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apardjita gana (note to 14. 7), and noted by the comm. as therefore intended at 139. 7 ;
351 TRANSLATION AND NOTES. BOOK VI. -VI. 97
The comm. understands the third verse as addressed to Agni ; but much more probably
the kustha is intended. From garbho in c the superfluous accent-mark above the
line is to be deleted. [_Our a, b, C are nearly v. 25. 7 a, b, c ; and d is nearly v. 4. 6 c. J
96. For relief from sin and distress.
\Bhrgvangiras. — vdnaspatyam : j. sdumyd. dnustubham : j. j-p. virdn ndma gdyatrt.']
Found also in Paipp. xix. (for other correspondences, see under the verses).
Employed
by Kau9. (31.22) in a remedial rite against reviling by a Brahman, against dropsy, etc.
(the direction in the text is simply iti mantroktasyaii 'sadhiihir dhiipayati^, making
incense with herbs ; and it is regarded (note to 32. 27) as included among the ahholiiigas.
Translated: Ludwig, p. 506; Grill, 38, 168; Griffith, i. 297 ; Bloomfield, 44, 509.
1. The herbs whose king is Soma, numerous, of hundred-fold aspect
{} vicaksana), impelled by Brihaspati^— let them free us from distress.
The first half-verse is RV. x. 97. 18 a, b (with dsadhls |_which makes better meterj for
-dhayas) and VS. xii. 92 a, b (like RV.); TS. iv. 2.64 agrees only in a (with -dhayas).
The second half-verse is RV. x. 97. 1 5 c, d and VS. xii. 89 c, d, and TS. in iv. 2. 64 c, d,
and MS. in ii. 7. 13 (p. 94. 12) c, d — all without variation. The comm. explains qatavicaksanas
by qatavidhadarqanah, nanavidhajtianopetah. |_MB. ii. 8. 3 a, b follows
the RV. version of our a, b.J
2. Let them free me from that which comes from a curse, then also
from that which is
of Varuna, then from Yama's fetter, from all offense
against the gods.
The verse is repeated below, as vii. 112. 2. It is RV. x. 97. 16, VS. xii. 90, which
have sdrvasmat in d; and Ppp. reads the same; and LQS. ii. 2. 11, ApQS. vii.21.6
are to be compared. Whether padblqat or padviqat should be read is here, as elsewhere,
a matter of question ; our edited text gives -b-, but most of our mss. read -v-, as
also the great majority of SPP's authorities, and he prints (rightly enough) -v-\ VS. has
-V-, RV. -b- ; the comm. has -b-.
3. If {ydt) with eye, with mind, and if with speech we have offended
(iipa-f) waking, if sleeping, let Soma purify those things for us with
svadlid.
Compare vi. 45. 2, of which the second pada agrees with ours. Ppp. inserts another
yat before manasa in a, and has, for c, d, soma ma tasmdd enasah svadhaya pundti
vidvdn.
97. For victory.
\Atharvan. — mditrdvarunam. trdistubhatn : 2.jagati ; j. bhurij.^
Found also in Paipp. xix.
The three hymns 97-99 are used together in a battle rite,
for victory, with vi. 65-67 and others, by Kau^. (14.7); and they are reckoned to the
they are again specifically prescribed in the indramahotsava (140. 10): a full homa is
offered, with the king joining in the act.
Translated: Ludwig, p. 460 ;
Griffith, i. 298 ;
Bloomfield, 122,510.