix the versions of b, giving, ungrammatically, ayam with vacas. |_Cf. also
MP. i. 16. I.J
6. A rival-destroying bull, conquering royalty, overpowering — that I
may bear rule over these heroes and the people (jdna).
RV. (i. 1 74. 5) has instead of a our 5 d (found also as x. 6. 30 c, and xix. 46. 7 b) ;
in c it reads bhuianam. \Ci. MP. i. 16. 5. J
30. For protection: to all the gods.
[Atharvan (dyuskdmah). — vdifvadmam. trdistubham : j. (dkvaragarbhd virddjagati.']
Found in Paipp. i., but damaged and only in part legible. The hymn belongs,
according to the comm., to the dyusya (' for length of life ')
gana, although not found
among those mentioned (Kauq. 54.11, note) as composing \ki2X gana; it is used in
ceremonies for long life by 52. 18 and 59. i ;
also, with i. 9 and other hymns, in the
reception of a Vedic student (55.17), and in dismissal from Vedic study (139.15).
And vss. 3, 4 appear in Vait. (4. 4, 15) in connection with different parts of X\i