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197 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK IV. -iv. 28
adbhis. The comm. takes vdyas first as " bird " (^paksijdtain), then as qarlraparinamavi^esas.
6. If now indeed, O Maruts, by what relates to the Maruts — if,
O gods, by what relates to the gods, I have fallen into such a plight
ye, O Vasus, are masters (ic) of the removal of that : let them free us
from distress.
That is (a, b), apparently, " by reason of what offense " {aparadhena, comm.)
;
perhaps
" if such a [mishap] hath befallen [us] " (so the comm.) ; but MS. iii. 8. 4, tdfg u
sd arisyati, supports the translation as given, and also indicates that ara is here a-ara ;
but the pada-text gives ara simply. [_See also Weber's citation from PB. xiii. 3. 12.
Several mss. (including our Op.) have i^adhve in c, as the comm. reads. Manusena for
marutena in a would be an acceptable emendation. LS@^ See p. 1045.
7. A sharp front, known [as] powerful, [is] the troop {qdrdlias) of
Maruts, formidable in fights ; I praise the Maruts, [as] a suppliant I call
loudly on [them] :
let them free us from distress.
The other texts have in a viditdm, for which our viditdm is a pretty evident corruption
;
they also have ayttdham for dnikain, in b divydm for marutam and jisnii for
ugrdin ; and in c they insert devan before maniias, also ending the verse (as well as
vs.
i) with inasas.
28. Praise and prayer to Bhava and Qarva.
\Mrgara. — (see h. 23). i. dvyatijdgaiagarbhd bhurij.'\
Found in Paipp. iv. (next after our h. 26), but having nothing correspondent to it in
the Yajur-Veda texts. Having the same beginning (^bhava(arvdu) as xi. 2. i, one cannot
tell in many cases which of the two hymns is intended by a quotation in Kauq.
but according to the comm. (also to Kegava ; Darila appears to think otherwise) this
one is employed in a healing ceremony at 28. 8 ; it is also reckoned (26. i, note) to the
iakmana^ana gana.
Translated: Muir,OST.iv.2 332; Griffith, 1.169; Bloomfield, 158,406; Weber, xviii. 1 1 1
1. O Bhava-and-(Jarva, I reverence you, know ye that ;
ye in whose
direction is all that shines out (vi-riic) here, who lord it over these bipeds
[and] quadrupeds :
do ye free us from distress.
Ppp. has, for b, yayor vdth yad idath vitisthaiej our vdm makes this pada redundant.
In c, some of the pada-va%%. (including our Bp.) have asya (but asyd, correctly,
in 6 c). The expression in b corresponds with that in 23. 7 and vii. 25. 2. According
to the comm., the name Bhava signifies bhavaty asmdt sarvam jagad; and Qarva,
(rnati hinasti sarvam antakdle.
2. Ye whose is whatever is on the way and afar ; who are known as
best shooters among arrow-bearers ; who lord it etc. etc.
Ppp. has vitalSu for viditau (perhaps vfditauf) in b, and its c reads bhavaqarvau
bhavatam me syondu, which then continues to be (as in 26. 2-6) part of the refrain
through vs. 6, taking the place of our c. The comm., with a couple of SPP's mss., has
Uubhftau for -tarn in b. He explains abhyadhve by samlpadeqe. Perhaps a means
rather ' on whose way [is] even whatever is afar.'