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iv. 14- BOOK IV. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAKIHITA. 172
together with all his limbs, all-formed. Do thou rise up from here unto
the highest firmament (tidka) ; with thy four feet stand firm in the
quarters.
One would expect in a rather d(riaya, as the hide can hardly have been cooked
the comm. reads instead gratkaya, explaining it as viqasanena vibhaktaya; but no
such word as qratha appears to be found elsewhere, and both it and its interpretation
are very implausible. To tvaca he adds " having the feet, tail, and head on." The
verses read as if the goat himself, after cooking whole, were set up in position, the head
to the east. The Anukr. does not heed that the second and fourth padas are tristubh.
(_Ppp. has qrutatn ekam qrutaya.\
15. For abundant rain.
\Atharvan. — sodafarcant. marutparjanyadevatyam. trdistubham : i, 2, ^. virddjagati
4. virdtpurastddbrhati ; 7, [5,] /j, [/^,] anusttibh ; g. pathydpankti ; 10. bhurij
12. yp.anustubgarbhd bhurij ; ij. fankumaty anustubh.'\
Found (except vss. 2 and 15) in Paipp. v. (in the verse-order i, 3, 6, 5, 4, 7, 9, 10, 8,
1 1 -1 4, 16). This hymn and vii. 18 appear to be called marutdni in Kaug. (26. 24 : see
note to this rule) ; they are specified as used together in a rite for procuring rain (41. 1 fE.) ;
also in expiation of the portent of upatarakds 'inundations' (103. 3)
;
further, vss. 10
and II, with oblations respectively to Agni and Prajapati, in expiation of the portent of
obscuration of the seven seers (127.8, 9).
In Vait. (8.9) vs. 6 appears in the preparations
of the cdturmasya sacrifice. And the comm. quotes vs. 1 1 as employed by the
Naks. K. (18) in a tiiaha^anti cMtA prdjdpatt.
Translated: Biihler, Orient und Occident, i. 219; Griffith, 1.150; Weber, xviii. 58.
— See also Weber's references to Ludwig and Zimmer. Cf. introduction to iii. 13.
1. Let the directions, full of mist {ndbhasvant), fly up together;
let clouds, wind-hurried, come together ; let the lowing [cows] of the
resounding misty great bull,
the waters, gratify the earth.
Ppp. combines in d vd^ra. "pakj the comm., in c, mahars- Las the meter requiresj ;
this happens to be a case where all the mss. agree in makars-. The meaning in a
probably is the confusion of the directions by reason of the mists ; the comm. renders
ndbhasvatis in a by nabhasvata. vdyund yuktdh, and nabhas7iatas in c by vayupreritasya
meghasya sambandhinyah. |_The second half-verse recurs at 5, below ;
see note. J
2. Let the mighty (tavisd), liberal (suddnu) ones cause to behold
together ; let the juices (rdsa) of the waters attach themselves (sac) to
the herbs; let gushes (sdrga) of rain gladden {mahay-) the earth; let
herbs of all forms be born here and there {prtkak).
The " mighty ones " in a are doubtless the Maruts ;
tksay- is perhaps an error which
has blundered in from the next verse, for uksay- (though no causative of uks occurs elsewhere
in AV.) ; the comm. supplies for it vrstim as object ; the translation implies
something like" " attract every one's attention." It would be easy to rectify the meter
of d by reading dsadliir virUpahj a is the only real jagatl pada ;
and even by count the
verse is only nicrt (i2-(-ii : ii-t-13 =47).
3. Do thou make the singers {gdyant) to behold together the mists;