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vi. 6- BOOK VI. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SANIHITA. 286
6. Against enemies.
[AtAarvan. — brdhmanaspatyam ; sdumyam. dnustubham.']
Found also in Paipp. xix. For the use of the hymn by Kaug. 59. 7, see under the
preceding hymn ; by Kau?. 50. 13, see under vi. i ; by Vait. 16. 9, see under vi. 3.
Translate'd : Ludwig, p. 430 ; Florenz, 255 or 7 ;
Griffith, i. 247.
1. Whatever godless one, O Brahmanaspati, plots against us — every
such one mayest thou make subject to me the sacrificer, the soma-presser.
Ppp. has abhidasati at end of b.
2. Whatever ill-famed one, O Soma, shall aim at us of good fame,
smite upon his face with the thunderbolt ; may he go away crushed
(satn-pis).
Notwithstanding the direct antithesis with duhgdnsa, all the mss. in a read susanqtnas
; both editions emend to su(ans{nas, which is also read by Ppp., and by the commentary.
|_UnIess I misunderstand R's note, Ppp. again reads abhidasati at end of b.
In d, SPP's dyati is a misprint for ayaii.\
3. Whoever, O Soma, shall assail us, of the same kindred and also a
stranger — draw (/r) away his strength, like the great sky, even now (.').
Ppp. reads, in a., ye na soma, 'bhidasatah. The verse is RV. x. 133. 5, which reads
indra for soma in a, dzia for dpa in c, and ddha imdiia at the end. For this last, the
vadhatmdnd (not divided in the pada-text) of all the AV. mss. seems merely an unintelligent
corruption (altered in our text to vadha tmdna). The comm., however,
naturally makes no difficulty of understanding it as = vadhdtmana (explaining it by
a^aniriipcria) and as qualifying ayudhena understood. The emendation mahun 'va
would give a better sense :
' as the sky [subjects] the earth.' LTo my thinking, it is
licit, without emendation, to interpret maliiva as a correct graphic representation of
mahim iva with " elision and crasis " (see references under this head in my Noun-Infiection,
JAOS. x. 599, and p. 331 top), as in RV. iv. i. 3, rdthyeva = rdi/iiam iva.]
7. For blessings.
[AiAarvan. — sdumyam: j. vdifvadevi. gdyatram ; i.nicrt^
Found also in Paipp. xix.
The hymn appears in Kaug. (46. 4) as a help in removing
obstacles to sacrifice, or an expiation for sacrificing for an improper person ; and it is
reckoned (note to 25. 36) to the svastyayana gana; for its use by 50. 13, see under vi. i.
Translated : Florenz, 256 or 8 ;
Griffith, i. 248.
1. By what road, O Soma, Aditi or friends go, not hostile, by that do
thou come to us with aid.
The comm. understands mitras friends ' ' to mean " Aditi's twelve sons, Mitra etc." ;
i.e. as the equivalent of adityas, which is not impossible. |_The description as nicrt
belongs rather to 8. i.J
2. By what, O Soma, overpowering one, thou shalt make the Asuras
subject to us, by that do ye bless us.