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221 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK V. -v. I
1. He who came to (d-bhii) the womb (yoni) with a special sacred text
() rdhanmantra), of immortal spirit (-dsu), increasing, of good birth, of
unharmed spirit, shining like the days — Trita the maintainer maintained
three {(rt,
neuter).
The Pet. Lexx. render fdhanmantra by " lacking speech " ; Ludwig, by " of distinguished
meditation." Ahe 'va (p. dhaoiva) is perhaps rather to be understood as
dAah°iva. Ppp. puts sujanma in b before vardhamanas. As elsewhere, part of our
mss. (Bp.p.m.P.M.W.) read trtds in d. The last pada is two syllables short, the Anukr.
taking no notice of the deficiency.
2. He who first attained to {d-sad) the ordinances (dhdrman) makes
thence many wondrous forms; eager Q dhdsyj'i) he first entered the
womb {yoni), he who understood (a-cit) speech unspoken.
In b the translation follows Ppp., which reads krnute for -use ; Ppp. also has a different
C,ya( ca yonim prathamd "viveqa; and it ends d with anncitdth jigdya.
3. He who left (lic) [his] body to thy heat {qoka), flows the gold ; his
[men] are bright (f««) after; there they (two) assume (dJia) immortal
names ; let the clans (^^/f)
send garments for us.
The first pada might equally mean "he who left thy body (self) to the heat." In b,
ksdrat might equally be pres. pple. qualifying hiranyam. In d the translation assumes
the reading asme instead of asmdl ; nearly all the mss. have the former (p. asmd Uij
P.M.W. have asmdl, but doubtless only by the not infrequent error of substituting di
for e), and our understanding of the sense is too defective to justify emendations ; Ppp.,
however, has asmi. In c, Ppp. reads atra dadhrse 'mrt-. The Kaug. use of the verse
appears to be derived only from the occurrence of vdstrani in d.
4. When these formerly went further forth, approaching each unfading
seat — the poet of the dry (.' ^sd), the two licking mothers — do ye (two)
send for the sister {jami) a capable (dhiiryd) spouse.
The translation is, of course, simple nonsense. None of LourJ mss. accent gus in a ;
P.M. tlzz^xA purvydm before it ; one (T.) combines -nto 'jurydm in b.
5. This great homage, verily, to thee, O broad-going one, do I a poet
make with poesy {kdvyd) ; when the two (m.), going united (samydnc)
against the earth (ksd), [then] increase here the (two) great bank-wheeled
{} rod/iacakrd) ones (f.).
" Bank-wheeled," i.e. rolling on between their banks. Tdi in our text (beginning of c)
is a misprint ior ydt. Prat. iii. 4 determines « ; ii. 97 determines sii; vavrdhite (p. vav-)
is by iii. 13. The Kaug. use of the verse seems suggested simply by samydncdu. The
irregular verse (9-t-ii : 11-1-12 = 43) is very imperfectly defined by the Anukr. |_The
London ms. of the Anukr. is here in disorder: and perhaps we ought to r^diA puro-brhatt
for pard-.\
6. Seven bourns (niarydda) did the poets fashion ; unto one of these
verily went one distressed ; in the nest of the nearest (zipantd) community
(?dyu) stood the pillar (skambhd), at the release {yisargd) of the roads, in
the supports (dhartind).