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vii. lO- BOOK VII. THE ATHARVA-VEDA-SAMHITA. 396
(?/«j) all
that here.
desirable things — O SarasvatI, mayest thou cause [us] to suck
, RV. reads in a ^a^aydsj and in b (its c) ratnadha vasuvid (iox sumnayi'ih suhdvd).
TA.MS. agree in all respects with RV.,* save that TA. has absurdly vi^vah in c (its b).
VS. and QB. have the RV. readings,* but our order of the padas. The comm. reads
f/f«y«j in a, explaining it as either 'causing the prosperity of [its] young (f/fw)' or
'hidden {tiigudhd).'' |_In d, Henry understands the "child" rather than " us."J
*l VS.QB.TA. have akar, combined {dhatave) 'kah; but the comm. to each of these
texts renders it by kuru.\
II (12). Against injury to the grain by lightning.
Qdunaka. — sdrasvatam. trdistubham^
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Like the preceding hymn, not found in Paipp. ; also not in any other known text.
Kau9. uses it (38. 8), with i. 13, in a ceremony against the effect of lightning; and also
(139.8), with the same and other hymns, in the rites of entrance upon Vedic study
{upakarman, comTa.). And the comm. quotes it as applied in Qanti-Kalpa 15 with
observances to ketu.
Translated: Ludwig, p. 463 ; Grill, 66, 178; Henry, 5, 54; Griffith, i. 333
; Bloomfield,
142, 543.
I. Thy broad thundering, which, exalted, a sign of the gods, spreads
over {?d-l>/iiis) this all — do not, O god, smite our grain with the lightning,
and do not smite [it]
Sundry of the mss. (including our
with the sun's rays.
Bp.^P.M.E.O.) read risvds in a (P.M. yd before
it) ;
the comm. has rusvas. The latter explains a bhiisati as = vydpnoti. Some mss.,
as usual, retain the h of prthuh before stan-.
12 (13). For success in the assembly.
\^Qdunaka. — caturrcam. sabhyam : t.\dvidevatyd^uta pitryd*; 3. dindrl ; ^..mantroktadevatyd.
dnustubham : i. bhurik tristubh^
The first two verses are found in Paipp. xx. Kaug. (38. 27) uses it, with v. 3 and
other hymns, in a ceremony for gaining the victory in debate, or in the deliberations of
an assembly (the comm. describes it repeatedly as " of five ver.ses," apparently including
in its uses 13. i). * [_The London ms. reads dvidevatyduta piiryd j the Berlin ms.,
-tydiitatp Itrya .
J
Translated: Muir, v. 439; vss. i, 3, 4, Ludwig, p. 253 ; vss. 2-4, Zimmer, p. 173 ;
Grill, 70, 178; Henry, 5, 55; Griffith, i. 333 ; Bloomlield, 138, 543. — Cf. Hillebrandt,
Veda-chrestomathie ,
p. 44.
I. Let both assembly (sablid) and gathering {sdmiti), the two daughters
of Prajapati, accordant, favor me ; with whom I shall come together, may
he desire to aid {f iipa-giks) me; may I speak what is pleasant among
those who have come together, O Fathers.
Ppp's version of c, d is very different : yena vaddtii upa md sa tisthd ^ntar vaddmi
hrdaye janandm. The verse is also found in PGS. (iii. 13. 3), with much variation:
ubhe for avatdin in a, sacetasdu for samviddne in b ; and, for c, ii.,yo via tia vidydd