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V. 28- BOOK V. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAKIHITA. 274
The verse is repeated as xix. 37.4 |_in our ed. ; but SPP's repeats iii. 10. 10 instead J.
It is found also in HGS. i. 1 1. 2, with tva omitted at the end of b, and, for c, d, samvatsarasya
dhayasa tena sarin anu grhnasi J this gives us no help toward understanding
the obscure last pada ; the translation implies emendation to sdmhanum, and understands
the verse as directed against involuntary opening of the jaws (divaricatiomaxillae
inferioris) : cf. viii. i. 16. The Anukr. foolishly calls the verse z purausnih.
14. Snatched (/«/) out of ghee, anointed over with honey, fixing the
earth, unmoved, rescuing, splitting [our] rivals, and putting them down,
do thou ascend me in order to great good-fortune.
The verse agrees nearly with xix. 33. 2. The mss. read bhinddnt (p. bhinddti) for
bhinddt in c. A corresponding verse is found in a RV. khila to x. 1 28 : ghrtad ulluptam
madhuinat suvarnam dhanamjayam dharunam dharayisnu : rnak sapatnan
adharaii^ ca krnvad a roha mam mahate saubhagaya.
Tubinger Katha-hss., p. 36.J
|_Given also by von Schroeder,.
29. To Agni : against demons.
\Cdtana. — pahcadafarcam. jdtavedasam uta mantroktadevatdkam. trdistubham : j. j-p. virdnndma
ffdyatri ; J. purotijagaii virddjagati ; iz-ij. anustubh (12. bhurij ;
14. 4-p. pardbrhatl kakummaii).^
Found also (except vss. 10, 11) in Paipp. xiii. No notice is taken in Vait. of any
part of the hymn ; but in Kaug. 8. 25 it is reckoned among the catana hymns, or as
belonging in the catana gana, and two or three of its verses (2-4) are separately
quoted, as will be pointed out below.
Translated: Ludwig, p. 526; Griffith, i. 236 ; Weber, xviii. 277.
1. Joined in front, carry thou, O Jatavedas ; know this, O Agni, as
[it is] being done ; thou art a physician (bhisdj), a maker of remedy
(bhcsajd) ; by thee may we gain cow, horse, man {piirusa).
That is (b), take notice of this rite performed in thine honor. The verse is found
also in HGS. i. 2. 18, which in a puts (as does Ppp.) pitras/al at the end, inserts in b
karma after viddhi, and reads in ^ga afvan purusan. Kaug. (3. 16) quotes the verse,
in company with several others, at a certain libation in the parvan ceremonies.
2. So, O Agni, Jatavedas, do thou do this, in concord with all the
gods :
us,
he who hath played [against] us, whosoever hath devoured {ghas)
that this enclosure of his may fall.
The sense of c appears to be ' whoever hath pillaged us in or by play.' The sense
of the imprecation in d is obscure. Ppp. reads as follows : i^am
for tat in a ;
for b, C
'nena vidvan havisd yavisthah : pi(aco 'syatamo * dideva; 'sya in d ; and, as e (or as
quotes the verse (the scholiast says,
3 si),yo 'sya tad eva yatamo jagkdsi. Kauij. 47. 9
vss. 2, 3) as accompanying the offering of portions of^sacrificial butter in witchcraft
ceremonies. The Prat., in ii.
77, prescribes the combination -dhh pdt- in d. *LHaplography
for 'sya yatamo : cf. 4 c.J
3. That this enclosure of his may fall, so, O Agni, Jatavedas, do thou
do that, in concord with all the gods.
Ppp. reads ^aMS somasya paridhis patatih tathi tvam agnt.